Matthew Baxter

World Studies Hybrid

Mr. Bienkowski
Hour 1
Unit 1 Vocab Quiz 10 Points

Match each theme of geography on the left with its example on the right.
1) Location
cultural characteristics
2) Place
one place from another
3) Region
change their environment
4) Movement
relative area of something
5) Human/Environment Interaction
information and ideas spread

A. Place with similar natural, human, or

B. Features that distinguish
C. How people adapt to and
D. Absolute or
E. The way people, products,

Fill in the two blankslatitude or longitude?

6) __________________

7)

__________________
Direction:
East-west, parallel to the equator
converging at the poles
Parallel lines:

Yes

Range:
and West

0 to 90 North and South

North-south;
No
0 to 180 East

Denotes distance:
From Equator (north or south)
Meridian (east or west)

From Prime

Applications:
zones

Classifying time

Classifying temperature zones

8) True or false: Physical geography and human geography are interchangeable

terms.

9) What is the science and practice of drawing of maps?

a. Mapography
b. Cartography
c. Geography
d. Zonology

10) What does GPS stand for?

a. Geographical Place System
b. Geometric Position Statistics
c. Global Personal Site
d. Global Positioning System

11) What does GIS stand for?

a. Geographic Information System
b. Geometric Intuition Statistics
c. Global Islam State
d. Gary Is Stupid

12) What type of map is this?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Chloropleth map
Isoline map
Dot map
Cartogram

13) What type of map is this?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Proportional Arrow map

Physical map
Political map
Statistical map

14) True or false: All illustrations of physical geography are subject to some
measure of distortion.

15) The place name The Black Hills is a ____________.

Match each region type with its definition.

16) Formal
a. Region defined by perception
17) Functional
b. Region centered around core city
18) Vernacular
basis of distinguishing shared traits

c. Region on

Match each type of diffusion with its definition.

19) Relocation
cities and move spread rapidly

a. Start in big

20) Expansion
characteristic itself fails to diffuse
21) Contagious
to lower populated areas

b. Spread of underlying principle, yet a

c. Start in highly populated areas and slowly spread

22) Hierarchical
physical movement of people
23) Stimulus
diffusion types besides Relocation

d. Spread of an idea through

e. Includes all

24) What does ISIS stand for?

25) What does ISIL stand for?

26) 9/11 was a terroristic attack on the ________ _________ _________ in New
York City.

27) Name one country that planned a nationwide lockdown to prevent the
spread of the Ebola virus.

28) To the nearest ten, how many countries are there on average?
Key
1) D
2) B
3) A
4) E
5) C
6) Latitude
7) Longitude
8) False
9) B
10)
D
11)
A
12)
B
13)
A
14)
True
15)
Toponym
16)
C
17)
B
18)
A
19)
D
20)
E
21)
A
22)
C
23)
B
24)
Islamic State in Syria
25)
Islamic State in Levant
26)
World Trade Center
27)
Sierra Leone
28)
200