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WorksheetsWorld Geo Final
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Things that attract people to move to and live in an area. Examples: Good jobs, good schools. Things that cause people to move away from an area. Examples: High crime, no jobs.
a)
Social Mobility
b)
Stratification
c)
Push/Pull Factors
d)
Population Density
2.
Devices that assist geographers and other professionals in answering geographic questions. GPS and GIS
a)
Data Processing
b)
Cartographic Representations
c)
Geographic Location Analysts
d)
Geospatial Technology
3.
There are three different types of areas that geographers are concerned with: formal, functional, and perceptual.
a)
Types of Regions
b)
Types of Governments
c)
Types of Map Projections
d)
Global Grid System
4.
These are the 5 things common to a person’s way of life. Everybody has these although they will be different for each different society.
a)
Cultural Diffusion
b)
Elements of Social Interaction
c)
Elements of Culture
d)
Society
5.
Can range from dictatorships where the government controls everything, to democracy where the people elect leaders.
a)
Cultural Diffusion
b)
Types of Governments
c)
Information Revolution
d)
Branches of Geography
6.
This refers to the Core (Inner and Outer) the mantle and the crust.
a)
Water Cycle
b)
Earth's Interior Structure
c)
Hemispheres
d)
Global Grid Systems
7.
This is the movement of ideas and goods from one place to another.
a)
Cultural Diffusion
b)
Population Diffusion
c)
Cultural Convergence
d)
Regional Variation
8.
Climate types located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. They include Rain Forest and Savanna.
a)
Tropical Climates
b)
Dry Climates
c)
Mid-Latitude Climates
d)
High Latitude Climates
9.
A Graphic representation of Geography. Examples are physical, political, climate types, and economics.
a)
Types of Maps
b)
Types of Regions
c)
Types of Regions
d)
Types of GPS Systems
10.
A periodic change in the pattern of ocean currents, water temperatures and weather in the mid-Pacific region. This change influences weather around the world.
a)
Siberian Winter Reversal
b)
El Nino
c)
Tropical Convergence Zone
d)
Solar Flare Activity
11.
The movement of this natural resource from the air, to the ground, to the ocean and back to the air.
a)
Tectonic Plates
b)
Earth-Sun Relationship
c)
Environmental Regions
d)
Water Cycle
12.
Processes from inside or outside the earth that can change the surface of the earth.
a)
Internal & External Forces of Change
b)
Continental Drift
c)
Pangaea
d)
Folds and Faults
13.
A way of measuring the standard of living and development between two or more countries.
a)
Developed vs. Developing
b)
Middle Income vs. Middle Class
c)
Country Economic Measurement
d)
National Income Index
14.
Major changes in factors used to measure climate over an extended period of time. Indicators of change: Rising global temperatures, severe weather changes, rising sea levels.
a)
Cultural Change & Cultural Diffusion
b)
Acid Rain & Air Pollution
c)
Hurricane & Tornado Activity
d)
Climate Change & Greenhouse Effect
15.
Climate types that can be located in any latitude zone. Characterized by getting less than 20 inches of precipitation per year. Includes desert and steppe climate.
a)
Tropical Climates
b)
Dry Climates
c)
Mid-Latitude Climates
d)
High Latitude Climates
16.
The higher above sea level a person is, the thinner the air is and the less heat it holds & the colder the climate will be. Tops of mountains are typically cold and snowy.
a)
Climate & Latitude
b)
Climate & Ocean Currents
c)
Climate & Elevation
d)
Climate & Wind
17.
A diagram that shows population data such as the distribution by age and gender.
a)
Inhabitant Data Base
b)
Population Pyramid
c)
Distribution Coefficient
d)
None of these answers
18.
Climates are affected based on their location relative to the equator. Closer to the equator it is hot. The farther from the equator it is cold.
a)
Climate & Latitude
b)
Climate & Ocean Currents
c)
Climate & Elevation
d)
Climate & Wind
19.
Climate types that are located between the tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle in the north, and the tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic circle in the south.
a)
Tropical Climates
b)
Dry Climates
c)
Mid-Latitude Climates
d)
High Latitude Climates
20.
This relationship is caused by the movement of the earth around the sun and the tilt of the earth. Because of this we have seasons.
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Earth-Sun Relationship
c)
Revolutions
d)
Tropics of Cancer & Capricorn
21.
There are two ways of indicating where you are. One is to have the exact address or global coordinates. The other is to say where a place is in relation to another place.
a)
Location: Geographic and Actual
b)
Geographic Coordinates
c)
Location: Absolute and Relative
d)
Global Positioning System
22.
This refers to large groups of people and how they are arranged in an area and how many people live in a certain area. Can include measures of density.
a)
Tribes
b)
Population Distribution
c)
Cities
d)
Nations
23.
These are the four different parts that make up the earth. They consist of all the water, all the land, all the air, and all the areas where life exists.
a)
Earth Systems
b)
Quad-Earth
c)
Ecosystem
d)
Physical World
24.
This is one of the earth systems. It is made up of 97% saltwater and about 3% freshwater.
a)
Glaciers
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Water Cycle
d)
Hydrosphere
25.
These climate types are located north of the Arctic Circle and South of the Antarctic Circle.
a)
Tropical Climates
b)
Dry Climates
c)
Mid-Latitude Climates
d)
High Latitude Climates
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