WorksheetsFinal Exam Review
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What branch of geography covers topics relating to the surface of the Earth?
a)
Human Place
b)
Human Geography
c)
Physical Place
d)
Non-human movement
2.
What is the only true representation of the earth?
a)
Grid
b)
Globe
c)
Mercator
d)
Map
3.
What map shows international boundary lines?
a)
Political
b)
Mercator
c)
Topographic
d)
Physical
4.
Which type of region would political divisions be an example of?
a)
Functional
b)
Formal
c)
Perceptual
d)
Human
5.
Which of the five themes best applies to the following statement: “By law, Muslim women in Iran must wear clothing covering the majority of their body?
a)
Movement
b)
Location
c)
Place
d)
Human Environment Interaction
6.
What type of government does the US have?
a)
Parliamentary
b)
Capitalism
c)
Representative Democracy
d)
Communism
7.
What type of region is based on your opinion?
a)
Human
b)
Formal
c)
Perceptual
d)
Functional
8.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic types of regions?
a)
Functional
b)
Formal
c)
Perceptual
d)
Human Environment Interaction
9.
What lines are parallel to the Equator?
a)
Latitude Lines
b)
Great Circles
c)
Longitude Lines
d)
Hemispheres
10.
Which of the five themes of geography best applies to the statement: The Hoover Dam was built to provide electricity?
a)
Movement
b)
Location
c)
Place
d)
Human Environment Interaction
11.
Which of the following terms refers to finding the exact location of a place on the earth’s surface?
a)
Great Circle
b)
Absolute
c)
Relative
d)
Mercator
12.
Which of the following words best explains the purpose of the theme place?
a)
Imply
b)
Describe`
c)
Locate
d)
Determine
13.
Which of the following is an example of a physical feature of the Earth?
a)
Religion
b)
Language
c)
Trade Networks
d)
Soil
14.
Which of the five themes of geography answers the question “What is it like there?”
a)
Human Environment Interaction
b)
Location
c)
Movement
d)
Place
15.
Which of the five themes applies to the following statement: “The Native Americans came to the America’s by crossing an ice bridge connecting Alaska to Asia 40,000 years ago”
a)
Movement
b)
Human Environment Interaction
c)
Region
d)
Place
16.
Which of the five themes of geography answers the question “Where is it?”
a)
Location
b)
Movement
c)
Place
d)
Region
17.
Which of the five themes answers the question “What do places have in common?”
a)
Region
b)
Location
c)
Place
d)
Movement
18.
What is the approximate population of the United States?
a)
200 million
b)
100 million
c)
300 million
d)
250 million
19.
What is another word for longitude?
a)
Parallel
b)
Latitude
c)
Topography
d)
Meridian
20.
Which of the five themes best applies to the following statement: “CVS by the high school”
a)
Movement
b)
Location
c)
Region
d)
Place
21.
What is the study of the Earth
a)
Geography
b)
Anthropology
c)
Topography
d)
Meteorology
22.
What happens the higher you go up in elevation
a)
The air becomes more humid
b)
Plant life is more abundant
c)
Oxygen levels in the air get thicker
d)
The Temperature decreases
23.
What is the name of the scale measuring earthquakes
a)
Fujita
b)
Richter
c)
Magnetic
d)
Saffir-Simpson
24.
On which dates do the equinoxes occur each year
a)
December 21 and January 21
b)
June 21 and March 21
c)
December 21 and June 21
d)
March 22 and September 22
25.
What is a bend in the layers of rock as plates squeeze the Earth's surface?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Fault
c)
Erosion
d)
Fold
26.
What area of the world experiences the most tornadoes?
a)
Great Plains
b)
The Ring of Fire
c)
North Africa
d)
Southeast US
27.
What term refers to the height above sea level on the Earth's surface
a)
Elevation
b)
Latitude
c)
Topography
d)
Height
28.
What is the outermost layer of the Earth
a)
Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
d)
Stratosphere
29.
What famous volcano exploded in 1980 in Washington
a)
Kilauea
b)
Mt. Ranier
c)
Krakatoa
d)
Mt. St. Helens
30.
