Study Guide-QUIZ 1
Directions: Use this handout as a tool to help you focus your studying. Go back
and look at any notes and handouts used in class. Write the answers to any
questions you don’t know in your notebook to help you prepare for the quiz.
Lesson1- What is Geography?
Words to know: Geography, physical geography, human geography,
spatial scale
Sample Questions:
1. What are some examples of physical characteristics of Earth?
2. What are some examples of human characteristics of Earth?
Lesson2- What do Geographers do?
Words to know: geographic inquiry (Ask, acquire, organize, analyze,
answer)
Sample Questions:
1. When would a geographer use the process of Geographic Inquiry?
2. What should a geographer do FIRST when they are trying to solve a
geographic problem?
3. How would a geographer share their work when solving a geographic
problem?
BE ABLE to go through the process with a SAMPLE problem- think back
to the Aral Sea and Bayville.
Lesson3- What Tools Do Geographers Use?
Words to Know: geographic representation, map, globe, Global
Positioning System (GPS), Global Information Systems (GIS)
Sample Questions:
1. What are 3 examples of possible uses for a map?
2. How might a satellite image of a location help you to understand
what it is like in that location?
3. Compare and contrast 2 maps.
BE ABLE to use a map, satellite image, a GIS image, and a chart or graph
to make a geographic conclusion.