Barron's Guide 8th Edition - Unit 1B
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Which term describes the spread of a disease, an innovation, or
cultural traits through direct contact with another person or
another place? -
correct answer ✅Contagious Diffusion
What term can represent the distance north or south of the
Equator, measured in degrees? -
correct answer ✅Latitude
At which meridian, located at zero degrees longitude passes
through Greenwich, England? -
correct answer ✅Prime Meridian
Which terms describes an arc that for the most part follows 180°
longitude, although it deviates in several places to avoid dividing
land areas. When you cross it heading east (toward America), the
clock moves back 24 hours, or one entire day. When you go west
(toward Asia), the calendar moves ahead one day? -
correct answer ✅International Date Line
, Barron's Guide 8th Edition - Unit 1B
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
What terms provides a description of a place by local topography
and other cultural or physical characteristics? -
correct answer ✅Site
What terms provides a description about a place's relationship to
other places around it; also called relative location? -
correct answer ✅Situation
What term refers to the degree of economic, social, cultural, or
political connection between two places; also called topological
space? -
correct answer ✅Connectivity
What measure of distance that includes the costs and time of
overcoming the friction of absolute distance separating two places;
used to describe amount of connectivity between two places? -
correct answer ✅Relative Distance
Which standard grid, composed of lines of latitude and longitude, is
used to determine the absolute location of any object, place, or
feature on Earth's surface? -
correct answer ✅Coordinate System
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Which term describes the spread of a disease, an innovation, or
cultural traits through direct contact with another person or
another place? -
correct answer ✅Contagious Diffusion
What term can represent the distance north or south of the
Equator, measured in degrees? -
correct answer ✅Latitude
At which meridian, located at zero degrees longitude passes
through Greenwich, England? -
correct answer ✅Prime Meridian
Which terms describes an arc that for the most part follows 180°
longitude, although it deviates in several places to avoid dividing
land areas. When you cross it heading east (toward America), the
clock moves back 24 hours, or one entire day. When you go west
(toward Asia), the calendar moves ahead one day? -
correct answer ✅International Date Line
, Barron's Guide 8th Edition - Unit 1B
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
What terms provides a description of a place by local topography
and other cultural or physical characteristics? -
correct answer ✅Site
What terms provides a description about a place's relationship to
other places around it; also called relative location? -
correct answer ✅Situation
What term refers to the degree of economic, social, cultural, or
political connection between two places; also called topological
space? -
correct answer ✅Connectivity
What measure of distance that includes the costs and time of
overcoming the friction of absolute distance separating two places;
used to describe amount of connectivity between two places? -
correct answer ✅Relative Distance
Which standard grid, composed of lines of latitude and longitude, is
used to determine the absolute location of any object, place, or
feature on Earth's surface? -
correct answer ✅Coordinate System