What is the dominant season in high latitude belts?
a)
Fall
b)
Summer
c)
Spring
d)
Winter
31.
What is the definition of weather?
a)
Hourly weather conditions
b)
Weather patters over a long period of time
c)
Daily lunar atmospheric conditions
d)
The condition of the atmosphere in one place during a short period of time
32.
How long does it take the Earth to make one revolution?
a)
12 hours
b)
1 month
c)
24 hours
d)
365 1/4 days
33.
What event occurs when direct sun rays hit the Equator
a)
Revolution
b)
Equinox
c)
Rotation
d)
Solstice
34.
Which theory believes that the Earth’s crust consists of huge plate like sections that float on the partially melted layer of Mantle
a)
Big Bang
b)
Creationism
c)
Force of Motion
d)
Plate Tectonics
35.
What occurs when the direct sun rays hits a tropic line?
a)
Equinox
b)
Rotation
c)
Revolution
d)
Solstice
36.
What is the middle layer of the Earth’s interior
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
d)
Plates
37.
Which of the following is NOT a way that tectonic plates move
a)
Convergent
b)
Transverse
c)
Divergent
d)
Vertical
38.
What is the center of the Earth’s interior
a)
Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
d)
Plates
39.
What is liquid rock called within the Earth’s surface
a)
Core
b)
Lava
c)
Magma
d)
Volcanic Ash
40.
What climate has little variation in temperatures over the year, its always hot and receives at least 80 inches of rainfall per year?
a)
Tropical Wet
b)
Steppe
c)
Humid Sub-tropical
d)
Tropical Wet and Dry
41.
What is the landmass called in which it is believed that most of the Earth’s continents were connected in one giant landmass approximately 200 million years ago
a)
Gondwanaland
b)
Pangea
c)
Laurasia
d)
Tectonic Plate
42.
What type of climate does the state of Maine have?
a)
Humid Continental
b)
Mediterranean
c)
Humid Sub-tropical
d)
Tropical
43.
What is a sudden shaking of the Earth
a)
Earthquake
b)
Fold
c)
Fault
d)
Volcano
44.
What is a violently rotating column of air attached to a thunderstorm that comes in contact with the ground.
a)
Hurricane
b)
Tsunami
c)
Tornado
d)
Typhoon
45.
If it is spring in South Carolina, what season is it in South America?
a)
Fall
b)
Summer
c)
Spring
d)
Winter
46.
Which of the following is NOT one of the internal forces of the Earth that causes the plates to move
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Weathering
c)
Folds
d)
Volcanoes
47.
What is liquid rock called within the Earth’s surface
a)
Core
b)
Lava
c)
Magma
d)
Volcanic Ash
48.
Where are most volcanoes located
a)
Africa
b)
Japan
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Ring of Fire
49.
What 2005 category 3 hurricane was one of the deadliest in US history?
a)
Andrew
b)
Hazel
c)
Floyd
d)
Katrina
50.
If upward folds make mountains, what do inward folds make
a)
Oceanic Ridges
b)
Chimney Vents
c)
Tsunamis
d)
Valleys
51.
Which of the following is a pull factor?
a)
Voting Restrictions
b)
Racism
c)
Segregated Schools
d)
Job Opportunities
52.
What would you call someone who leaves their country to live in another country?
a)
Refugee
b)
Immigrant
c)
Net-Migrant
d)
Emigrant
53.
Which of the following was NOT a push factor of the Great Migration?
a)
Voting Restrictions
b)
Racism
c)
Segregated Schools
d)
Jobs in Industrial Cities
54.
What region of the U.S. is the most densely populated?
a)
West
b)
Midwest
c)
Southeast
d)
Northeast
55.
What term refers to when people, ideas, culture and technology spread to other regions or people?
a)
Upward Mobility
b)
Innovation
c)
Migration
d)
Diffusion
56.
During what time period did the spread of the Spanish Flu become a pandemic?
a)
World War II
b)
World War I
c)
Civil War
d)
Cold War
57.
What term refers to what country you are a citizen of?
a)
Race
b)
Ethnicity
c)
Creed
d)
Nationality
58.
