INSTITUTO MEXICANO AMERICANO de Veracruz, A.C.

KINDERGARTEN, PRIMARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL 100% BILINGE SECONDARY SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY SCHOOL YEAR 2012-2013 FIRST PERIOD EXAM TYPE A TEACHER: MONSERRAT RODRGUEZ CEVALLOS STUDENTS NAME: GRADE AND GROUP: DATE: LIST NUMBER: POINTS: /40 RESULT:

I. INSTRUCTION: Answer the following questions. (4 points) 1. Describe how Mercator, conic, and planar projections each distort the appearance of Earth's surface. Then choose which map might best represent the United States. Explain your choice.
Sample answer: A Mercator map is useful for areas close to the equator. On a Mercator map, areas far away from the equator appear much larger than they really are. A planar projection distorts landmasses as they get farther away from a center point. A conic projection best displays the Earth's surface at the middle latitudes. Landmasses near the equator and the poles are distorted in a conic map. Because the U S is located in the middle latitudes, a conic map would most likely distort the United States the least.

2. Think about the state you live in as part of a culture region. What do most of the people in your area have in common?
Possible Response: Most of the people in the student's area probably speak the same language, wear similar kinds of clothes, use the same technology, and work in similar kinds of jobs.

II. INSTRUCTION: Using the exhibit write on the line the letter of the best answer.(5 points)

3. Which city lies 20 south of Mexico City? __C__ A) Washington, D.C. B) Dallas 4. What is the nearest parallel to Beijing, China? __C__ A) 120 east B) 120 west 5. Which city lies closest to 20 south of the Equator? __ C __ A) Delhi B) Mexico City

C) Quito C) 40 north C) Brisbane

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6. Which city lies closest to 0 longitude? __ B __ A) Washington, D.C. B) London

C) Kinshasa

7. Which city lies closest to the Equator? __C__ A) Brisbane B) Cape Town C) Quito III. INSTRUCTION: For each statement or question, underline the option that best completes or answers it. (3 points) 8. The kind of map scale indicated by 1:1,000,000 is A) number B) symmetrical C) verbal 9. Which of the following is an element of the Global Positioning System? A) both of them B) master control station C) GPS receiver

10. What does the Global Positioning System (GPS) allow people to determine anywhere in the world? A) their speed B) both of them C) the time IV. INSTRUCTION: Read each statement. If it is true, write "true" on the line. If it is false, write "false." (10 points) 11. __TRUE A culture trait is something, such as a language, belief, or tool, that is shared by people of a certain culture. 12. __TRUE Interdependence is the influence of one cultural region on another. 13. __TRUE_ Geography focuses on location, region, place, movement, and human-environment interaction. 14. ___FALSE_ A culture region is a place where most people eat meat. 15. ___ FALSE Economics is the study of how laws are made in a given country. 16. ___ FALSE A description of the United States as "north of Mexico" is an example of location. 17. ___ TRUE A population map is an example of a thematic map. 18. ___ TRUE __ A line of longitude runs north-south. 19. ____ FALSE A cartographer is someone who moves from one part of the world to another. 20. ____ TRUE _ A map projection is a way of showing the Earth's curved surface on a flat map. V. INSTRUCTION: Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best matches each description.Write the letter of your answer on the line next to each number. (5 points) A) latitude lines B) longitude lines C) hemisphere D) equator E) prime meridian

21. _D___ an imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern halves 22. _C___ each half of the earth, divided either north and south or east and west 23. _B___ a set of imaginary lines that go around the earth over the poles 24. _A___ a set of imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator 25. _E___an imaginary line that divides the earth into eastern and western halves VI. INSTRUCTION: Describe the terms location, place, and region and tell how they are alike and different. Include examples to make your explanation clear.(2 points) Think about: - latitude, longitude, and nearby places - physical features and human interactions with the environment - how places are similar or different

Possible response: A geographic feature's location describes the place on earth where it can

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be found. The location might be described using latitude and longitude, or by telling what it is near. A feature's place has to do with what it is like. For example, a mountain might be rocky or covered with a dense forest. A region describes an area that has similar characteristics. Examples will vary.

VI. INSTRUCTION: Using the exhibit, circle the letter of the best answer.(5 points)

27. ____ Which state lies on the Gulf of Mexico? A) San Luis Potos

B) Veracruz

C) Nuevo Lon

28. ____ Which of these states shares a border with the United States? A) Chihuahua B) Tabasco 29. ____ Which state lies on the Pacific Coast? A) Yucatn 30. ____ Which state lies next to Yucatn? A) Chihuahua 31. ____ Which state is farthest south? A) Sonora

C) Oaxaca

B) Tamaulipas

C) Jalisco

B) Quintana Roo

C) Guerrero

B) Nayarit

C) Chiapas

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VII. INSTRUCTION: Solve the problem. (3 points) 32. Given the scale 1: 500 000 calculate the distance between 2 places that are separated on a map by 7 cm. answer in kilometers. Draw a graphic scale to represent it. 500 000 cm to km = 5 x7 = 35

5 km

10km

15 km

Answer: ______35__________ km.

VIII.INSTRUCTION: Using the map, answer the following questions. (3 points)

33. Give an example of a dirt road on this map. _ Any of the following: McCoy Road, Chambers
Road, or Garby Road

34. On the map, what type of road is indicated by a double line? _____ divided highway ___ 35. Weston Pond is located at 47N, 110W. What is the pond's latitude? _______47N ___________

Never tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon. Unknown

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