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World Geography Final

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The study of the Earth and how people interact with it:

a)

Geology

b)

Geography

c)

Geopolitics

d)

Geocentric

2.

Which is not one of the 5 themes of geography?

a)

Movement

b)

Location

c)

Culture

d)

Interaction

3.

If you split the Earth in half, the halves are called:

a)

Prime Meridians

b)

Mercator's Map Projection

c)

Hemispheres

d)

Absolute Location

4.

Which is not a major landform on Earth:

a)

mountains

b)

seas

c)

plains

d)

plateaus

5.

These lines represent:

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

6.

The line at 0 degrees is called the:

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

7.

These lines represent:

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

8.

The line at 0 degrees is called the:

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

9.

What kind of map is shown?

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

thematic map

d)

topographical map

10.

What kind of map is shown?

a)

physical map

b)

political map

c)

topographical map

d)

thematic map

11.

What are a river's tributaries?

a)

the mouth of the river

b)

rivers that feed into larger rivers

c)

rivers that begin on mountains

d)

the bank of the river

12.

The White Nile and the Blue Nile are examples of:

a)

river source

b)

deltas

c)

flood plains

d)

tributaries

13.

Fjords are carved out by

a)

Glaciers

b)

Wind

c)

Volcanoes

d)

Earthquakes

14.

The image shows the beginning stage of what theory?

a)

Mercator's Projection

b)

prime meridian

c)

continental drift

d)

flat earth

15.

GDP stands for:

a)

Gross Domestic Product

b)

Global Demilitarization Platform

c)

Great Desert Plain

d)

Global Drift Projection

16.

the government controls the means of production in:

a)

capitalism

b)

socialism

c)

democracy

d)

economy

17.

Also known as a free-market economy:

a)

Capitalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Democracy

d)

Command economy

18.

The US economy:

a)

command

b)

democracy

c)

socialist

d)

capitalist

19.

Growing enough crops for just your family is called:

a)

cash crops

b)

commercial farming

c)

subsistence farming

d)

industrial farming

20.

Number of births - Number of deaths=

a)

census

b)

rate of natural increase

c)

GDP per capita

d)

devolution

21.

Name this Mountain Range:

a)

Rocky

b)

Appalachian

c)

Andes

d)

Sierra Nevada

22.

The Yucatan Peninsula is in:

a)

Chile

b)

Mexico

c)

Spain

d)

Canada

23.

Why do the Caribbean have African influence?

a)

Spanish explorers brought Africans as slaves

b)

The Crusades

c)

Continental Drift Theory

d)

African explorers discovered the islands

24.

goods or services brought into a country:

a)

embrago

b)

tariff

c)

import

d)

export

25.

selling goods or services to another country:

a)

import

b)

export

c)

embargo

d)

tariff

26.

official ban on trade:

a)

import

b)

export

c)

embargo

d)

tariff

27.

tax placed on traded items:

a)

import

b)

export

c)

embargo

d)

tariff

28.

This is an example of a(n)

a)

archipelago

b)

peninsula

c)

isthmus

d)

canal

29.

Which country currently has a dictator?

a)

United States

b)

South Africa

c)

Mexico

d)

North Korea

30.

Which mountain range is shown?

a)

Andes

b)

Sierra Madre

c)

Appalachian

d)

Drakensberg

31.

Highest waterfall in the world:

a)

Niagara Falls

b)

Victoria Falls

c)

Dettifoss

d)

Angel Falls

32.

This is an example of a(n)

a)

island

b)

archipelago

c)

isthmus

d)

estuary

33.

The two longest rivers in the world are:

a)

Amazon

b)

Mississippi

c)

Nile

d)

Congo

34.

deepest lake in the world:

a)

Lake Michigan

b)

Lake Baikal

c)

Lake Victoria

d)

Lake Superior

35.

Shatter Belt:

a)

borders constantly change because of neighbor's military success

b)

the fall of the USSR

c)

volcanic glass found near the ocean

d)

revolutions in South America

36.

Which is not a Baltic State?

a)

Lithuania

b)

Czech Republic

c)

Estonia

d)

Latvia

37.

The Velvet Divorce was the smooth split of which country?

a)

Germany

b)

Vietnam

c)

Czechoslovakia

d)

Korea

38.

Longest river in Europe

a)

Danube

b)

Amazon

c)

Rhine

d)

Volga

39.

Where is this massive enclosed fortress?

a)

Moscow, Russia

b)

Istanbul, Turkey

c)

Warsaw, Poland

d)

Dubai, India

40.

What geographical feature is circled?

a)

Siberia

b)

Bering Strait

c)

Mendenhall Glacier

d)

Greenland

41.

Highest mountain in the world:

a)

Everest

b)

Kilimanjaro

c)

Mohenjo Daro

d)

Uluru

42.

What geographic feature is pictured?

a)

Kilimanjaro

b)

Uluru

c)

Mohenjo Daro

d)

Cape of Good Hope

43.

What does this map represent?

a)

Mongolian Conquest

b)

spread of Black Plague

c)

Silk Road

d)

Columbus' route

44.

A _____________ can be hired to carry your bags on a Himalayan hike.

a)

Sanskrit

b)

Shawarma

c)

Sherpa

d)

Sheep guide

45.

What causes coral bleaching?

a)

dumping chemicals into the ocean

b)

rising water temperatures

c)

draining water for irrigation

d)

Steve Irwin