What is globalization? Historical migratory patterns of humansTraditional cultural valuesGlobal conquestIncreasing connections around the world
a)
Historical migratory patterns of humans
b)
Traditional cultural values
c)
Global conquest
d)
Increasing connections around the world
59.
What is the movement in which people believe in strictly following certain established principles and teachings?
a)
Monotheism
b)
Fundamentalism
c)
Culture
d)
Globalization
60.
What religion founded by Sidhartha does not necessarily believe in a god or gods, but whose goal is to achieve a state of oneness with the universe called Nirvana?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Confucianism
c)
Christianity
d)
Buddhism
61.
What are religions in which people believe in the presence of the spirits and forces of nature
a)
Universalizing
b)
Ethnic
c)
Animist
d)
Polytheism
62.
What is the term Caucasoid an example of?
a)
Race
b)
Ethnicity
c)
Creed
d)
Nationality
63.
What is an example of a lingua franca?
a)
Urdu
b)
Gullah
c)
English
d)
Latin
64.
What is a group of languages that have similar beginnings?
a)
Lingua Franca
b)
English
c)
Dialect
d)
Language Family
65.
What is a self-identifying group based on their shared culture, religion, language, ancestry & history?
a)
Race
b)
Ethnicity
c)
Creed
d)
Nationality
66.
A state that has control over its internal affairs has
a)
Sovereignty
b)
Centripetal Force
c)
Suffrage
d)
Nationality
67.
Which state shape fosters effective internal communication for a smaller state
a)
Compact
b)
Elongated
c)
Prorupt
d)
Fragmented
68.
What type of boundary is between the US and Canada
a)
Desert Boundary
b)
Geometric
c)
Mountain Boundary
d)
Water Boundary
69.
The concept that nationalities have the right to govern themselves is known as the right of
a)
Self-Determination
b)
Centripetal Force
c)
Sovereignty
d)
Nation-State
70.
______ governments are organized into a geographically based hierarchy of local government agencies TerritorialFederalElectoralUnitary
a)
Territorial
b)
Federal
c)
Electoral
d)
Unitary
71.
_____ forces work to pull countries apart, while ______ forces work to bind them together Communist...democraticCentripetal...centrifugalCapitalists...socialistCentrifugal...centripetal
a)
Communist...democratic
b)
Centripetal...Centrifugal
c)
Capitalists...socialists
d)
Centrifugal...centripetal
72.
The definition of the United Kingdom as a nation-state would be incorrect because of
a)
Differences between England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland
b)
The country's membership in the European Union
c)
The widespread use of the English language outside the UK
d)
Its physical location as an island state
73.
Select the group that is not a supranational organization.
a)
NATO
b)
EU
c)
OAS
d)
CIA
74.
What is the main central place in our area?
a)
Blythewood
b)
Columbia
c)
Lexington
d)
Irmo
75.
What is a leading city that is disproportionately larger than the rest of a countries cities?
a)
Edge City
b)
Megalopolis
c)
Primate City
d)
World City
76.
What is it called when individuals buy up and rehabilitate houses to raise the value and change the neighborhood? Ethnic NeighborhoodsGentrificationMegalopolisPlanned Communities
a)
Ethnic Neighborhoods
b)
Gentrification
c)
Megalopolis
d)
Planned Communities
77.
What is part of a city dominated by one group of people such as Chinatown in San Francisco?
a)
Edge City
b)
Ethnic Neighborhood
c)
Off Limits
d)
Primate City
78.
Which of the following is NOT form of commercial farmingGrain FarmingTruck FarmingMediterranean AgricultureSlash and Burn Agriculture
a)
Grain Farming
b)
Truck Farming
c)
Mediterranean Agriculture
d)
Slash and Burn Agriculture
79.
The cultivation of plants by cutting stems and dividing roots is
a)
Sawah
b)
Seed Agriculture
c)
Slash and burn agriculture
d)
Vegetative planting
80.
Which economic activity is best described as high-skilled or knowledge such as a scientist?
a)
Primary
b)
Quaternary
c)
Secondary
d)
Tertiary
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