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Unit 1 and 2 Study Guide Answers
Directions: Answer each question completely. If necessary, write in complete sentences by restating the
question in your answer. Use the notes in your binder and chapters 1 and 2 in the Geography Alive book.
1. What is geography?
Geography is the study of the study of the physical features of the earth and of human activity including
the distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries.
2. What are the two main areas of geography? Describe them. List 5 examples of each.
Areas of Geography
Examples
1. Buildings
2. Bridges
3. Roads
Human
4. Answers my vary
5.
1. Mountains
2. Oceans, rivers
3. Hill
Physical
4. beaches
5. Answers may vary
3.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
List the steps of the geographic inquiry process.
Ask a geographic question
Acquiring geographic information
Organize geographic information
Analyze geographic information
Answer geographic question
4. List and define all of the 5 Themes of Geography
5 Themes Of Geography
Movement
Region
Human/Environment Interaction
Location
Place
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Definition
The way people, goods, and ideas travel from place to place
An area with similar characteristics
The way the earth appears as a result of how humans have changed it.
Absolute: The exact location of a place
Relative: A place’s position when compared to a known landmark
Physical and human characteristics of an area
5. What does relative location tell you? Absolute location?
Absolute location is the exact location of a place
Relative location is a place’s position when compared to a known landmark
6. Explain map distortion.
Map distortion occurs when we try to represent the Earth as a flat object. The shape,
size, and position of places is changed.
7. What is another name for latitude and longitude when they criss-cross one another?
Another name for latitude and longitude lines on a map is called the global grid.
8. What is another name for a line of longitude?
Another name for a line of longitude is meridian.
9. What direction do longitude lines run?
The direction that longitude lines run north to south.
10. What is another name for a line of latitude?
Another name for a line of latitude is parallel
11. What direction do lines of latitude run?
The direction that longitude lines run is west to east.
12. What does a map scale compare?
Map scale compares the distance on a map to the distance in real life.
13. What causes the changing of the seasons?
The change in the seasons is caused by tilt of the Earth’s axis toward the sun.
14. Use the map below to complete question 14. You will need to use a ruler to create straight lines.
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15. Your task is to help someone find the way from the White House to the U.S. Capital.
Step 1: On the map, locate the White House. Draw a route a person could use to walk from there to the U.S. Capital.
Step 2: Use the route you marked to write directions for this walk. Write your directions below, using complete
sentences. In your directions, be sure to do these four things:
A.
Give your directions a title.
B.
Describe the relative location of the White House compared to the U.S. Capital.
C.
Describe your route street by street. At each turn, indicate which way the person should be walking.
D.
Describe the relative location of the U.S. Capital at the end of your route.
a.
a.
Use the map’s scale and compass rose.
Use cardinal directions (north, south, east, west).
Answers may vary.
Sample:
Downtown Washington, D.C.
The relative location of the White House is about 1 mile northwest of the U.S. Capital. When I leave the White
House I will travel southeast for about 1 mile. At the end of my route, the U.S. Capital is east of the Smithsonian
Museum.
16. Identify the type of thematic map. Write the name of the map on the line below it. Use p. 546-557
Physical Features Map
Vegetation Zone Map
Climate Zone Map
Economic Activity Map
Region Map
17. What word describes the pattern of weather over a period of time?
The word that describes the pattern of weather over a period of time is climate.
18. Coal, iron, uranium, water, trees, and petroleum are examples of natural resources.
19. What do geographers call an area that shares similar characteristics?
An area that shares similar characters is called a region.
20. In this lesson, you explored a variety of maps. Now you will use what you learned as a geographer would. Use the
information on the map and your knowledge of geography to complete this task.
The map below can be found on p. 37 in the Geography Alive book.
Your task is to write a brief description of the economic activity in that continent based on the map.
Planning:
Step 1: Find the compass rose and scale on the map. Use these tools to estimate the size of Europe from north to south
and from east to west.
Step 2: Look at the natural resource symbols on the map. On the map legend, circle the three or four most common
resources you see on the map.
Step 3: Study the land use patterns shown on the map. What parts of the continent have little or no activity? What
parts have a variety of land uses?
Step4: Use the information from steps 1-3 to write a short description of Europe using complete sentences. Give your
description a title. You can use the same title as your map. In your description, provide details about these three
subjects.
a. The general size and shape of Europe
b. The most common natural resources of Europe
c. Where most economic activity takes place in Europe
Answers may vary
Economic Activity of Europe
The general size and shape of Europe is from east to west is about 2,000 miles. From north to south,
Europe is about 2,000 miles. This continent does not have a recognizable shape, but it does look
somewhat like a stocking. The most common natural resources of Europe are uranium, precious
metals, and natural gas. Most of the economic activity takes place in the central part of the
continent.