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Thanks alot Hagar for your communication. Here is the model answer. If you have any problems with it, just contact me.The Five Themes of GeographyA- Answer the following questions.

1- What are the five themes of geography?
Location, regions, movement, place, interaction.
2- What question does “location” answer?
“Where is it?”
3- How do the geographers divide regions?
They divide the world into many types of regions i.e. political regions, cultural regions, climate regions … etc.  
4- What question does “movement” answer?
“How do people, goods, and ideas move from place to another?”
5- How can one identify a specific place?
By its natural and human features.
6- What does “Human-environment” focus on? Give examples.
It focuses on the relationship between people and environment. For example, people might build a dam to control flooding during rainy seasons.




Understanding Movements of Earth

B- Fill in the blanks.

1- The planet Earth is part of our solar system
2- Earth revolves around the sun in a nearly circular path called 
  an orbit
3- Winter begins on December 21.
4- Summer begins on June 21 or 22.
5- Spring begins on March 20 or 21
6- Autumn begins on September 22 or 23
7- A globe is a social model of Earth. It shows the actual shapes, sizes, and location of all Earth’s landmasses and bodies of water.
8- Geographers divide the globe along imaginary horizontal lines called parallels of latitude.
9- Equator is located halfway between the North and South poles.
10- Parallels of latitude are measured in degrees. ( °).
One degree of latitude represents a distance of about 69 miles  
 (111 kilometers).
11- Geographers also divide the globe along imaginary vertical lines called meridians of longitude.
12- The Prime Meridian runs from pole to pole through Greenwich ,England.
13- The Equator marks ( 0 °) latitude and divides Earth into the Southern and Northern Hemisphere.



Maps projection
C- Write True or False.

1. - Maps are drawings that show regions on round surface. ( F ) 
2. Maps and globes are similar without any difference. ( F )
3. Maps must shrink some places and stretch some others. ( T )
4. Mapmakers use the projection that has the least distortion. ( T )
5. “Same-Shape Maps” are map projections that not accurately show the shapes of landmass. ( F )
6. “Equal-Area Maps” are map projections that show the correct size of landmasses. ( T )
7. The distortion is usually less at the edges of the map and greater at the center. ( F )
8. Robinson Map is a compromise between the Mercator and Equal-area projection.  
  ( T ).  

How to Use a Map
D- Fill in the blanks.

1- Maps provide different clues, depending on their purpose or scale.
2- Compass rose shows the directions.
3- Key shows the symbols and colors used on the map.
4- Scale bar helps you find the actual distances between points shown on the map.
5- Title tells you the subject of the map.


Types of Maps and Human Migration  

E- Answer the following questions.  

1- What does a political map show?
It shows political borders, continents, countries, states, provinces … etc.

2- What does a physical map represent and show?
  It shows the physical features of a certain place such as hills, plains, mountains, rivers … etc. It also represents/ shows elevation and relief.

3- What do boundary lines on climate maps show?
They show the different kinds of climate.

4- Why does Delhi receive heavy rainfall in rainy seasons?
Delhi receives heavy rainfall in rainy seasons because it is located under the Tropic line.

5- How is the language map divided?
It is divided according to the spoken languages in a certain place, region or country.


B- Match.  
   
1- People shape and are shaped by “ g “
2- Poverty and political unrest “ a “
3- Better living conditions and jobs are “ d “ 
4- Elmina, in Ghana, is a port “ b “
5- “Subsistence farming” means “ f “
6- Land-Use Maps are “ e “
7- “Commercial farming” means “ c “













Investigate the Ancient World


1- The Ancient World is a phrase we use to describe the world during a long period of time. 
2- The Chinese built the Great Wall which extends thousands of miles across the country.
3- Ancient India extended from about 2600 B.C. to 181 B.C.

4- Ancient China extended from about 1700 B.C. to A.D 220.

5- Ancient Rome extended from about 509 B.C. to A.D 476.

6- The ancient Nubians adopted many Egyptian practices as the pyramids.

7- The letters B.C. stand for “Before Christ” Which refer to the years before Jesus’/Christ’s birth.

8- The letters A.D. stand for “Anno Domini” Which refer to the years after Jesus’/Christ’s birth.

9- India had limited contact with the rest of the ancient world because of the Himalaya Mountains and because of other mountains and seas.

10- The Himalayas are the highest mountain system in the world.

11- The Fertile Crescent is located to the north of large desert area.

12- To obtain more land, Greeks traveled across the Mediterranean and the Black seas.

13-The expansion of the Roman Empire was based on conquest.
14- Romans built the largest road system in the ancient world.




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