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ASSESSMENT & ACTIVITIES

Critical Thinking
1. Summarizing the Main Idea How do
geographers use the elements of geography
Reviewing Key Terms to study the earth?
Write the key term that best completes each of the 2. Making Inferences What subjects might
following sentences. Refer to the Terms to Know in you study in order to become an urban plan-
the Summary & Study Guide on page 29.
ner? Explain.
1. Plants and animals depend on one another in 3. Predicting Consequences Consider the
a(n) __________. many ways that technology has affected the
way people live and work. Then imagine that
2. Geographers use a(n) __________ formed by you have become a geographer of the future.
lines of latitude and longitude to determine How do you think technology will change the
__________.
way you work?
3. __________ is the study of the human aspects 4. Categorizing Information Use a web dia-
of geography.
gram like the one below to show five methods
4. A(n) __________ has boundaries determined of geographic research.
by a common characteristic.
5. Another name for mapmaking is __________.
6. _______ is expressed in relation to other Geographers’
places. Methods
7. Computer tools that process data and satel-
lite images with other pieces of geographic
information are called __________.
8. __________ focuses on the study
of the earth’s physical features. Locating Places
The World: Physical Geography
Reviewing Facts Match the letters on the map with the places and physical features of the earth.
Write your answers on a sheet of paper.
SECTION 1
1. North America 5. Europe 8. Atlantic Ocean
1. How do geographers determine 2. South America 6. Antarctica 9. Indian Ocean
the locations of places?
3. Africa 7. Australia 10. Pacific Ocean
2. What are the three types of 4. Asia
regions identified by geogra-
phers? 120˚W 60˚W 0˚ 60˚E 120˚E
3. Why do geographers study 60˚N
human systems and human-
environment relationships? B C E
I
4. What are two ways that every 30˚N
TROPIC OF
place on the earth can be J CANCER
located? D J
EQUATOR
0˚
SECTION 2 H
A
5. How do physical and human TROPIC OF
geography differ? CAPRICORN F
30˚S N 0mi. 2,000
6. What research methods do 0km 2,000
geographers use? Winkel Tripel projection
60˚S
7. What other subjects do geogra-
phers study? G

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