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Geography Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does a map’s scale compare?
a)
direction on a map with direction on Earth
b)
distance on a map with distance on Earth
c)
location on a map with location on a globe
d)
distortion on a map with distortion on a globe
2.
imaginary line found at zero degrees latitude
a)
Isthmus
b)
Border
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Equator
3.
imaginary line found at zero degrees longitude
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
Longitude
d)
Latitude
4.
a tool on a map that shows cardinal directions and sometimes intermediate directions
a)
Compass Rose
b)
Rose Graph
c)
Legend
d)
Map Key
5.
A map that shows physical features and landforms is called?
a)
Physical Map
b)
Growth Map
c)
Projection Map
d)
Political Map
6.
Mountains, rivers, lakes, deserts are all types of?
a)
Landforms
b)
Water
c)
Maps
d)
Climates
7.
What type of map would you need to use to see a country's boundaries?
a)
Physical Map
b)
Robinson Projection Map
c)
Political Map
d)
Globe
8.
All of the beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by a particular group is known as?
a)
Society
b)
Economy
c)
Ethnic Group
d)
Culture
9.
Cutting down the rainforest is an example of what theme of geography?
a)
Region
b)
Place
c)
Interaction
d)
Location
10.
Which of the following is not a biome of the earth?
a)
Forest
b)
Grassland
c)
Wasteland
d)
Polar Cap
11.
What is this landform?
a)
lake
b)
peninsula
c)
hills
d)
mountain
12.
What is this landform?
a)
valley
b)
hills
c)
river
d)
lake
13.
The migration of people is an example of what theme of geography
a)
place
b)
movement
c)
location
d)
region
14.

What is climate?

a)

The average weather conditions that are measured over a long time

b)

The opposite of weather

c)

Day to day short term changes in the atmosphere

d)

Something caused by weather

15.

What is weather?

a)

Things falling from the sky

b)

The day to day changes in the atmosphere at a particular location

c)

The average weather conditions

d)

Something that happens as a result of evaporation

16.
A map will always be distorted in some way because...
a)
Cartographers are not very skilled artists.
b)
Geographers like to confuse us.
c)
The continents are constantly changing size and shape.
d)
When a sphere is flattened it changes size and shape.
17.
Which of the following is not one of the five themes of geography?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Movement
d)
Time
18.
What would you look at to find what the blue lines on a map represent?
a)
map key
b)
scale bar
c)
compass rose
d)
map title
19.
What is the difference between absolute and relative location?
a)
Absolute location is the exact location of something.
b)
Absolute cannot be identified using lines of latitude or longitude.
c)
Absolute describes where something is compared to another place.
d)
Absolute location describes the characteristics of a place.
20.
To show how many people live in Florida, I would use a ....
a)
population map
b)
physical map
c)
elevation map
d)
road map