Download Unit 1 and 2 Study Guide Directions: Answer each question

Unit 1 and 2 Study Guide
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?
2. What are the two main areas of geography? Describe them. List 5 examples of each.
Areas of Geography
Examples
1.
2.
3.
H____________
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
P____________
4.
5.
3. List the steps of the geographic inquiry process.
4. List and define all of the 5 Themes of Geography
MR. HELP
5 Themes Of Geography
Definition
Movement
Region
Human/Environment Interaction
Location
Place
5. What does relative location tell you? Absolute location?
6. Explain map distortion.
7. What is another name for latitude and longitude when they criss-cross one another?
8. What is another name for a line of longitude?
9. What direction do longitude lines run?
10. What is another name for a line of latitude?
11. What direction do lines of latitude run?
12. What does a map scale compare?
13. What causes the changing of the seasons?
14. Use the map below to complete question 14. You will need to use a ruler to create straight lines.
14. Fgfjyytf
15. jgkjgf
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 direction for this walk. Write your direction 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.
a.
c.
Describe your route street by street. At each turn, indicate which way the person should be walking.
a.
d.
Use the map’s scale and compass rose.
Use cardinal directions (north, south, east, west).
Describe the location of the U.S. Capital at the end of your route.
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16. Identify the type of thematic map. Write the name of the map on the line below it.
17. What word describes the pattern of weather over a period of time?
18. Coal, iron, uranium, water, trees, and petroleum are examples of…
19. What do geographers call an area that shares similar characteristics?
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
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Unit 1 and 2 Study Guide
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
2. What are the two main areas of geography? Describe them. List 5 examples of each.
Areas of Geography
Examples
1.
2.
3.
H____________
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
P____________
4.
5.
3. List the steps of the geographic inquiry process.
4. List and define all of the 5 Themes of Geography
MR. HELP
5 Themes Of Geography
Definition
Movement
Region
Human/Environment Interaction
Location
Place
5. What does relative location tell you? Absolute location?
Relative location is
Absolute location is
6. Explain map distortion.
Map distortion is
7. What is another name for latitude and longitude when they criss-c-ross one another?
Another name for latitude and longitude when they crisscross is
8. What is another name for a line of longitude?
Another name for a line of longitude is
9. What direction do longitude lines run?
Longitude lines run
10. What is another name for a line of latitude?
Another name for a line of latitude is
11. What direction do lines of latitude run?
Latitude lines run
12. What does a map scale compare?
Map scale compares
13. What causes the changing of the seasons?
The seasons change because
14. Use the map below to complete question 14. You will need to use a ruler to create straight lines.
14. Fgfjyytf
15. jgkjgf
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 direction for this walk. Write your direction 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.
a.
C.
Use the map’s scale and compass rose.
Describe your route street by street. At each turn, indicate which way the person should be walking.
a.
D.
Use cardinal directions (north, south, east, west).
Describe the relative location of the U.S. Capital at the end of your route.
__________________
The relative location of the White House is ____________________________________________________.
When I leave the White House ______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________.
At the end of my route, the U.S. Capital is ______________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________.
16. Identify the type of thematic map. Write the name of the map on the line below it.
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
18. Coal, iron, uranium, water, trees, and petroleum are examples of ___________________.
19. What do geographers call an area that shares similar characteristics?
An area that shares similar characters is called
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.
d. The general size and shape of Europe
e. The most common natural resources of Europe
f. Where most economic activity takes place in Europe
_________________________
The general size and shape of Europe is _____________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________.
The most common natural resources of Europe are _____________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________.
Most of the economic activity takes place ___________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________.