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WorksheetsChapter 1 Review Activity
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Ancient Greek geographer who wrote about making maps more accurate
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Socrates
c)
Homer
d)
Euclid
2.
A person who studies and interprets the past is known as a historian
a)
True
b)
False
3.
A document or artifact created during a particular historical period
a)
Secondary source
b)
Landform
c)
Primary Source
d)
Latitude
4.
A way of life shared by a group of people
a)
Latitude
b)
Longitude
c)
Weather
d)
Culture
5.
Study of humans and human cultures
a)
Archaeology
b)
Anthropology
c)
Weather
d)
Climate
6.
Recovery and study of physical evidence from the past
a)
Geography
b)
Culture
c)
Archaelogy
d)
Anthropology
7.
A measure of distance east or west of the Prime Meridan
a)
Latitude
b)
Longitude
8.
A measure of distance north or south of the Equator
a)
Latitude
b)
Longitude
9.
Typical weather conditions at a particular place over a period of time
a)
Geography
b)
Culture
c)
Weather
d)
Climate
10.
The condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time
a)
Weather
b)
Anthropology
c)
Archaeology
d)
Climate
11.
A feature of Earth's land surface like a mountain or a plateau
a)
Landform
b)
Geography
c)
Culture
d)
History
12.
The study of Earth's features
a)
History
b)
Archaeology
c)
Geography
d)
Projection
13.
True or False?
The difference between weather and climate is related to time
The difference between weather and climate is related to time
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Geographers study Earth's features and how
a)
natural disasters have destroyed them
b)
People and other living things have interacted with them
c)
why certain countries have the names they do
d)
political leaders are elected
15.
The United States is located in what 2 hemispheres?
a)
Northern and Southern
b)
Eastern and Southern
c)
Northern and Western
d)
Northern and Eastern
16.
Another word for plant life
a)
Climate
b)
Maps
c)
Weather
d)
Vegetation
17.
The temperature outside right now would be considered today's
a)
Climate
b)
Weather
c)
Latitude
d)
Longitude
18.
True or False?
The climate of a place can affect the way people live
The climate of a place can affect the way people live
a)
True
b)
False
19.
The types of plants in a place depend on a number of factors, which is a factor?
a)
Temperature/Sunlight
b)
Type of Soil
c)
Rainfall
d)
All 3 are correct and are factors
20.
The range of temperatures over a 2 month period in a place would be considered a place's _______________
a)
Weather
b)
Climate
c)
Location
d)
Movement
21.
Which map shows landforms and bodies of water?
a)
Thematic
b)
Physical
c)
Political
22.
Which map has color and shading and sometimes will show elevations
a)
Physical
b)
Thematic
c)
Political
23.
Which map show features on Earth's surface that humans created?
a)
Thematic
b)
Political
c)
Physical
24.
Which map focuses on specific types of information like climate or religions
a)
Thematic
b)
Political
c)
Physical
25.
Which map often shows capitals, major cities, and important landmarks?
a)
Political
b)
Thematic
c)
Physical
26.
This theme of geography answers the question: Where is it?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Human-environment interaction
27.
This theme of geography deals with the ways people, goods, and ideas MOVE from place to place
a)
Location
b)
Movement
c)
Region
d)
Place
28.
This theme deals with the area of Earth's surface with distinctive characteristics
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Human environment interaction
29.
This theme deals with what it is like in a certain location
a)
Place
b)
Movement
c)
Location
d)
Region
30.
This theme involves how people change or adapt to the physical world around them
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Human-environment interaction
31.
A large landmass
a)
Continent
b)
Weather
c)
Climate
d)
Landform
32.
Object made by a human
a)
Culture
b)
Continent
c)
Landform
d)
Artifact
33.
Skills and methods people use to make maps
a)
Latitude
b)
Prime meridan
c)
Longitude
d)
Cartography
34.
Imaginary line that divides the earth into East and West halves
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridan
c)
Tropic of Capicorn
d)
Tropic of Cancer
35.
Imaginary line that divides the earth into North and South halves
a)
Prime meridan
b)
Equator
c)
Excavation
d)
Tropic of Capicorn
36.
By using a grid of latitude and longitude lines, you can find this
a)
Absolute location
b)
Relative location
c)
Hemisphere
d)
Projection
37.
On maps, Earth can be divided into two equal halves, each half is called?
a)
Hemisphere
b)
Projection
c)
Distortion
d)
Cartography
38.
Way of keeping the distortion of a flat map consistent and manageable
a)
Projection
b)
Latitude
c)
Longitude
d)
Physical map
39.
Recovery and study of physical evidence from the past
a)
Archaeology
b)
Anthropology
c)
Excavation
d)
Culture
40.
Only concerned with investigating the past
a)
Anthropology
b)
Archaeology
c)
Ptolemy
d)
Excavation
41.
Study of humans and human cultures
a)
Culture
b)
Excavation
c)
Anthropology
d)
Archaelogy
42.
Excavation is a common practice in this science
a)
Artifact
b)
Culture
c)
Archaelogy
d)
Continent
43.
Concerned with comparing the present and the past
a)
Movement
b)
Archaelogy
c)
Location
d)
Anthropology
44.
Person who studies and interprets or explains the importance of the past
a)
Historian
b)
Hemisphere
c)
Weather
d)
Climate
45.
Military records, diaries, and private letters are examples of:
a)
Secondary Source
b)
Primary source
c)
Weather
d)
Climate
46.
Newspapers, books, and paintings would be considered:
a)
Primary sources
b)
Secondary sources
c)
Hemisphere
d)
Projection
47.
What does GPS stand for?
a)
Global People System
b)
Geographic Positioning System
c)
Global Positioning System
d)
Global Positioning Satellites
48.
Type of digging to find buried evidence
a)
Culture
b)
Excavation
c)
Anthropology
d)
Archaelogy
49.
How many continents are there in the world?
a)
4
b)
5
c)
7
d)
8
50.
Name of the Mayan city that had the palace discovered in 2000
a)
Cancun
b)
Cancuen
c)
San Jose
d)
San Diego
51.
Which of the following is not a continent in the world?
a)
North America
b)
Australia
c)
Antarctica
d)
India
52.
How many themes of geography are there?
a)
3
b)
5
c)
7
d)
9
53.
Group that preserved Ptolemy's ideas about geography
a)
Muslims
b)
Japanese
c)
Chinese
d)
Turkish
54.
A work produced about an event by someone who was not actually there
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
c)
Culture
d)
Weather
55.
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) is a satellite related to what?
a)
Archaelogy
b)
Anthropology
c)
Weather
d)
History
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