Examen De Geografía 1er Bloque

GEOGRAPHY EXAM

1st GRADE

1ST BIMESTRE OCTOBER

NAME:____________________________________________ GROUP:_______

DATE:_____________________________ SCORE _________________

I. MATCH THE COLUMNS (8 points)

A) Environment

Components

B) Longitude

C) Place

D) Altitude

E) Latitude

F) Hemisphere

G) Geography

H) Map

I) Location

( ) comes from two Greek words: geo meaning “Earth” and graphos meaning “charting or mapping”.

( ) Is a flat representation of all or some parts of the Earth’s surface.

( ) Location north or south of the Equator, measured by imaginary lines (parallels) that are numbered in degrees north or south.

( ) Location east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured by imaginary lines (meridians) numbered in degrees east or west.

( ) Natural like soil, water and vegetation; Socials like population, culture and politic organization and Economics like economic activities, trade and shipping.

( ) Serves as a starting point by asking “Where is it?

( ) it is a geographical location and it also describe characteristics such as landforms, animal life, language and human way of life.

( ) Height above the sea level.

II. COMPARE THESE MAP PROJECTIONS. (4 points)

Robinson projection Mercator projection

III. LABEL THE ELEMENTS IN THE FOLLOWING MAP AND DRAW THE MISSING ELEMENT. (4 points)

IV. Answer and explain the following questions.

1. How has changed the environment? (1 point)

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2. What is the difference between a map and a map projection? (1 point)

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3. Write an example of a purpose map. Explain the elements that it must have.

(2 points)

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4. If in Mexico is 5 o’clock, what time is it in London? Explain. (2 points)

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5. Do Mexico and Argentina have the same seasons at the same time? (clue: letter to Stephanie) (2 points)

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6. If you want to know: documentary, statistics and graphic information of your entity, where would you research to get this information? Write one example of a Mexican Institution responsible to gather this information. (2 points)

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