1. World Geography
Review

2. Geographers are most concerned with ______.
A) Time
B) Space
C) Process
D) All of the above

3. Geographers ask the question _______.
A) When?
B) How?
C) Where?
D) All of the above

4. Which of the following perspectives is not part of the geographic perspective?
A) There are reasons for things being where they are.
B) There are usually no penalties for things being in inconvenient places.
C) There are advantages for things being in convenient places.

5. Which is the best definition of geography?
A) Geography tells us where things are.
B) Geography tells us where things should not be.
C) Geography tells us why something in one location may be better in another location.

6. Regional geography is the study of _________.
A) many things in one specific area
B) one specific thing over a broad area
C) lots of things in one specific place
D) Both A and C

7. Regional geography uses these kinds of maps.
A) transportation maps
B) regional maps
C) thematic maps
D) reference maps

8. Topical geography studies ______.
A) many things in a large area
B) one specific thing in a large area
C) many things in one specific area
D) the solar system

9. Topical geography uses these kinds of maps.
A) Topical maps
B) reference maps
C) regional maps
D) thematic maps

10. Which is not a pillar of geography?
A) Region
B) Link
C) Time
D) Location
E) Place

11. Which is not an element of location?
A) position
B) distance
C) temperature
D) enclosure

12. Longitudinal lines run from _____ to _____.
A) east to west
B) west to east
C) north to south
D) south to north
E) both C and D

13. Lines of latitude run from ______ to ______.
A) southeast to northeast
B) south to north
C) east to west
D) all of the above

14. Describe a location using the landmark method.
A) 3 kilometers from the cemetery
B) north of the river
C) between Damascus St. and Beirut St.
D) next to the old Mosque
E) none of the above

15. Describe a location using the map-grid method.
A) inside sector 3B
B) at 34 degrees south and 151 degrees east
C) 40 kilometers outside the city
D) none of the above

16. The prime meridian runs from _______ to _______.
A) southeast to northwest
B) north to south
C) west to east
D) all of the above

17. The equator runs from ______ to _______.
A) east to west
B) west to east
C) north to south
D) south to north
E) both A and B

18. This is an example of what kind of map?
Reference Map

19. What kind of map is this?
Thematic Map