1st Semester Final Review

What event is triggered by an underwater earthquake?

• tidal wave

• volcanic eruption

• tsunami

• hurricane

The collision of two continental plates results in...

• ocean trenches.

• lava.

• mountain-building.

• plate tectonics.

Earthquakes often occur when two ________ slide past each other.

• plates

• landforms

• continents

• mountains

Match the terms: higher ______ = ______ climate

• latitude, colder

• longitude, hotter

• latitude, hotter

• longitude, colder

What was the name of the original land mass before the plates began drifting apart?

• Asia

• Africa

• Pangea

• Europa

Where would you find the Great Pyramids of Giza?

• Africa

• Asia

• South America

• Europe

Where would you find the Great Wall and the Forbidden City?

• Asia

• South America

• Africa

• Europe

What is a unique tourist attraction in Jordan that people travel to see?

• Dead Sea

• Black Sea

• Lake Victoria

• Nile River

What body of water is west of Australia and east of Africa?

• Indian Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

What continent is located south of South America, Africa, and Australia?

• Antarctica

• Southern Ocean

• Asia

• Europe