Geography Quiz

What does the theme of location in geography answer?

• How humans and the environment affect one another

• What makes a place unique

• How people, goods, and ideas move around the globe

• Where is it

John is trying to explain to his friend where his house is located. He says, 'My house is next to the big supermarket.' Which type of location is John describing?

• Absolute location

• Relative location

• Physical location

• Geographical location

What does the theme of place in geography answer?

• How humans and the environment affect one another

• What makes a place unique

• How people, goods, and ideas move around the globe

• Where is it

When studying the Amazon rainforest, what term do we use to describe its natural environment?

• Physical characteristics

• Human characteristics

• Cultural characteristics

• Political characteristics

How does the theme of human environment interaction play out in a city like New York?

• How the actions of New Yorkers and their urban environment affect each other

• What makes New York unique

• How people, goods, and ideas move around in New York

• Where is New York located

What is an example of humans changing their environment in a positive way?

• Overfishing

• Air pollution

• Planting trees

• Deforestation

What does the theme of movement in geography refer to?

• How humans and the environment affect one another

• What makes a place unique

• How people, goods, and ideas move around the globe

• Where is it

John is studying geography and he came across a term that refers to the movement of people from one place to another. What is this term called?

• Migration

• Transportation

• Communication

• Trade

Imagine you are a geography student studying different regions. What would be your primary focus?

• Understanding how humans and the environment affect one another

• Identifying what makes a place unique

• Studying how people, goods, and ideas move around the globe

• Learning how we divide up the Earth into areas that have things in common

During a geography class, the teacher asked, 'Can you give me an example of a political region?'

• The Chinatown neighborhood in San Francisco

• The Arab world

• The Brooklyn borough in New York City

• The Northeast region of the United States