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Praxis II Citizenship

Category - Geography

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Why is relative location often a better way to communicate geographic information than absolute location?
  1. Relative location is reassessed annually, while absolute distances are reassessed once every 10 years.
  2. Relative location is more precise than absolute location.
  3. Absolute location only measures physical distance, which cannot account for the all of the qualities that define a location.
  4. Absolute location is fluid or changeable, whereas relative location is permanent.
Explanation
Answer: C -Giving a relative location often communicates more worthwhile geographic information than giving an absolute location because relative location measures more than just physical distance. Relative locations yield fuller, richer, more informed concepts of where a location is, in addition to how the location fits in to the larger regions or states to which it belongs.
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