Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________ Sec.: _______ Mid Term Multiple Choice Practice Instructions: For multiple choice prompts, choose the BEST option that answers questions or completes statements. 1) An appropriate definition of scale is… The directionality of a map The orientation of a map The relationship between the size of the world and how it is drawn on a map None of the above 2) The directionality of a map is… Scale Orientation Projection Grid 3) When cartographers create maps, the changes in the size, shape or position of the world onto a flat map are called… Coordinates Projections Distortions 4) Which of the following is not an example of a thematic map? Transportation map Sinusoidal map Physical features map Political map 5) If a cartographer is trying to tell you the precise location of a place on Earth, he is describing the… The precise location The relative location The absolute location None of the above 6) True or False: All maps have some distortion. True False 7) True or False: lines of latitude are connected to climate and therefore are a “truth” about maps. True False 8) The Prime Meridian divides the world into the… Northern and Southern Hemispheres Area and Conformal Humid Continental and Humid Subtropical Eastern and Western Hemispheres 9) is not a type of projection that we have studied in this unit so far? Lambert Projection Goode Projection Equirectangular Projection Mercator Projection 10) Because they were each under the authority of a supreme leader, the Aztec and Incan civilizations are both examples of… confederacies democracy empire None of the above 11) The Portuguese sailors that successfully sailed around the world in the 1522, made history’s first… colony circumnavigation flight voyage
12) Hernán Cortes and Francisco Pizarro, who conquered the Aztec and Incan empires, are both examples of… diplomats conquistadores Columbians priests 13) To increase their _____ in the 15th century, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella financed Columbus’ voyage. charity immorality authority inferiority 14) The overland route that connected trade for centuries between Asia, Africa and Europe was known as… The Silk Road The Trunk Road The Oregon None of the above 15) True or False: the modern day name for the Spice Islands is “Indonesia.” True False 16) True or False: A primary source is any source written or created about a historical period after that period has passed. True 17) Needing to settle the dispute between Portugal and Spain about claims over the Americas, the Pope helped them to sign a document that split the New World in half. That document was known as the… Pope’s Decree Treaty of Taínos Treaty of Versailles Treaty of Tordesillas 18) What is the most accurate definition of human migration below? a. When people stay in one place permanently b. The movement of people from one place to another c. Moving from one country to another to live there permanently d. None of the above 19) of the following is NOT an appropriate example of immigration? a. A family that moves from Florida to Massachusetts b. A family that moves from Egypt to Germany c. A family that moves from Honduras to the United States d. A family that moves from Brazil to Argentina 20) True or False. Migration is the same as immigration. a. True b. False 21) True or False, a push factor is a force that attracts people to a place. a. True b. False 22) Hector witnesses a student that is harassed by a group of students in front of the bus stop. He decides to tell an adult. Hector’s action makes him… a. an Upstander b. a Victim c. a Perpetrator d. a Bystander