Chapters 1-3 Test Review

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1 Chapters 1-3 Test Review Pre-AP World Geography 1. A Mercator projection is a common example of what type of projection? 2. A Robinson projection looks similar to what type of projection, except its east-west projections run in a straight line? 3. The process of creating an interrupted projection can be compared to slicing an orange peel in order to lay it flat on a page. 4. Spatial perspective can be used to help choose what? 5. To interpret the Earth s complexity, what do geographers do? 6. Geographers primary method of examining the ways in which people s beliefs and attitudes have affected the physical environment how? 7. To use remote sensing correctly, a geographer needs to do what? 8. Geographers use data from satellite imagery to study what on the Earth? 9. Maps that show population density are what type of maps? 10. What is absolute location? 11. What is map scale? 12. Before computers, how did mapmakers create map projections? 13. A Mercator Projection is what type of projection? 14. A map that highlights differences in height between mountains and lower regions is called what? 15. Which is the main purpose for global positioning technology? 16. A geographer studying an ecosystem would look at what? 17. Knowledge of physical geography would be useful to a weather forecaster for what purpose? 18. Geographers who focus on human or cultural geography are looking at what kind of data? 19. Which is the best example of the geographic term, site?

2 20. When geographers identify a perceptual region, they define it based on what features? 21. When geographers acquire geographic information by direct observation what takes place? 22. In addition to direct observation, geographers gather information through what methods? 23. To properly understand places, geographers must focus what factors? 24. Internal maps relate to what group of people? 25. A reading of 36 degrees North latitude and 140 degrees East longitude provides what type of location? 26. The three major ways the round Earth is presented on a flat map include what kind of projections? 27. In the grid system used to map locations on Earth s surface, lines parallel to the Equator are called lines. 28. One limitation of geospatial technology is that it cannot provide information about what? 29. Which is an advantage of using Goode s Interrupted Equal Area Protection Map? 30. Which is the best comparison to the geographic term situation? 31. What is the key function of geographic information systems? 32. Longitude lines indicate what? 33. Different maps can accurately show the same place with what item? 34. What does human geography examine? 35. Though modern geographers use information from economics, sociology, history, and many other school subjects, what subject do they primarily rely on? 36. A Mercator Projection Map has the benefit of showing what?

3 37. Which is the best example of the geographic term, site? 38. Geographers can help economists make decisions by providing information on what? 39. Imaginary lines that follow Earth s curvature to identify the shortest distance between two points are called? 40. Which type of map would be best for a person traveling on a mountain trail on foot? 41. Which biome includes all liquid and frozen surface water, ground water, and water vapor? 42. What keeps the planets revolving around the sun? 43. Why are Mercury and Venus scalding hot? 44. A continental shelf is found in what type of plain? 45. Life does not exist on other planets in our solar system due to what primary factor? 46. The three layers of Earth are what? 47. The Andes Mountains were created by the forces of what? 48. Which internal process leads to earthquakes in places like California? 49. Which external force most likely formed the Great Lakes? 50. Scientists believe that accretion caused what to take place? 51. What provides the energy that drives the water cycle?

4 52. Desalination technology has been developed to resolve the problem of what taking place? 53. Are Earth's oceans considered a continuous body of water or divided by sections? 54. Critics of the desalination process argue that desalinated ocean water is not efficient because of what primary reason? 55. Why is most of Earth s freshwater supply not available for consumption? 56. Which is the result of faulting? 57. Why would a geographer think understanding our solar system is important? 58. The main reason for the creation of desalination plants is for what? 59. How can desalination plants negatively affect the environment? 60. Earth s lithosphere consists of what 3 factors? 61. Of Earth s three structural layers, which one is the hottest? What does it consist of? 62. Scientists think that Pangaea separated due to what reason? 63. What does the expression This year s rain is last year s snow refer to? 64. The sun activates the water cycle by doing what? 65. Most of Earth s freshwater is located where? 66. Scientists theorize that Earth s largest physical features are created by what taking place?

5 67. How does the sun drive the water cycle? 68. What three areas of Earth work together so life in the biosphere thrives? 69. What classifies our solar system s four inner planets as terrestrial? 70. A solar system consists of a group of planets doing what?