7th grade Social Studies Pre-Test

What are the two types of location used in geography?

• up and down

• absolute and relative

• directions and coordinates

• maps and globes

When you describe where a country is by listing other countries and bodies of water on its borders, you are using __________________.

• absolute location

• directions

• coordinates

• relative location

The spread of people, ideas, technology, and products among places is _____________________.

• specialization

• diffusion

• trade

• globalization

Transfer of ownership of goods from one person or entity to another by getting something in exchange from the buyer.

• specialization

• diffusion

• trade

• globalization

Long-term trends in weather and atmospheric conditions.

• climate

• population

• landform

• culture

Which is NOT a tool used by modern cartographers?

• computer-assisted mapping

• geographic information systems (GIS)

• digital satellite images

• globe

Refers to the shape, form or nature of physical features of earth's surface.

• landform

• climate

• population

• culture

What Region of the US is Florida in?

• Northeast Region

• Southeast Region

• Midwest Region

• Southwest Region

Select any of the following that represent Human Characteristics of Geography

• Religion

• Buildings

• Landforms

• Bodies of Water

• Language

Select all that represent Physical Characteristics of Geography

• Landforms

• Religion

• Bodies of Water

• Climate

• Buildings