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Worksheets6th Grade Social Studies Physical Features, smidge of econ
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Them Mountain range closest to #1.
a)
Alps
b)
Pyreneese
c)
Ural
d)
None of the above
2.
Which number marks the English Channel?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
3.
Which number marks the Mediterranean Sea?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
4.
Which physical feature is represented by the #7?
a)
Ural Mountains
b)
Rhine River
c)
Alps Mountains
d)
Rhine River
5.
Which number marks the Iberian Peninsula?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
6.
What river does the blue line represent?
a)
Danube River
b)
Rhine River
7.
What river does the yellow line represent?
a)
Rhine River
b)
Danube River
8.
Which physical feature is pictured?
a)
Danube River
b)
Aral Sea
c)
Alps
d)
Pyrenees
9.
What physical feature is pictured?
a)
Danube River
b)
Aral Sea
c)
Alps
d)
Pyrenees
10.
What physical feature is pictured?
a)
Danube River
b)
Aral Sea
c)
Alps
d)
Pyrenees
11.
What physical feature is pictured?
a)
Caspian Sea
b)
Kamchatka Peninsula
c)
English Channel
d)
Mediterranean Sea
12.
What physical feature is pictured?
a)
Siberia
b)
Baltic Sea
c)
Ural Mountains
d)
Lake Baikal
13.
Which country is highlighted?
a)
Poland
b)
Russia
c)
Germany
d)
Ukraine
14.
Which country is highlighted?
a)
Poland
b)
Germany
c)
Russia
d)
Spain
15.
What term is defined as an area of land surrounded on three sides by water?
a)
fjord
b)
peninsula
c)
sparse
d)
landlocked
16.
What term means a country that is completely surrounded by other countries?
a)
waterlocked
b)
landlocked
c)
fjord
d)
peninsula
17.
What mountain range is between France and Spain?
a)
Alps
b)
Pyrenees
c)
Apennines
18.
Which peninsula is made up of the countries of Spain and Portugal?
a)
Italian
b)
Iberian
c)
Balkan
d)
Jutland
19.
Which country is this?
a)
Ireland
b)
Iceland
c)
Portugal
d)
United Kingdom
20.
Which country is this?
a)
Ireland
b)
Iceland
c)
Portugal
d)
United Kingdom
21.
Which country is this?
a)
Germany
b)
Poland
c)
Spain
d)
Ukraine
22.
The _________________ is a body of saltwater that separates Europe from Africa.
a)
Mediterranean Sea
b)
Aral Sea
c)
Baltic Sea
d)
Caspian Sea
23.
What is the rugged, rocky region where most of Canada's mining occurs?
a)
Hudson Bay
b)
Canadian Shield
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
Interior Plains
24.
Which mountain range runs down the Western side of the Canada and into the USA?
a)
Appalachian Mountains
b)
Alps
c)
Mt. Everest
d)
Rocky Mountains
25.
Where do MOST people live in Canada?
a)
In the Northern areas
b)
In the Western farmland
c)
In the Southern cities, near the US border
d)
In the Eastern cities
26.
What is the name of the body of water in Canada that was named for the English explorer who discovered it?
a)
Prince Henry Bay
b)
Hudson Canal
c)
Hudson Bay
d)
Columbus River
27.
SS6G11a: Locate selected features of Australia
Name the highlighted country on the map.
Name the highlighted country on the map.
a)
Canada
b)
Brazil
c)
Russia
d)
Australia
28.
SS6G11a: The arrow on the map shows the location of
a)
the West Indies
b)
the Caribbean Sea
c)
the Great Barrier Reef
d)
the Mediterranean Sea
29.
SS6G11a: Locate selected features of Australia
The arrow on the map points to which physical feature?
The arrow on the map points to which physical feature?
a)
Atacama Desert
b)
Great Victoria Desert
c)
Canadian Shield
d)
European Plain
30.
SS6G11a: Locate selected features of Australia
The point on the map points to which physical feature?
The point on the map points to which physical feature?
a)
Ural Mountains
b)
Andes Mountains
c)
Alps Mountains
d)
Uluru/Ayers Rock
31.
Name this body of water that is an important trade route between the United States and Canada
a)
Amazon River
b)
Rhine River
c)
St. Lawrence River
d)
Danube River
32.
Name this body of water that is surrounded by the Canadian Shield
a)
Hudson Bay
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Mediterranean Sea
d)
Caribbean Sea
33.
Name this body of water that separates Canada from Europe
a)
Hudson Bay
b)
Arctic Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Atlantic Ocean
34.
Name this body of water that separates Canada from Asia
a)
Hudson Bay
b)
Arctic Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Atlantic Ocean
35.
Name this physical feature in Canada
a)
European Plain
b)
Canadian Shield
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
Atacama Desert
36.
