CCD Geography 105 - World Regional Geography
Atlas Exercise Reading and Using Maps
Instructions: Answer the following
questions using your atlas.
Partner 1
Partner 2
1. In the introduction, Using the Atlas, in the section Understanding Map symbols, your authors say every map is a symbol representing the world or part of it What forms do the symbols take?
2. This Atlas uses maps at four different scales. From the discussion on page 51, what are those scales?
3. From the section titled The Earth, what is the total land area of the
Earth (including inland water and Antarctica) in square miles?
4. In the graph of Land Elevations in Profile on the bottom of pages 54-44, What is the highest point in Europe?
5. On the same pages, how deep is
deepest point in the Mediterranean Sea ?
6. Look at the climate graphs on the bottom of page 57. How many inches of
rain falls (on average) in Jakarta in the month of January?
7. In what two months does Stockholm receive the greatest precipitation ?
8. What is the average high temperature in Reykjavik (Iceland) in August?
9. Which climate graph shows the steepest temperature gradient (difference between the hottest and coldest temperatures for a given place)?
10. In the map on page 78, what is the average annual precipitation of the four corners region where Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico meet?
11. On the Map of the Pacific Rim, page 158-159, is the Peru Current a cold
current or a warm current?
12. In the map on page 108,
what do the colors (tints) symbolize?
13. In the World Vegetation map, pages 58-59 the city of Moscow is located in what vegetation zone?
14. On the map of North America pages 70-71 with what country is Greenland associated?
15. From the map on page 109, what is the average population density southwest of Kiev?
16. On the map of Colonial Rule to Independence in Africa, page 125, name two countries that did not obtain independence until 1990 or later:
17. What is the dominant ethno-linguistic group in Madagascar?
18, From the map on 137, in what year did Israel begin its occupation of the Golan Heights, West Bank and Gaza?
19. Page 158, what nation controls the Northern Mariana Islands?
20. What is the absolute location of Denver, CO?