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Geography Handbook

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

_______________combines a line graph and a bar graph and gives an overall picture of the long-term weather patterns.
a.
none of these are correct
c.
climograph
b.
weather graph
d.
WTVM
 

 2. 

A _____________ map shows human-made features such as names and boundaries of countries.
a.
Political
c.
Special Purpose
b.
Physical
d.
Contour
 

 3. 

__________________ is a measuring line that helps you figure out distance on a map.
a.
Scale Bar
c.
Compass Rose
b.
Map Key
d.
none of these are correct
 

 4. 

A ________________ is a way of summarizing and presenting information visually.
a.
Map
c.
Graph
b.
none of these are correct
d.
Chart
 

 5. 

Geography describes the earth’s ____________, water, and plant and animal life.
a.
None of these are correct
c.
Countries
b.
Buildings
d.
Land
 

 6. 

____________________ show steps in a process, point out the parts of an object, or explain how something works.
a.
Chart
c.
Pictograph
b.
Diagram
d.
none of these are correct
 

 7. 

____________use rows of small pictures or symbols to represent an amount.
a.
Chart
c.
Pictograph
b.
Symbol graph
d.
none of these are correct
 

 8. 

Lines of ____________ measure the distance East and West of the Prime Meridian.
a.
Latitude
c.
Parallels
b.
None of these are correct
d.
Longitude
 

 9. 

The Prime Meridian runs through the Royal Observatory in ____________________.
a.
Phenix City, Alabama
c.
London, England
b.
Atlanta, Georgia
d.
Greenwich, England
 

 10. 

A _________ graph is used when you want to show how much of the whole of something is being divided into parts. 
a.
Circle
c.
Bar
b.
none of these are correct
d.
Line
 

 11. 

Which of the following is a theme of Geography?
a.
Place
c.
Location
b.
Regions
d.
All are themes
 

 12. 

Which of the following is not a physical system?
a.
all of these are physical systems
c.
Volcanoes
b.
Hurricane
d.
Pollution
 

 13. 

Which of the following are considered Human Systems?
a.
cutting down trees
c.
Building Roads
b.
Pollution
d.
All are human systems
 

 14. 

A ___________ map shows elevation of a location.
a.
Physical
c.
Contour
b.
Political
d.
Special Purpose
 

 15. 

__________________is a symbol that tells you where the cardinal directions are positioned on a map.
a.
Compass Rose
c.
Map Key
b.
none of these are correct
d.
Scale Bar
 

 16. 

____________________or mapmakers, use mathematical formulas to transfer information from the round globe to a flat map.
a.
Cartographers
c.
Teachers
b.
Meteorologist
d.
Historians
 

 17. 

A __________ map calls out landforms and water features.
a.
Political
c.
Physical
b.
Special Purpose
d.
Contour
 

 18. 

___________is the study of the earth in all of its variety.
a.
History
c.
Geography
b.
None of theses are correct
d.
Math
 

 19. 

WHO IS YOU FAVORITE TEACHER?
a.
Coach Holt
c.
I would not choose this one either
b.
Do not choose this answer
d.
Make sure you don’t pick this one
 

 20. 

Graphs that use bars are called a ________ graph.
a.
Line
c.
Baby Ruth
b.
none of these are correct
d.
Bar
 

 21. 

Lines of ___________ measure the distance North and South of the Equator.
a.
meridians
c.
Latitude
b.
Longitude
d.
None of these are correct
 

 22. 

_________ divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
a.
Prime Meridian
c.
None of these are correct
b.
Equator
d.
Tropic of Cancer
 

 23. 

______________ explains the lines, symbols, and colors used on a map.
a.
Scale Bar
c.
none of these are correct
b.
Map Key
d.
Compass Rose
 

 24. 

Which of the following describes characteristics of a spot on earth?
a.
none of theses are correct
c.
Latitude
b.
Place
d.
Location
 

 25. 

______________ divides the earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
a.
Equator
c.
None of these are correct
b.
Tropic of Cancer
d.
Prime Meridian
 

Matching
 
 
a.
Political Map
f.
Physical Map
b.
Bar Graph
g.
Mercator
c.
Winkel Tripel
h.
Pictograph
d.
Line Graph
i.
Robinson
e.
Contour
j.
Goode’s Interrupted Equal Area
 

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