World Geography
Chapter 1 Test Review
Mr. Botkin

Directions: Answer each of the following questions by writing a response only in the area provided.

1. Which word means the way a person looks
at something?




2. What are seven things we use to study
geography?













3. What is a globe?





4. What is a grid?





5. What are latitudes?





6. Which line is found at 0° latitude?




7. Which line is found at 23 1/2° N?

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8. Which line is found at 23 1/2°S?




9. Which line is found at 66 1/2°N?




10. Which line is found at 661/2°S?




11. Which line is found at 90°N?




12. Which line is found at 90°S?




13. What are longitudes?





14. Which line is found at 0° longitude?




15. Which line is found at 180° longitude?




16. What is absolute location?





17. What defines absolute location?


18. What is relative location?





19. What are hemispheres?





20. What are continents?




21. What are islands?





22. What are oceans?




23. What is a map?




24. Why are all maps distorted?





25. Which four aspects of Earth can be
distorted?







26. What are map projections?





27. Which type of map projection has the
meridians pulled apart and parallel to each
other instead of meeting at the poles?





28. For what purpose was the Mercator map
projection developed?





29. On which map do the landmasses near the
poles appear larger than they really are?





30. Which map projection is designed from a
plane touching the globe at one point such
as the North Pole or South Pole?





31. For what purpose was the Polar map
projection developed?





32. Which map projection distorts true shape?





35. For what purpose was the Robinson map
projection developed?





36. Which map projection is a compromise
between maps that distort size and those
that distort shape?

37. Which map projection distorts all aspects of
Earth in small amounts?




38. What are five ways that maps reflect changes over time?










39. What are five ways that maps show
information?






40. Which part of a map identifies orientation?




41. What is the most common directional
indicator?




42. What are the four cardinal directions?




43. What are the four intermediate directions?




44. What is the purpose of a map’s scale?




45. What changes as a map’s scale is either increased or decreased?
46. What is explained by a legend or key?





47. What is a physical map?







48. What is a political map?






49. What are eight different thematic maps?











50. Upon what are mental maps based?







51. What are three uses of mental maps?








52. What are two ways through which people
improve their mental maps?