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- Q1What type of thinking do geographers use most in their studies?spatialchronologicalpsychologicalverbal30s
- Q2What theme of geography involves groups of places that have characteristics in common?locationplaceregionmovement30s
- Q3When geographers look at how people use resources, what element are they studying?places and regionsenvironment and societyphysical systemshuman systems30s
- Q4What is relative location?the description of location using longitude and latitudethe exact location of a placethe location of a place compared to other placesthe former location of a place30s
- Q5What is a continent?a chain of mountainsa large body of watera large landmassa group of islands30s
- Q6What divides the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere?the equatorTropic of Capricornthe prime meridianTropic of Cancer30s
- Q7What kind of map would a cartographer make to show where two highways cross?proportional symbol mappoint symbol mapsmall-scale maplarge-scale map30s
- Q8What map element would you use to figure out the distance from one city to another?locator globecompass roselegendscale30s
- Q9What is the main difficulty with map projections?they have no room for grid linesthey show only land, not waterthey make maps too large to carrythey all contain some distortion30s
- Q10What type of map uses symbols of different sizes to show the size of an event?politicalproportional symbolphysicalpoint symbol30s