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** Concepts, ** ** and Themes ** ch.1.sec.1 THQ DIRECTIONS: Refer to pages 8 – 13 in your textbook to answer the following questions. NEW VOCABULARY: geography – latitude – parallel – degree – Equator – longitude – meridian – Prime Meridian – plain 1. PICTURE ACTIVITIES: Name the bridge in the photograph on page 8 that is all but covered with fog. San Francisco’s G _ _ _ _ _ G _ _ _ Bridge 2. (Page 9) In his book //Carrying the Fire//, Michael Collins, an astronaut, described what he saw from his space capsule, _ _ _ miles above the E _ _ _ _. 3. (P. 10) G _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the study of Earth, our home. 4. The two basic questions that guide geographers in their work are: A) Where are things l _ _ _ _ _ _ ?     B) W _ _ are they _ _ _ _ _  ? 5. (Pages 10 – 12) List the Five Themes of Geography A) L _ _ _ _ _ _ _     B) P _ _ _ _ C) H _ _ _ _ -En _ _ _ _ _ ment Inter _ _ _ _ _ _     D) M ____________ E) R ____________   6. (P.11) Another name for lines of latitude is **p** _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s     Another name for lines of longitude is **m** ___________     (Diagram P.10) How Latitude and Longitude Form the Global Grid    7. Which lines on a global grid do not touch one another? Circle correct answer.     A) parallels (lines) of latitude B) meridians (lines) of longitude    LINKS TO MATH: (P. 11)   8. One degree of latitude is equal to about _ _ miles on earth.    Map study: Physical Regions of the United States and Mexico    9. The Delmarva Peninsula is located in the C o  a _ _ _ _ Low _ _ _ _ region of the United States.   **50 points** will be awarded if the answer is correct and contains a relevant or valid explanation.  **30 points** will be awarded if the answer is correct but has a weak explanation.  **20 points** will be awarded if the answer is correct but has a very weak, invalid, or no explanation.  **Zero points** will be awarded if the answer is wrong. Maximum score for this assignment is 100 points.   10. In which two (2) hemispheres is North America located? Explain how North America can be located in two hemispheres.    Answer: _______________________ & __________________________    Explain: ___________________________________________________    _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Parent’s signature (5 of the 100 possible points) ________________________ • **Your signature indicates**, to the best of your knowledge, that your son or daughter completed this assignment according to the social studies Take-Home-Quiz policy. Any social studies Take-Home-Quiz that is more than one day late must be made up after school with me and may receive up to 75 points. Students must make arrangements to stay after school to complete the assignment that is more than one day late or receive a zero for the assignment.
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 * The Themes of Geography: Five Ways to Look at the Earth **
 * Question number 10 is worth fifty (50) points. **