Geography and History of the World © 2010 Indiana Edition

Chapter 1: How Geographers Look at the World

How Geographers Look at the World

1
__________ provides the same sort of reference point for geographers that dates provide for historians.
A)Space
B)Location
C)Relative location
D)Latitude
2
In a(n) _____________ plants and animals depend upon one another and their surroundings, for survival.
A)functional region
B)ecosystem
C)relative location
D)environment
3
The study of the human impact on the environment is called __________.
A)ergonomics
B)physical geography
C)human-environment interaction
D)human geography
4
The Equator marks the division between the northern and southern __________.
A)hemispheres
B)time zones
C)districts
D)biospheres
5
When geographers identify __________, they are defining boundaries that share some common characteristic, such as a crop grown there.
A)perceptual regions
B)functional regions
C)formal regions
D)cultural regions
6
The study and making of maps is called __________.
A)entomology
B)cartography
C)cardiology
D)mapology
7
A(n) __________ studies human activity and its relationship to the cultural and physical environments.
A)regional geographer
B)environmental specialist
C)economic geographer
D)human geographer
8
Computer tools known as __________ help geographers organize data and satellite images.
A)geographic informational technology
B)geographic information systems
C)geographic tracking systems
D)geographic hard drives
9
The study of weather, climate, long-term conditions of the atmosphere, and their impact, on ecology and society, is known as __________.
A)cartography
B)climatology
C)meteorology
D)environmental geography
10
Geographers use __________to help find out more detailed information.
A)mapping
B)interviewing
C)statistics
D)all of the above
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