Exam 12: How Do I Engage Students in Interpreting the Earth and Its People Through Geography

Because there are many practical uses of geographic skills and knowledge in daily life and with many occupations, geography is an ideal subject for elementary and middle school students to learn.

The best way to begin teaching about maps is to give each student an atlas so that the student can clearly view a map as the teacher explains its essential characteristics.

Which is NOT a part of the element of geography called Human Systems?

The use of multiple fonts on a map is an example of using lettering as a symbol.

Which of the following occupations would NOT typically need to use knowledge or skills from geography in their daily work?

GIS uses satellite pictures of the world to illustrate the characteristics of locations around the world and to give a spatial element to information in databases.

Geographers study both the characteristics of the physical world and the cultural world.

The equator and prime meridian are special lines on the grid system because they are numbered zero.

Using the five themes of geography is a good organization tool for teachers to use when teaching young students about other nations and people.

Which of the following lists of concepts contains only geographic concepts?

Using a string or piece of yarn to measure and compare the length of the equator and the meridians in order to understand their relationships is a task that would be done in the exploratory introduction phase of the learning cycle.