Of the following choices, choose the statements that describe a geographic space. - answer-The Amazon rainforest.
The mountains of North America.
The ocean floor at the intersection of the Pacific and Juan de Fuca plates.
Determine whether each of the following examples describes a relative lo...
Geography Ch1 part 2 Mastering
Geography
Of the following choices, choose the statements that describe a geographic space. - answer-The Amazon
rainforest.
The mountains of North America.
The ocean floor at the intersection of the Pacific and Juan de Fuca plates.
Determine whether each of the following examples describes a relative location or an absolute location.
- answer-Absolute: The geographic center of the contiguous United States is located at 39°50 ′N 98°35\
W.
The Empire State Building is located at 350 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10118.
Relative: Key West can be found to the south and west of Everglades National Park.
The Sierra Nevada Mountains are located in eastern California.
The United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C. is located 1.2 miles from the Washington
Monument.
Based on the information above, which of the following is an example of place? - answer-The Indonesian
Islands surround the Java Sea and are tropical islands with a wide variety of plants and animals.
The ideas of space, location, and place are slightly different concepts, and all three are needed to gain a
full understanding of geography. With the examples below, determine whether each is describing a
space, location, or place.
Drag the appropriate items into their respective bins. - answer-Place: Montague Island is one of the last
natural homes of the Colorado Delta clam.
San Ignacio Lagoon draws whale-watchers from around the world because gray whales migrate to the
waters every winter.
Location: La Paz, Mexico is located at 24.1422° N, 110.3108° W.
Tijuana is located south of San Diego, but north of Ensenada.
Space: The beaches of Cabo San Lucas.
The boundaries of Isla Cerralvo.
Which language family is the most widely diffused? - answer-Indo-European
Which of the following language families has diffused across the farthest distance? - answer-
Austronesian
In which pair of countries is the Altaic language family predominant? - answer-Uzbekistan and Mongolia
Which country has the highest rate of Internet users and is located within a non-Indo-European
language family region? - answer-United Arab Emirates
Which of the following correctly identifies a language family and a country in which Islam is the major
religion? - answer-Indo-European and Bangladesh
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