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Ch. 1 Test Guide!

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of this region?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Central America
2.
What is the name of this region?
a)
Caribbean and Central America
b)
South America and Central America
c)
Central America and the Pacific Islands
3.
What region is this?
a)
South America
b)
North America
c)
Central America
4.
What region is this?
a)
Europe
b)
Southwest Asia
c)
Caribbean
5.
What region is this?
a)
Sub-Sahara Africa
b)
North Africa
c)
Southwest Asia
6.
What region is this?
a)
South Asia
b)
Southwest Asia
c)
East Asia
7.
What region is this?
a)
Southeast Asia
b)
Southwest Asia
c)
East Asia
8.
What region is this?
a)
Russia
b)
Europe
c)
East Asia
9.
What ocean is this?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Pacific
c)
Indian
10.
What ocean is at the northern part of the globe?
a)
Arctic
b)
Pacific
c)
Indian
11.
What ocean is this?
a)
Indian
b)
Atlantic
c)
Pacific
12.
Which ocean is our largest?
a)
Pacific
b)
Atlantic
c)
Arctic
13.
A change in elevation from one place to another is called...
a)
Relief
b)
Elevation
c)
Projection
14.
A two-dimensional, flat representation of earth is called...
a)
Map
b)
Globe
c)
Hemisphere
15.
The exact point where a place is located, identified by latitude and longitude is called...
a)
absolute location
b)
relative location
c)
geographic pattern
16.
A group of places with common traits is called a...
a)
Region
b)
Continent
c)
Scale
17.
A flat surface that is built into a hillside is called...
a)
Terrace
b)
Region 
c)
Map
18.
A way of thinking about space on Earth’s surface, including where places are located and why they are there -called?
a)
Spacial Thinking
b)
Geographic Pattern
c)
Projection
19.
A three-dimensional, or spherical, model of Earth: 
a)
Globe
b)
Map
c)
Projection
20.
The part of a map that indicates how big an area of Earth is shown is called...
a)
Scale
b)
Global Location
c)
Projection
21.
A way of showing Earth’s curved surface on a flat map is called...
a)
Projection
b)
Elevation
c)
Map
22.
One-half of Earth is called...
a)
A Hemisphere
b)
A Relief
c)
A Chunk
23.
A similarity among places is called...
a)
Geographic Pattern
b)
Region
c)
Absolute Location
24.
A satellite system based in space that finds absolute location and time anywhere on Earth - called?
a)
Global Positioning System
b)
Geographic Information System
c)
Geographic Pattern
25.
The position of a place in relation to other places is called...
a)
Relative Location
b)
Absolute Location
c)
Current Location
26.
A large landmass on Earth’s surface is called a...
a)
Continent
b)
Terrace
c)
Region
27.
A Cartographer...
a)
makes maps.
b)
studies the Earth's climate and landforms.
c)
digs up artifacts.
28.
Elevation is...
a)
The height of a physical feature above sea level
b)
The position of a place in relation to other places
c)
A flat surface that is built into a hillside
29.
A Geographic Information System...
a)
Is a computer-based devices that show data about specific locations
b)
Is a satellite system based in space that finds absolute location and time anywhere on Earth
c)
Is a way of thinking about space on Earth’s surface, including where places are located and why they are there
30.
What imaginary line runs east to west:
a)
Longitude
b)
Latitude
c)
Lebitude
31.
What imaginary line runs North to South:
a)
Longitude
b)
Latitude
c)
Lebitude
32.
North, South, East, and West are directions on a...
a)
Compass Rose
b)
Scale
c)
Rose 
33.
What is the name we give the imaginary latitude line on Earth?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
Tropic of Meridian
34.
What is the name we give the imaginary longitude line on Earth?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
Tropic of Cancer
35.
What type of map would show a very detailed space, like a map of the city of Carmel?
a)
Large Scale
b)
Medium Scale
c)
Small Scale
36.
What type of map would have less details, but would cover a larger area, like a state?
a)
Large Scale
b)
Medium Scale
c)
Small Scale
37.
What type of map covers a large area and has even fewer details (think of a map of New England)?
a)
Small Scale
b)
Medium Scale
c)
Large Scale
38.
Which part of India has the highest elevation?
a)
Northern
b)
Southern
c)
Eastern 
d)
Western
39.
What color indicates the highest elevation, based on the map?
a)
Red
b)
Yellow
c)
Orange
40.
This type of map shows shows the location of activities at different points, like where automotive factories are or windmill farms. 
a)
Point Symbol
b)
Dot Density
c)
Proportional Symbol
41.
This type of map uses dots to show how something is distributed in a country or a region, like a dot representing population density. 
a)
Point Symbol
b)
Dot Density
c)
Proportional Symbol
42.
This type of map uses symbols to show the size of an event, like earthquakes. 
a)
Proportional Symbol
b)
Point Symbol
c)
Dot Density