WGU C255 PA All Possible Questions and Answers 2023
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What are the five themes of geography?
Location,Place,Human/environmental interaction,Regions,Movement
Which of the following is the science of mapmaking?
Cartography
What does longitude measure?
The angles east and west of the prime meridian
What is population density?
Number of people per unit area
A country has 100 square miles of land and a population of 1 million people. What
is the population density per square mile of the country?
10,000 people
What is the purpose of the prime meridian?
Establishes the point of measure for longitude
What does the international date line separate?
Two consecutive calendar days
What geographic feature is the peninsula in Yellow Sea near Japan?
Korea
What geographic feature is the body of water between Uzbekistan and
Kazakhstan?
Aral Sea
What geographic feature is the part of the border between China and Russia?
Amur River
What geographic feature is the islands in the Barents Sea off the Arctic Ocean?
Svalbard
What geographic feature passes through Salekhard?
Ob River
What is the absolute location of the city of Odessa?
46N 30E
What is the relative location of the city of Yalta?
The southern shore of the Crimean peninsula on the Black Sea
In the 1800s the British attempted to colonize West Africa. Tropical diseases
caused heavy losses of men and horses as they attempted to travel up the Niger
River. Their attempts to colonize the area initially failed. Which of the following
explains how geography affected the British attempts at colonization in West
Africa?
The tropical environment is home to disease-causing parasites. The fresh water
sources in the tropics house parasites that cause dysentery.
What world region has been plagued by civil wars over their rich natural
resources?
Sub-Saharan Africa
What world region is divided along religious lines as the result of decolonization?
South Asia
Correct
What are the five themes of geography?
Location,Place,Human/environmental interaction,Regions,Movement
Which of the following is the science of mapmaking?
Cartography
What does longitude measure?
The angles east and west of the prime meridian
What is population density?
Number of people per unit area
A country has 100 square miles of land and a population of 1 million people. What
is the population density per square mile of the country?
10,000 people
What is the purpose of the prime meridian?
Establishes the point of measure for longitude
What does the international date line separate?
Two consecutive calendar days
What geographic feature is the peninsula in Yellow Sea near Japan?
Korea
What geographic feature is the body of water between Uzbekistan and
Kazakhstan?
Aral Sea
What geographic feature is the part of the border between China and Russia?
Amur River
What geographic feature is the islands in the Barents Sea off the Arctic Ocean?
Svalbard
What geographic feature passes through Salekhard?
Ob River
What is the absolute location of the city of Odessa?
46N 30E
What is the relative location of the city of Yalta?
The southern shore of the Crimean peninsula on the Black Sea
In the 1800s the British attempted to colonize West Africa. Tropical diseases
caused heavy losses of men and horses as they attempted to travel up the Niger
River. Their attempts to colonize the area initially failed. Which of the following
explains how geography affected the British attempts at colonization in West
Africa?
The tropical environment is home to disease-causing parasites. The fresh water
sources in the tropics house parasites that cause dysentery.
What world region has been plagued by civil wars over their rich natural
resources?
Sub-Saharan Africa
What world region is divided along religious lines as the result of decolonization?
South Asia
