Year 7 UK Key Terms Quiz

What is a county?

• A nation with its own government

• A territorial division of some countries

• A main continuous expanse of land

• A detailed account in words

Which of the following is a definition of a country?

• A geographic coordinate specifying north-south position

• A nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory

• The scale of a map

• A representation of an area of land or sea

What is a continent?

• A detailed account in words

• A geographic coordinate specifying east-west position

• Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land

• The way a landscape changes in height

What is the definition of "latitude"?

• A geographic coordinate specifying east-west position

• A geographic coordinate specifying north-south position

• The study of human features and landscapes

• The way a landscape changes in height

What does "physical geography" study?

• Human features and landscapes

• Natural features and landscapes

• The ratio of a distance on the map

• The way a landscape changes in height

What does "human geography" study?

• Human features and landscapes

• Natural features and landscapes

• The ratio of a distance on the map

• The way a landscape changes in height

What do contour lines show on a map?

• The scale of a map

• The way a landscape changes in width

• Height on the map, with lines closer together indicating steeper slopes

• A geographic coordinate specifying east-west position

What is "longitude"?

• A geographic coordinate that specifies the east–west position of a point on the Earth's surface

• A geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on the Earth's surface

• Grid references that help you locate a place within a local area

• Used to describe how far North or South something is

What is the correct definition of "distribution"?

• How far apart two objects are from each other.

• A term describing where something is, explaining how it is spread in a certain area.

• How close two objects are to each other.

• How many people are within the UK.

What does manufacturing mean?

• Making items on a large scale, within factories.

• Creating something, inventing.

• Using machinary instead of people.