NAME: Geography Unit Study Guide 7th Grade - Brandstrader 1) When someone tells you directions to school from

your current location, you are receiving the ____________ location of the school. 2) What is the relative location of Highland Park from Chicago?

3) What information is necessary to find out the absolute location of a specific place?

4) North and South are measured by degrees of _____________. (latitude or longitude) 5) The prime meridian is at ________ degrees longitude. 6) The International Date Line is at ________ degrees longitude. 7) North America and South America are located in what hemisphere?

8) Why are maps distorted?

9) What information does a map legend (or map key) tell us?

10) What is the purpose of the global grid?

11) The Arctic Circle is at _______ degrees latitude. 12) What are the imaginary lines that run from the North Pole to the South pole called?

13) How does the Earths axis affect the climate on Earth?

14) Where can one find how the distance on a map relates with the distance on Earth?

15) A population density map is an example of what type of map? 16) A map of landforms will show what type of features? 17) What is climate? 18) What is a natural resource? What are some examples?

19) How people of a certain region earn a living would be shown in what type of map?

20) What defines a region?

21) What does a climagraph show?

22) What are some examples of fossil fuels?

23) What is hydroelectric power?

24) What are the seven major regions of the world?