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Worksheets6th Grade Pre-Test
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 53mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What country(ies) borders the United States?
a)
Canada and Mexico
b)
New Mexico
c)
Mexico
d)
Canada
2.
What does Geography mean?
a)
explore
b)
the study of geology
c)
The study of Earth and its peoples, places, and environments.
d)
the process by which nations, cultures, and economies become mixed
3.
What is the Equator?
a)
A line of latitude that runs around the middle of Earth
b)
a large area of sand
c)
an area where river currents and the ocean tide meet
d)
the change of liquid water to water vapor
4.
What is a continent?
a)
a dispute; a discussion involving opposing views
b)
the result of water vapor changing to a liquid or a solid state
c)
A large, unbroken mass of land
d)
a region of parallel mountain chains
5.
What happened on 9-11
a)
WWII
b)
John F. Kennedy was assasinated
c)
George W. Bush was elected president
d)
The World Trade Center was attacked
6.
How many continents are there?
a)
4
b)
1
c)
5
d)
7
7.
How many states are in the U.S.?
a)
25
b)
100
c)
50
d)
3
8.
What are the cardinal directions?
a)
North, South, East, West
b)
North, Northeast, South, Southeast
c)
Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest
d)
West, Southwest, East, Southeast
9.
What is another name for a legend?
a)
key
b)
map
c)
title
d)
hero
10.
What year did Christopher Columbus sail the ocean blue?
a)
1862
b)
1492
c)
1542
d)
1462
11.
What is a primary source?
a)
the only source
b)
record of an event created later by people not present at the event
c)
description of an event from someone who witnessed or lived through that event
d)
the number 1 source
12.
What percent of Earth's surface is made up of water?
a)
70%
b)
50%
c)
85%
d)
99%
13.
What is the Nation's Capital?
a)
Texas
b)
Austin
c)
Washington D.C.
d)
United States of America
14.
What is this called?
a)
North, South, East, West
b)
Compass Rose
c)
A map
d)
A map key
15.
What type of map is this?
a)
Population
b)
Physical
c)
Political
d)
Climate
16.
What type of map is this?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Economic Activity
d)
Population
17.
The United States & Canada are located in which hemispheres?
a)
Northern & Eastern
b)
Southern & Eastern
c)
Northern & Western
d)
Southern & Western
18.
Line that separates the globe North and South.
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
Latitude
d)
Longitude
19.
The latitude and longitude of a place?
a)
Relative location
b)
Absolute location
c)
Formal Region
d)
Prime Meridian
20.
is the set of beliefs, values, and practices that a group of people has in common.
a)
culture traits
b)
Culture
c)
culture region
d)
ethnic group
21.
Farming was hard in Greece because
a)
there was too much water
b)
there was not enough water
c)
the land was very rocky and mountainous
d)
the climate did not allow for seasonable growth
22.
A democracy is defined as....
a)
Being ruled by a king or queen
b)
Being ruled by a dicator
c)
Being ruled by the people
d)
Being ruled by only 3 people
23.
Greece is a peninsula which means
a)
a mountain range with a river running through it.
b)
land surrounded by water on 3 sides
c)
an area with major rivers running through it
d)
a very mountainous region
24.
Which type of government is run by the people?
a)
oligarchy
b)
aristocracy
c)
monarchy
d)
democracy
25.
A wealthy, upperclass person in the Ancient Roman Republic
a)
patrician
b)
plebian
c)
counsul
d)
dictator
26.
An ordinary citizen in the ancient Roman Republic
a)
patrician
b)
plebian
c)
counsul
d)
mercenary
27.
Macedonian king who conquered most of the known world.
a)
Plato
b)
Aristotle
c)
Socrates
d)
Alexander the Great
28.
Which natural features prevented Ancient Greece from uniting into one unified nation?
a)
thick forests
b)
fast rivers
c)
expansive oceans
d)
high mountains
29.
In which area did Ancient Greece make the largest contribution to the world?
a)
drama
b)
economics
c)
government
d)
poetry
30.
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle made contributions to what area of Greek culture?
a)
architecture
b)
literature
c)
medicine
d)
philosophy
31.
What imaginary line divides the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres?
a)
The prime meridian
b)
The meridian
c)
None of the Above
32.
What are the 4 hemispheres Earth can be divided into?
a)
tropic of Capricorn and Cancer, the equator and prime meridian
b)
northern, southern, eastern, western
c)
up, down, turn
d)
it is not 4, it is just 1
33.
The 0 degree line of latitude is the ___________.
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
International Date Line
d)
Contour line
34.
A __________ shows relationship between distance on map to distance on Earth
a)
legend
b)
compass
c)
direction
d)
scale
35.
What is the approximate location of letter B?
a)
80oN, 0o
b)
0o, 80oW
c)
80oS, 0o
d)
0o, 80oE
36.
What is the approximate location of G?
a)
100oW, 40oN
b)
40oN, 100oW
c)
40oS, 100oW
d)
40oN, 100oE
37.
Which letter would you find at 15oS, 60oW?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
L
d)
H
38.
At 30°S 135°E, what continent would you be located in?
a)
Australia
b)
Africa
c)
Europe
d)
South America
39.
How many miles would 4 inches be equal to?
a)
2
b)
400
c)
4000
d)
4
40.
What is half of a sphere called?
a)
Halfsphere
b)
Semisphere
c)
Hemisphere
d)
Half circle
41.
Imaginary lines that run from the north pole to the south pole are...
a)
lines of latitude
b)
time zones
c)
lines of longitude
d)
parallels
42.
Cold air moves in ______________direction.
a)
Downward
b)
Upward
c)
Left to right
d)
Circular
43.
Hot air moves in __________________direction.
a)
Upward
b)
Downward
c)
Circular
d)
Sideways
44.
A _____ is a large, swirling, low-pressure system that forms over the Atlantic Ocean.
a)
blizzard
b)
cold front
c)
tornado
d)
hurricane
45.
What would need to be added to this map to make it a physical map?
a)
Country boundaries
b)
Population Chart
c)
Colors representing various land forms and waterways
d)
All of these items
46.
Which direction is usually pointing up on a compass rose?
a)
South
b)
East
c)
West
d)
North
47.
Identify this map
a)
Physical Map
b)
Climate Map
c)
Road Map
48.
Identify this map.
a)
Population map
b)
physical map
c)
Resource Map
49.
I feel very confident about Social Studies this year.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Ehhh =)
d)
Wait...this is Social Studies?!
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