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

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a geographic question?

A) Where is it?
B) What is important about its location?
C) When did it happen?
D) Why is it there?

Answer 1

C

Question 2

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

Answer 2

True

Question 3

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

A) Delivery person
B) Architect
C) Lawyer
D) Landscaper

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is true about geographers?

A) They examine both the physical and cultural world.
B) They study the world by dividing it up into regions.
C) They classify information about the world by its location.
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 5

The National Assessment of Progress (NAEP) in geography has reported information on what students know and do in geography. All of the following are reported except:

A) students scoring at higher percentiles are more able to create maps based on tabular or narrative data.
B) students in classes using audiovisual and computer resources perform better than others.
C) overall, male students performed better than female students.
D) fourth- and eighth-grade students who reported doing projects performed better than others.

Question 6

Young students should begin learning map skills from a globe.

Question 7

When students study about why people are trying to stop a large company from locating a landfill near their city, they are studying about the relationship between people and their environment.

Question 8

Meridians are also called lines of longitude.

Question 9

When comparing the sizes and locations of land masses and bodies of water, the globe is the best resource to use.

Question 10

Which of the following best illustrates the place theme?

A) Tropical rain forests have species of plants that are believed to have medicinal value.
B) Tropical rain forests are located between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer.
C) Tropical rain forests receive so much rainfall that the nutrients of the soil are washed away. Nutrients for plants come from the leaves of the larger trees not the soil.
D) Not all of the plants and animals of the tropical rain forests have been discovered and named by scientists.

Question 11

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

A) Nation, state, mayor, city
B) Pollution, deforestation, tropics, land use
C) Elevation, vegetation, rafts, swamp
D) Forest, road, mountain climber, volcano

Question 12

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.

Question 13

North on a map is up and South is down.

Question 14

Lines of latitude are also parallels.

Question 15

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

A) Migrations of people
B) Patterns and networks of economic interdependence
C) The types of settlements dominant or absent from a region
D) The processes that create islands

Question 16

Which of the following is an example of the movement theme in geography?

A) The greater yield of corn in areas with annual precipitation of 30-40 inches
B) The migration of poor farmers to the cities
C) Higher population densities along rivers than on plains
D) The location of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the junction of three rivers

Question 17

Geography for Life identifies eighteen standards grouped into six elements. Which statement is NOT a part of these standards?

A) The theme of location is incorporated.
B) Places and regions are culturally defined by people.
C) Many changes are a result of the physical processes acting on the earth.
D) People do not adapt their environment to fit their own needs but instead adapt to the environment.

Question 18

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

Question 19

Students should begin learning about maps by hanging them on the wall.

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT true of maps?

A) Maps are photographic like pictures of the world.
B) Maps organize data by location.
C) Maps have few commonly used symbols.
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 21

Computer technology can be used to help teachers illustrate the map's perspective to very young students.

Question 22

Demonstrating how people adapt to, and are influenced by, their physical environments is a geographical task that fourth-graders are expected to perform.

Question 23

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.

Question 24

Building three-dimensional models of landscapes helps students better understand a flat map.

Question 25

Geographic information is typically organized and displayed on maps and graphs, but not in tables.

Question 26

Only if you live in a large community can you find local examples of all five themes of geography and all six elements of the geographic standards.

Question 27

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

Question 28

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

Question 29

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.

Question 30

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.

Question 31

Many of the five geographic skills call for student behaviors that are similar to the inquiry and problem solving of social studies described in the chapter on teaching skills.