Intro to Geography Survey

What are the names of the world's continents?

• Africa, America, Antarctica, Asia, Middle East, Oceania and Europe.

• Africa, America, Antarctica, South East Asia, Australia/Oceania, and Europe.

• Africa, America, Antarctica, Asia, Oceania, and Europe.

• Africa, America, Antarctica, Asia, Middle East, New Zealand and Europe.

What are 5 major oceans?

• American, Pacific, Indian, Southern and Arctic

• Atlantic, Pacific, Chinese, Southern and Arctic

• Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern and Arctic

• Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern and Antarctic

What is the longest river in the world?

• Amazon River (South America)

• Nile River (Africa)

• Yangtze River (Asia)

• Yellow River (China)

Which of the following is not a country is Europe?

• Portugal

• Ukraine

• Romania

• Morocco

Which of the following is not a country is Africa?

• Egypt

• Liberia

• Cuba

• Tanzania

What is a hemisphere?

• a half of a sphere

• a half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator

• a half of the earth, divided into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles.

• all of the above

What is the equator?

• An equator is an imaginary line which runs from the North Pole to the South Pole.

• An equator is a big red line around the middle of a planet

• An equator is an imaginary line which divides the planet into the North and South Hemispheres

• An equator is an imaginary line around the middle of a planet

Why is it that when it is night time in Malaysia, it is daytime in the USA? Explain in at least one sentence

Why do some countries (examples: Canada, Spain, China) have different seasons (summer, spring, winter, fall)? Explain in at least one sentence.

About how many people live in the world today?

• 7.8 billion people

• 7.6 billion people

• 6.7 billion people

• 6.8 billion people