Midterm 1

Question 1

A people’s way of life, including their political, economic, religious, lingual, social, intellectual, and artistic practices and beliefs: culture or environmentalism

Answer 1

Culture

Question 2

A concern to protect the natural environment, especially from harmful human activity: multiculturalism or environmentalism

Answer 2

Environmentalism

Question 3

The view that all cultures are equally good and that each culture has its own truth and values that those in other cultures must always except as valid: semi culturalism or multiculturalism

Answer 3

Multiculturalism

Question 4

The most basic tool of geography

Answer 4

A map

Question 5

Two main branches of geography

Answer 5

Physical geography and human geography

Question 6

The first writer to use the term geography: Cesar Agustus or Eratosthenes

Answer 6

Eratosthenes

Question 7

A regular pattern of intersecting vertical and horizontal lines

Answer 7

Grid

Question 8

Greek philosopher who used grids on a map

Answer 8

Hipparchus

Question 9

He published an argument for a heliocentric, sun centered, theory of the universe: Mercator or Copernicus

Answer 9

Copernicus

Question 10

The art of mapmaking: geocentric or cartography

Answer 10

Cartography

Question 11

In 1569, he published a world map with lines and grids that became the standard of his day: Mercator or Columbus

Answer 11

Mercator

Question 12

Detailed land features on a map including their elevations: topography or histography

Answer 12

Typography

Question 13

Points on a map, based on latitude and longitude: degrees or designations

Answer 13

Degrees

Question 14

The middle line of longitude that runs from north to south: the prime meridian or the Greenwich line

Answer 14

The prime meridian

Question 15

Together with the prime meridian, The 180° meridian creates the: great circle or great span

Answer 15

Great circle

Question 16

Any method used to show the earths round surface on a flat map: a globe or map projection

Answer 16

Map projection

Question 17

When a globe is transferred onto a flat map serious problem of this occurs: inertia or distortion

Answer 17

Distortion

Question 18

A typical globe is covered by 12 paper strips called: gores or directions

Answer 18

Gores

Question 19

This type of map projection minimizes all four types of distortion: Robinson’s projection or millers map

Answer 19

Robinson’s projection

Question 20

This map shows mountains, rivers, lakes, elevation, and other natural features: climate map or physical map

Answer 20

Physical map

Question 21

This map indicates state or national boundaries, capitals, and major cities: road map or political map

Answer 21

Political map

Question 22

This symbol on a map shows the directions and whether the top of the map is north, south, east, or west: GIS or compass rose

Answer 22

Compass rose

Question 23

This is a marked line on a map that indicates distance. Example: 1 inch equals 200 miles. Scale or relief

Answer 23

Scale

Question 24

This is the height and depth of land features in relation to the surrounding land marked on a map: relief or region

Answer 24

Relief

Question 25

Small monuments or markers that have been placed in key spots around the world to give the exact altitude of a location: benchmarks or Contor lines

Answer 25

Benchmarks

Question 26

The lines at separate colors on a relief map: contour lines or diagram markers

Answer 26

Contour lines

Question 27

The violent upheaval or change in the earth's crust: cataclysm or tsunami

Answer 27

Cataclysm

Question 28

The three parts of the earth's surface

Answer 28

Atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere

Question 29

Every variation in the landscape is called: a hill or a landform

Answer 29

Landform

Question 30

These are wide areas of level land: plains or rangers

Answer 30

Plains

Question 31

Wide areas of flat land that rise abruptly above surrounding lands: hills or plateaus

Answer 31

Plateaus

Question 32

Transported by water running down from the mountains, these deposits of sediment settle in the flat plains: alluvium or bacteria

Answer 32

Alluvium

Question 33

The main river and all of its tributaries are called: a river span or a river system

Answer 33

A river system

Question 34

Longest river in the US

Answer 34

Mississippi river

Question 35

The amount of water from rivers that flows into the ocean: drain water or discharge

Answer 35

Discharge

Question 36

The total land area drained by the main river and its tributaries: a drainage basin or swamp

Answer 36

Drainage basin

Question 37

Spongy areas that look dry but are covered with a wet organic materials: river or bog

Answer 37

Bog

Question 38

An area with visible standing water, grasses, and small plants like the Everglades: marsh or harbor

Answer 38

Marsh

Question 39

Like a marsh but covered with large trees like Cypress and mangrove: swamp or downstream

Answer 39

Swamp

Question 40

The theory that plates crash into and pull apart from one another, releasing energy from the earth's interior and causing earthquakes and volcanoes

Answer 40

Plate tectonics theory

Question 41

Deep cracks in the earth's surface where two pieces of land have moved in different directions: craters or faults

Answer 41

Faults

Question 42

Deep cracks and upward bends in the earth's surface

Answer 42

Faulting and folding

Question 43

A possible supercontinent that existed millions of years ago

Answer 43

Pangaea

Question 44

The breakdown of rocks by water, plant roots, temperature changes, and ice and mineral crystals: hummus or weathering

Answer 44

Weathering

Question 45

After weathering breaks down rock into small pieces, those materials are removed by: erosion or internal forces

Answer 45

Erosion

Question 46

The most powerful form of erosion

Answer 46

Running water

Question 47

This greatly influences wind direction around the earth due to its rotation: Coriolis effect or low pressure

Answer 47

Coriolis effect

Question 48

These winds occur near tropical islands and are constantly warm: total winds or trade winds

Answer 48

Trade winds

Question 49

Winds blowing from the east

Answer 49

Easterlies

Question 50

Three basic biomes

Answer 50

Forests, grasslands, and waste lands

Question 51

Areas of land that are barren most of the year because of low amounts of precipitation: savannas or wastelands

Answer 51

Wastelands