Name this country
a)
Canada
b)
Europe
c)
Latin America
d)
Australia
37.
Canada is located on which continent?
a)
Europe
b)
Asia
c)
North America
d)
South America
38.
Name this French-speaking Canadian province
a)
Prince Edward Island
b)
Ontario
c)
Quebec
d)
Saskatchewan
39.
What is the following Latin America Physical Feature?
a)
Caribbean Sea
b)
Amazon River
c)
Greater Antilles
d)
Andes Mountains
40.
What is the following Latin America Physical Feature?
a)
Caribbean Sea
b)
Amazon River
c)
Greater Antilles
d)
Andes Mountains
41.
What is the following Latin America Physical Feature?
a)
Caribbean Sea
b)
Amazon River
c)
Greater Antilles
d)
Andes Mountains
42.
What is the following Latin America Man-Made Feature?
a)
Lesser Antilles
b)
Sierra Madres
c)
Panama Canal
d)
Greater Antilles
43.
What physical feature is labeled with a number 2?
a)
Caribbean Sea
b)
Gulf of Mexico
c)
Pacific Ocean
44.
What physical feature is labeled with a number 7?
a)
Lake Victoria
b)
Amazon River
c)
Atacama Desert
45.
What physical feature is labeled with a number 7?
a)
Lake Victoria
b)
Amazon River
c)
Atacama Desert
46.
What physical feature is labeled with a number 1?
a)
Caribbean Sea
b)
Gulf of Mexico
c)
Pacific Ocean
47.
What body of water is labeled with the blue 15?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Caribbean Sea
c)
Gulf of Mexico
d)
Atlantic Ocean
48.
This island country is located between the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.
a)
Cuba
b)
Mexico
c)
Venezuela
d)
Bolivia
49.
What physical feature is highlighted on the map?
a)
Sierra Madre Mountains
b)
Atacama Desert
c)
Amazon River
d)
Panama Canal
50.
What Central American country is circled on the map?
a)
Cuba
b)
Haiti
c)
Panama
d)
Bolivia
51.
What physical feature is located in the country highlighted on the map?
a)
Amazon River
b)
Atacama Desert
c)
Andes Mountains
d)
Caribbean Sea
52.
What is the following Latin America Physical Feature?
a)
Caribbean Sea
b)
Amazon River
c)
Greater Antilles
d)
Andes Mountains
53.
What is the following Latin America Physical Feature?
a)
Caribbean Sea
b)
Amazon River
c)
Greater Antilles
d)
Andes Mountains
54.
What is the following Latin America Physical Feature?
a)
Caribbean Sea
b)
Amazon River
c)
Greater Antilles
d)
Andes Mountains
55.
Which country is shown in red on the map?
a)
Brazil
b)
Cuba
c)
Colombia
d)
Mexico
56.
This country shares a border with the United States.
a)
Mexico
b)
Cuba
c)
Panama
d)
Boliva
57.
Identify the country highlighted in red.
a)
Haiti
b)
Cuba
c)
Chile
d)
Colombia
58.
NAFTA is an agreement between all of the following countries EXCEPT
a)
United States
b)
Mexico
c)
Great Britain
d)
Canada
59.
Free trade means
a)
the countries use the same currency
b)
No trade barriers
c)
there is a quota on some goods
d)
trade is quick and easy
60.
What is the purpose of NAFTA?
a)
To increase trade between all countries
b)
To help Canada become a more independent nation
c)
To eliminate the environmental issues between the nations involved
61.
Which type of economy has the government control all of what to produce, companies, and goods?
a)
Traditional
b)
Autocracy
c)
Mixed
d)
Command
62.
Which type of economy has the government and the citizens participate in what to produce and how to produce it?
a)
Traditional
b)
Autocracy
c)
Mixed
d)
Command
63.
Which of the following has the citizens and supply and demand control all of the economy without any government influence what-so-ever?
a)
Command
b)
Traditional
c)
Confederacy
d)
Market
64.
Government controls more of the economy but the citizens have some say
a)
Mixed Command
b)
Mixed Market
c)
Traditional
d)
Unitary
65.
Supply and demand has more input than the government in the economy
a)
Mixed Command
b)
Mixed Market
c)
Traditoinal
d)
Unitary
66.
Most countries in the world have a ___________________ economy.
a)
Traditional
b)
Command
c)
Mixed
d)
Market
67.
The native tribes of Brazil in the Amazon Rain Forest still barter for goods and do not have a currency. Which type of economy do these people use?
a)
Mixed
b)
Market
c)
Traditional
d)
Command
68.
This type of interest "creates a mathematical explosion," and it can make you wealthy over time, or keep you in debt for a long time.
a)
compound
b)
sinking
c)
annual
69.
The cost of borrowed money, usually expressed as a percentage.
a)
interest
b)
savings plan
c)
scarce
d)
purchase
70.
