(Physical) Geography Unit 1- Multiple Choice Practice

What type of REGION has a clearly defined border established by a government or ruling body?

• Nodal/Functional Region

• Vernacular/Perceptual Region

• Formal Region

• Flow Line Region

This desert located in South America is the world's driest desert.

• Atacama Desert

• Gobi Desert

• Sahara Desert

• Great Britain

This is an area of land surrounded on 3 sides by water allowing for easy access to water transportation for goods, ideas, and people.

• Peninsula

• Strait

• Wadi

• Archipelago

Which of the following is an example of RELATIVE location?

• Telling your friend where you live 5 miles North of Chik-Fil-A on the right

• Telling your friend your address with a zip code

• Tellin your friend you live at 30.08 degrees South latitude and 100.57 degrees West longitude

• Telling your friend that you live in an area with pine trees, lots of farmland, and a mild climate that is good for farming

This river was important to the development of Egyptian civilization because it allows agriculture (farming) in a region that normally does not receive much rain.

• Amazon River

• Nile River

• Danube River

• Orinoco River

1.      You live in a desert region with almost no yearly rainfall. You set up devices to trap moisture from fog in order to create drinking water. You are changing the land to suit a need. What geographic theme is this demonstrating? 

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Place

• Movement

• Location

Many people will say that states like Virginia and Texas do not deserve to be classified as “the South.” The idea that the PERCEPTION of a region will change from one person to another is an example of which type of region?

• Formal Region

• Functional Region

• Vernacular Region

• Informal Region

Which of the following is best described as movement issue with archipelagos?

• archipelagos are often covered in mountains and, therefore, are very difficult to move around

• archipelagos are difficult to move around because one must travel by boat to hip from island to island

• archipelagos usually do not have access to water causing difficult with travel

• none of the above; archipelagos do not have any issues with movement

Which term best described the climate of the Middle East (Southwest Asia)?

• Arid

• Mild

• Temperate

• Cold

Using the population density of the world map, which CONTINENT has the highest population on Earth?

• Asia

• Africa

• North America

• South America