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FREE GEOGRAPHY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT 6TH
GRADE GEOGRAPHY EXAM QUESTIONS
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Question 1: Political Map
Answer:
Maps show political features. These are not natural or physical features, but rather features determined by people (these include state boundaries and capital cities.)
Question 2: Longitude Lines
Answer:
Run from north to south but they measure distance on Earth in an east-to-west direction.
Question 3: Robinson Project
Answer:
a map projection of a world map which shows the entire world at once.
Question 4: Define REGIONS
Answer:
Places that are close to one another and share some characteristics
Question 5: Physical Map
Answer:
Depict many kinds of physical features, including Mountains, lakes, and rivers|
Question 6: Cardinal Directions
Answer:
North, East, South, and West (Never eat sad worms)
Question 7: Compass Rose
Answer:
a symbol on a map which indicates the cardinal directions
Question 8: Mercator Projection
Answer:
one of the simplest projections and one of the more distorted
Question 9: Define LOCATION
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Where something is found on the Earth
Question 10: Scale
Answer:
tells the user about the size of the map relation to the size of the real world
Question 11: Define HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS
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Physical characteristics of a place affect how people live and people affect the environment, too (ie - blast tunnels through mountains to build roadways, etc)
Question 12: Equator
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Zero degree line of latitude that separates the Northern hemisphere from the Southern hemisphere
Question 13: Special Purpose Map
Answer:
Shows very specific data such as climate, natural resources, and population density
Question 14: Cartographer
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map makers
Question 15: Define MOVEMENT
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Geographers look at how people, products, ideas and information move from one place to another.
Question 16: Relief
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The height of a landform compared to other nearby landforms
Question 17: Grid
Answer:
Intersecting lines of latitude and longitude that cover the globe
Question 18: Latitude Lines
Answer:
Run east to west but they measure distance on Earth in a north to south direction
Question 19: Prime Meridian
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Starting point for measuring longitude and separates Eastern and Western hemispheres
Question 20: What are the 5 themes of geography?
Answer:
Location, Place, Human/Environment Interactions, Movement, and Regions
Question 21: Intermediate Directions
Answer:
Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest
Question 22: Define PLACE
Answer:
Physical or human features
Question 23: Symbols
Answer:
pictures that represent something
Question 24: Key or Legend
Answer:
an area on the map that shows us what each symbol represents