WorksheetsGeography Vocab Pretest
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
One of the halves into which the Earth can be divided into is called a ______.
a)
sphere
b)
Rio Grande
c)
Hemisphere
d)
Appalachian
2.
imaginary circle of the earth with a latitude of 0°; dividing the N and S hemispheres
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
3.
The imaginary lines around the Earth parallel to the Prime Meridian.
a)
Lines of longitude
b)
Lines of latitude
4.
The imaginary lines around Earth parallel to the equator.
a)
Latitude
b)
Longitude
5.
The study of the earth and how people use it is called ____________.
a)
Ohio River
b)
Geography
6.
Planet earth has both water and land. The land is broken up into seven large landmasses that are called _______________.
a)
Oceans
b)
Continents
c)
Hemispheres
d)
Cardinal Directions
7.
Earth´s largest bodies of water are called __________
a)
Oceans
b)
Continents
c)
Hemispheres
d)
Cardinal Directions
8.
What is this object known as?
a)
map symbol
b)
map key
c)
map scale
d)
compass rose
9.
Which hemisphere is shaded dark on the map?
a)
northern hemisphere
b)
southern hemisphere
c)
eastern hemisphere
d)
western hemisphere
10.
Which is more specific when discussing location?
a)
Command
b)
Relative
c)
Scientific
d)
Absolute
11.
What is movement?
a)
Tells us how people, goods, recourses, and ideas move from one place to another
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
c)
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike.
12.
What is location?
a)
Tells us where people and places are
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area.
c)
Tells how people, goods, resources, and ideas move from one place to another.
13.
Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
14.
The fact that Africa is south of Europe is an example of which?
a)
Movement
b)
Absolute Location
c)
Relative Location
d)
Place
15.
Where is it?
a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Movement
d)
Region
16.
What is a Region
a)
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
c)
Tells us where people and places are
17.
The 5 themes of geography are:
Location, __________, Region, Movement and Human/Environ. Interaction.
Location, __________, Region, Movement and Human/Environ. Interaction.
a)
Population
b)
Sub-Region
c)
Place
d)
Scale
18.
What is it like there?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Movement
19.
Explains how people, culture, and ideas spread to other locations.
a)
Place
b)
Region
c)
Movement
d)
Human and Environment Interactions
20.
Explains how people and the earth impact each other
a)
Place
b)
Region
c)
Movement
d)
Human and Environment Interactions
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