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Worksheets5 themes of geography
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is a question geographers ask?
a)
Where is it?
b)
What time is it?
c)
When did it happen?
d)
Why did it happen
2.
Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable resource?
a)
fish
b)
copper
c)
trees
d)
cattle
3.
The equator divides the earth into what hemispheres?
a)
Southern and Eastern Hemispheres
b)
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
c)
Northern and Western Hemispheres
d)
Northern and Southern hemispheres
4.
The study of people and places on earth is called?
a)
Erosion
b)
tectonic plates
c)
geography
d)
geometry
5.
What is a region?
a)
an object that shows exact location
b)
an area that is defined by certain features
c)
an area where most things are different?
d)
an area that does not change over time
6.
Which is a fossil fuel?
a)
oil
b)
silver
c)
copper
d)
gold
7.
True or false: A basin is formed by moving glaciers
a)
true
b)
false
8.
True or False: The Appalachian Mountains were formed by humans traveling over them.
a)
true
b)
false
9.
An examples of a natural resource is
a)
plastic and buildings
b)
water, fish, trees
c)
glass, chemicals
d)
fire, cans
10.
Absolute location is
a)
the specific address of a place
b)
where something is in relation to another place
c)
talking about if something is close to a restaurant or school
d)
how far something is from a landmark
11.
What does a compass rose tell you on a map?
a)
what the symbols mean
b)
lines of latitude and longitude
c)
directions such as north, east, south, west
d)
the roads on a map
12.
What does the map scale tell you on a map?
a)
what the map symbols mean
b)
the directions such as north, east, south, west
c)
the road names
d)
the distance from one place to another
13.
Why do people study geography?
a)
to help us understand what time it is
b)
to help us understand our environment
c)
to tell us about history
d)
I don't know
14.
Examples of human characteristics:
a)
trees, mountains
b)
river, lakes
c)
buildings, bridges, roads
d)
desert, snow
15.
Examples of physical characteristics
a)
mountains, lakes, rivers
b)
white house, mount rushmore
c)
schools, resturants
d)
factory, bridges
16.
Why did large cities grow along rivers?
a)
provides land for houses
b)
because they like water
c)
provides water for drinking and farming, and could transport good on river
d)
that's where they first landed when they came to America
17.
What are the 5 themes of geography?
a)
movement, history, region, location, place
b)
movement, region, human/interaction, location, place
c)
geology, human/interaction, location, place, latitude
d)
region, place, longitude, geography, movement
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