Amount of money originally borrowed
a)
Mortgage
b)
Principal
c)
Annual percentage rate (APR)
d)
Finance company
71.
This is an obligation of repayment, usually including principal plus interest; any time you owe someone money.
a)
compound interest
b)
emergency fund
c)
APR
d)
debt
72.
The Quran is the holy book of which religion?
a)
Islam
b)
Hinduism
c)
Christianity
d)
Judaism
73.
What is the holy book of Christianity?
a)
Quran
b)
Bible
c)
Torah
d)
Pentateuch
74.
The Torah is the holy book of which religion?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Christianity
c)
Islam
d)
Judaism
75.
Muhammad is the founder of which religion?
a)
Islam
b)
Hinduism
c)
Christianity
d)
Judaism
76.
Jesus is the found of which religion?
a)
Christianity
b)
Judaism
c)
Hinduism
d)
Islam
77.
Abraham is the founder of which religion?
a)
Judaism
b)
Christianity
c)
Islam
d)
Hinduism
78.
What is Dictatorship
a)
A small group of people that holds complete power of the country
b)
An individual holds complete political power.
c)
A family headed by a king, queen, sultan, or emperor holds political power. Power is not shared with citizens.
d)
All political power and control of the economy is held by the government which is controlled by the communist party
79.
What is a monarch?
a)
President
b)
Parliament
c)
King or queen
d)
Congress
80.
King or Queen AND a voting government
a)
Total Monarchy
b)
Direct Democracy
c)
Constitutional Monarchy
d)
Theocracy
81.
What is the responsibility/job of the Legislative Branch?
a)
To interpret/judge laws
b)
To make laws
c)
To execute or enforce laws
d)
To violate the laws
82.
What is the responsibility/job of the Judicial Branch?
a)
To interpret/judge laws
b)
To make laws
c)
To execute or enforce laws
d)
To violate the laws
83.
What is the responsibility/job of the Executive Branch?
a)
To interpret/judge laws
b)
To make laws
c)
To execute or enforce laws
d)
To violate the laws
84.
What is the United Kingdom's primary environmental problem?
a)
smog
b)
acid rain
c)
radition
d)
deforestation
85.
What is a possible solution for the U.K.'s air pollution problems?
a)
all citizens wear face masks while outside
b)
cars should have emission checks
c)
use coal-burning factories
d)
ban the use of gasoline
86.
How does the literacy rate affect the standard of living of a country?
a)
lower literacy rate = higher standard of living
b)
higher literacy rate = lower standard of living
c)
higher literacy rate = higher standard of living
d)
it has no affect on it at all.
87.
In which type of government do the members of Parliament select a prime minister?
a)
presidential democracy
b)
constitutional monarchy
c)
parliamentary democracy
d)
shared oligarchy
88.
In which type of government is the chief executive elected by the citizens of the country?
a)
Parliamentary Democracy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Presidential Democracy
d)
Citizen Participation
89.
A tariff is ______.
a)
A limit placed on the number of imports that may enter a country
b)
An economy in which change in price and consumer demand guide what and how goods and services will be produced.
c)
A tax on imports
d)
An economy in which all decisions are made by one central ruling authority.
90.
Which terms refers to the education, healthy, training, and skills of a country's or business's workers?
a)
Capital goods
b)
Human caital
c)
Natural resources
d)
All of the above
91.
What do you call a person who gives his/her own time, money, ideas and energies to start a business or to create something new?
a)
Crazy
b)
Entrepeneur
c)
Human Capital
d)
Sales person
92.
A tariff is when a _______ is put on an imported good
a)
Tax
b)
Limit
c)
Block
93.
A block or restriction on trade with another country is called
a)
Tariff
b)
Embargo
c)
Quota
94.
A country might place a limit or __________ on another country to weaken their economy.
a)
Embargo
b)
Tariff
c)
Quota
95.
In 2010, China placed a tax on imported American poultry of up to 105.4%. This is an example of a
a)
Tariff
b)
Market
c)
Embargo
d)
Quota
96.
If a country produces one product at a fast pace and can do what they do best and trade for the rest, this is called what?
a)
Specialization
b)
Currency Exchange
c)
Tariff
97.
Any useful material that is found in nature:
a)
Natural Resource
b)
Human Resource
c)
Plants
98.
Any useful material that is found in nature:
a)
Natural Resource
b)
Human Resource
c)
Plants
99.
Leader is directly elected by the people
a)
parliamentary democracy
b)
presidential democracy
c)
both
100.
What is the main DIFFERENCE between a presidential democracy and a parliamentary democracy?
a)
A President controls a country and a Prime Minister controls a state.
b)
A Prime Minister does not belong to a political party while a President always does.
c)
A Prime Minister has more power than a President.
d)
A President is elected directly by the citizens, while a Prime Minister is elected by the Legislature.
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