1st Quarter Final Exam: Part 5 - The Americas Geography

The study of the earth, its features and its people is called

• Environment
• Cartography
• Geography
• Schoolology

The account of what happened in the lives of different peoples.

• longitude

• history

• latitude

• geography

Before 1500, __________ used information from sailors, travelers and legends to create maps of the world.

• tributary

• cartographers

• hemispheres

• elevation

Area between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains.

• Great Plains

• Great Lakes

• Western Hemisphere

• Sierra Nevada

Mountain range that lies inland from the Pacific Coast in the United States.

• Great Plains

• Great Lakes

• Western Hemisphere

• Sierra Nevada

Geographers help historians understand the past by

• showing how people and the land are related.

• reporting current events.

• studying different systems of government.

• comparing people and animals.

What is the name of the mountains chain that runs along the eastern part of North America? They were once very high rugged mountains but have been worn down throughout the years.

• The Appalachian Mountains.

• The Alps.

• The Rocky Mountains.

• The Himalayas.

Which kind of map is correctly paired with what it shows?

• physical map – natural features

• population map – natural resources

• economic map – battle sites

• political map – climates

An isthmus is:

• wide section of land

• an island

• narrow strip of land between two larger land areas surrounded by water

• a Mayan holiday

Most of the people of Central America speak:

• English
• Spanish
• Caribbean
• British