1- miami beach senior high school（1 -迈阿密海滩高级中学）.doc

CHAPTER 1 KEY ISSUE I WORKSHEET 1. Define map: 2. Name and define the five concepts that guide geographers 3. Define cartography: 4. A map serves two purposes 5. Give two examples of early mapmaking and its (unusual?) materials for the maps. 6. Who first demonstrated that the earth was round? How? 7. List three of his contributions in geography at that time. 8. Provide an example of developments in geography for each of the following: 9. Define scale: 10. When geographers convert the round earth to a flat map, they use a projection. All projections have some distortion (only a globe has none). List the four things that typically become distorted in various projections. 11. Two important projections are the Mercator and the Robinson. Complete the table below to compare their advantages and disadvantages. 12. With regard to the Land Ordinance of 1785, which became the official survey system for the United States, define the following: 13. Geographers use a GIS (Geographic Information System) to store “layers” of data. Give three examples of types of data stored in a single layer. 14. Define remote sensing: 15. List several things that geographers can map using remotely sensed data. CHAPTER 1 KEY ISSUE 2 WORKSHEET 1. Define toponym: 2. Identify four ways in which places can receive names 3. Identify three reasons for which places sometimes change names 4. Define site: 5. List some site characteristics. 6. Complete the following sentence about site: Human actions can ______________ the characteristics of a site. 7. Define situation: 8. What role do familiar places have understanding situation of unfamiliar places? 9. What place is designated as 0 degrees longitude? 10. What is the name for the line drawn at 0 degrees longitude? 11. How is a degree of longitude or latitude further subdivided? 12. What is the longitude of the International Date Line? 13. A region is an area of Earth defined by one or more c