Overla - Test One Maps And Culture
- 1.What term is used to name each half of the earth, divided either north and south or east and west?
- A.
Longitude
- B.
Latitude
- C.
Hemisphere
- D.
Prime meridian
- 2.What document is a particular type of map that shows natural and man-made features on the earth?
- A.
Map projection
- B.
Topographic map
- C.
Globe
- D.
Atlas
- 3.These imaginary lines run north and south on the globe and are used to measure east and west.
- A.
Latitude lines
- B.
Prime Meridian
- C.
Equator
- D.
Longitude Lines
- 4.These imaginary lines are run east and west and are used to measure north and south on a map or globe.
- A.
Latitude lines
- B.
Prime meridian
- C.
Equator
- D.
Longitude lines
- 5.Which of the following terms is used to describe the exact place on earth at which a geographic feature is found?
- A.
Relative location
- B.
Place
- C.
Movement
- D.
Exact location
- 6.Which of the following terms is used to describe the location of a geographic feature in relation to other nearby features?
- A.
Relative location
- B.
Prime meridian
- C.
Equator
- D.
Exact location
- 7.Countries east of the prime meridian are in the ________
- A.
Northern Hemisphere
- B.
Southern Hemisphere
- C.
Eastern Hemisphere
- D.
Western Hemisphere
- 8.Geography is the study of
- A.
Land, water, natural resources, and population flows
- B.
The history and development of the earth
- C.
The measurement and physical descriptions of places, regions, areas and land masses
- D.
The distribution and interaction of Earth's physical and human features
- 9.Which of the following would NOT be a project for a cartographer?(which will the cartographer NOT do)
- A.
Creating a map projection
- B.
Calculating the latitude and longitude of a new airport
- C.
Calculating the exact location of the prime meridian on a globe
- D.
Tracking the path of a hurricane using Landsat
- 10.The total of knowledge, shared attitudes, and behaviors of the members of a specific group of people is their
- A.
Society
- B.
Culture
- C.
Innovation
- D.
Diffusion
- 11.The spread of ideas and customs from one society to another is called
- A.
Innovation
- B.
Diffusion
- C.
Technology
- D.
Facilitation
- 12.If the members of one society decide to adopt a custom that they observe in another society, this process is called
- A.
Innovation
- B.
Invention
- C.
Convention
- D.
Acculturation
- 13.A religion that involves the belief in many gods is known as
- A.
Animism
- B.
Polytheism
- C.
Monotheism
- D.
Hinduism
- 14.A version of a language that includes changes related to class, region, or other cultural changes is called
- A.
A diatribe
- B.
A dialect
- C.
An acculturation
- D.
A migration
- 15.The mortality rate shows the average number of children a woman would have if she had children at the current rate for her country
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.To calculate the rate at which a population is growing, demographers subtract the mortality rate from the fertility rate
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.Population density refers to the average number of people who live within the boundaries of a specific amount of land, such as a square mile.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.Carrying capacity refers to the number of organisms a piece of land can support
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.Fertility and fecudity are two words for the same thing, the average number of children women in a certain society give birth to.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.Here, a king, queen, or ruling family hold power
- A.
State
- B.
Nation
- C.
Democracy
- D.
Monarchy
- E.
Communism
- 21.Citizens, or their elected representatives, hold political power
- A.
State
- B.
Nation
- C.
Democracy
- D.
Monarchy
- E.
Communism
- 22.A group of people with a common culture living within a specific location
- A.
State
- B.
Nation
- C.
Democracy
- D.
Monarchy
- E.
Communism
- 23.The government holds all, or nearly all, of the political power and means of production
- A.
State
- B.
Nation
- C.
Democracy
- D.
Monarchy
- E.
Communism
- 24.An independent unit occupying a specific area and controlling its internal and external affairs.
- A.
State
- B.
Nation
- C.
Democracy
- D.
Monarchy
- E.
Communism
- 25.Geographers developed the field of urban geography to study
- A.
The ways in which proximity to natural resources affects city life
- B.
The contrasts between cities and small towns
- C.
The rate at which populations are shifting to cities
- D.
The ways in which people use space in cities
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