Chapter 1 and Time: Multiple Choice

What is culture?

• The natural resources of a region

• The weather and climate of an area

• The beliefs, customs, and art of a country

• The landforms, climate, and environment of a country

What is a fossil?

• An imprint in stone of something that once lived

• An ancient way of writing, carved into stone or stamped into clay

• Something that human beings learned how to make and use

• A written record

Which of these is a primary source?

• A journal entry from a young bridge traveling west

• An article in a current encyclopedia

• Data on weather and climate

• A book about the people of ancient China

Which of the following would a physical geographer study?

• Primary sources

• Secondary sources

• Urban areas

• Landforms

Rivers, valley, and mountains are all examples of what?

• Homelands

• Landslides

• Landmarks

• Landforms

Which of the following is an example of a physical feature?

• The language that people speak in a region

• A center of population

• Symbols on a map

• A desert

What were the essential resources used by early peoples?

• Water, animals, and fertile land

• Water, copper, and animals

• Copper, gold, and fertile land

• Iron, copper, and water

Which of these is correct?

• 1800 AD = 1800 BCE

• 2017 BC = 2017 AD

• 1 BC = 1 BCE

• 40 CE = 40 BCE

How long is a century?

• 100 years

• 10 years

• 100 months

• 10 days

What is an artifact?

• An imprint in stone of something that once lived

• An account of an event by a witness

• An object created by and used by humans

• Information gathered by someone who wasn't there