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Geography

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a piece of land that is surrounded on three sides by water?

a)

PENINSULA

b)

ISLAND

c)

LAKE

d)

OCEAN

2.

What is an area of low land between hills or mountains?

a)

VALLEY

b)

HILL

c)

MOUNTAIN

d)

PLAIN

3.

What is a unit of measurement used with latitude and longitude?

a)

COORDINATES

b)

DEGREES

c)

PLOT

d)

PLAIN

4.

What is a large area of slow-moving ice?

a)

OCEAN

b)

PLATEAU

c)

GLACIER

d)

FOREST

5.

What is something that drives a person away from a certain place?

a)

PULL FACTOR

b)

PUSH FACTOR

c)

CARDINAL DIRECTION

d)

INTERMEDIATE DIRECTIONS

6.

What is located at 0 degrees longitude?


a)

EQUATOR

b)

PRIME MERIDIAN

c)

PARALLEL

d)

INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE

7.

What is a nearly flat area of land?

a)

PLATEAU

b)

HILL

c)

PLAIN

d)

MOUNTAIN

8.

What type of imaginary lines run east to west on a map or globe?

a)

LONGITUDE

b)

COORDINATES

c)

DEGREES

d)

LATITUDE

9.

What is an area of land that is completely surrounded by water?

a)

ISLAND

b)

LAKE

c)

PENINSULA

d)

PLATEAU

10.

What are northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest known as?

a)

INTERMEDIATE DIRECTIONS

b)

CARDINAL DIRECTIONS

c)

DEGREES

d)

COORDINATES

11.

What is a set of numbers used to identify a specific location?

a)

DEGREES

b)

PLOT

c)

COORDINATES

d)

MAP

12.

What is another term used to describe lines of longitude?

a)

MERIDIANS

b)

PARALLELS

c)

LATITUDE

d)

INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE

13.

What is an area of densely wooded land?

a)

PLAIN

b)

PLATEAU

c)

FOREST

d)

VALLEY

14.

What is a very large body of water?

a)

LAKE

b)

ISLAND

c)

OCEAN

d)

PLAIN

15.

What are north, south, east, and west known as?

a)

CARDINAL DIRECTIONS

b)

INTERMEDIATE DIRECTIONS

c)

COMPASS ROSE

d)

COORDINATES

16.

What is another term used to describe lines of latitude, meaning they will never intersect?

a)

MERIDIANS

b)

LONGITUDE

c)

LATITUDE

d)

PARALLELS

17.

What type of imaginary lines run from north to south?

a)

LONGITUDE

b)

LATITUDE

c)

INTERMEDIATE

d)

CARDINAL

18.

What is a rounded, elevated area of land that is smaller than a mountain?

a)

MOUNTAIN

b)

HILL

c)

PLAIN

d)

PLATEAU

19.

What is located at 0 degrees latitude?

a)

EQUATOR

b)

PRIME MERIDIAN

c)

INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE

d)

HEMISPHERE

20.

What is a large, flat, elevated piece of land?

a)

PLAIN

b)

PLATEAU

c)

HILL

d)

MOUNTAIN

21.

What is a benefit that attracts people to a certain place?


a)

PUSH FACTOR

b)

PULL FACTOR

c)

COORDINATES

d)

INTERMEDIATE

22.

What does it mean to mark something down on a map or chart?

a)

PLOT

b)

COORDINATES

c)

DEGREES

d)

COMPASS

23.

Multiple Select (choose 3) Which of the following continents are in the eastern hemisphere?

a)

NORTH AMERICA

b)

ASIA

c)

ANTARCTICA

d)

SOUTH AMERICA

e)

AUSTRALIA

24.

Which ocean is on the eastern side of the western hemisphere AND also on the western side of the eastern hemisphere?

a)

ATLANTIC OCEAN

b)

PACIFIC OCEAN

c)

SOUTHERN OCEAN

d)

INDIAN OCEAN

25.

What is the climate like in a city that is located on the equator?

a)

VERY COLD

b)

VERY HOT

c)

MOUNTAINOUS

d)

WET

26.

What is the name of the line where the end of one day and the beginning of another meet?

a)

EQUATOR

b)

PRIME MERDIAN

c)

INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE

d)

SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

27.

What is a body of freshwater that is completely surrounded by land?

a)

LAKE

b)

OCEAN

c)

PLAIN

d)

ISLANS

28.

What is an area of rugged land that generally rises higher than 2,000 feet?

a)

MOUNTAIN

b)

HILL

c)

VALLEY

d)

PLATEAU

29.

Multiple Select (choose 2) Which of the following are examples of push factors?

a)

HURRICANE

b)

WAR

c)

BETTER SCHOOLS

d)

FREEDOM

30.

Multiple Select (choose 2) Which of the following are examples of pull factors?

a)

WAR

b)

LACK OF FOOD

c)

QUALITY EDUCATION

d)

LOW CRIME RATE

31.

If it is 2:00 pm in Louisiana (LA), what time is it in California (CA)?

a)

12:00 PM

b)

1:00 PM

c)

3:00 PM

d)

11:00 PM

32.

If it is 8:00 PM in Arizona (AZ), what time is it in New York (NY)?

a)

9:00 PM

b)

10:00 PM

c)

5:00 PM

d)

6:00 PM

33.

How many times zones are there in the world?

a)

4

b)

6

c)

24

d)

50

34.

How many hemispheres are there in the world?

a)

4

b)

6

c)

24

d)

50