Chapter 1 The Geography of the Americas   1. Lines of longitude on maps and globes are used to measure distances ____________     A) north and south of the Equator.     B) north of the South Pole.     C) east and west of the Prime Meridian.     D) south of the North Pole.   2. Cutting down forests, building cities, and damming rivers illustrate the geography theme of ____________     A) movement.     B) Place.     C) natural resources.     D) human/environment interaction.   3. The geography theme of region helps us see ____________     A) how people in a large area differ from one another.     B) relationships among different parts of the world.     C) grid lines on maps and globes.     D) distance from one place to another.   4. The Equator and the Prime Meridian divide the earth into halves known as ____________     A) continents.     B) projections.     C) hemispheres.     D) landforms.   5. Because it shows sizes, shapes, and distances fairly accurately, the map projection most geographers use today is the ____________     A) Tosanelli projection.     B) Robinson projection.     C) Interrupted projection.     D) Mercator projection.   6. North and South America are located in the ____________     A) Southern Hemisphere.     B) Western Hemisphere.     C) Northern Hemisphere.     D) Eastern Hemisphere.   7. Elevation, relief, and landforms help make up the earth's ____________     A) mountains.     B) topography.     C) tributaries.     D) oceans.   8. The largest river system in North America is formed by the ____________     A) Amazon River and its tributaries.     B) Mississippi River and its tributaries.     C) Sierra Madre.     D) Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.   9. In the United States, a gigantic hollowed-out plateau and sprawling deserts make up the ____________     A) Hawaiian Islands.     B) Intermountain region.     C) Interior Plains.     D) Canadian Shield.   10. The condition of the earth's atmosphere over a short period of time is called ____________     A) weather.     B) precipitation.     C) climate.     D) temperature.   11. The two main ingredients in climate are ____________     A) the North and South poles.     B) rain and snow.     C) ocean currents and wind currents.     D) temperature and precipitation.   12. California's wet winters and hot summers make up North America's only climate region known as ____________     A) subarctic.     B) Mediterranean.     C) tropical.     D) marine.   13. The source of the Mississippi River is in ____________     A) northwest Alaska.     B) upper Canada.     C) central Minnesota.     D) Southwest United States.   14. Physical and cultural characteristics make up the geography theme of ____________     A) movement.     B) location.     C) place.     D) human/environment interaction.   15. Geographers have organized details about the earth around ____________     A) the arrival of immigrants.     B) the five themes of geography.     C) human/environment interaction.     D) physical and cultural characteristics.