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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which Ocean borders North America, South America, Africa and Europe?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Arctic Ocean
2.
What continent is it?
a)
Europe
b)
Asia
c)
South America
d)
Australia
3.
What continent is it?
a)
Asia
b)
South America
c)
North America
d)
Europe
4.
What is the disadvantage of a map compared to a globe?
a)
a map distorts properties like distance
b)
a map shows little detail
c)
a map indicates actual distances
d)
a map is very large
5.
A cartographer wants to create a generalized map focused on a country in Africa and the surrounding countries that border it. What type of map should the cartographer make?
a)
Large-Scale Map
b)
Physical Map
c)
Small-scale Map
d)
Thematic Map
6.
Which of the following collects visual information about earth?
a)
Transmitters
b)
GPS
c)
GIS
d)
Satellites
7.
How is geography related to political patterns?
a)
governments rely on geographers to provide an analysis of census data
b)
analysis of political decisions emphasize changing boundary lines and governmental systems
c)
Governments rely on geographers to analyze the effectiveness of emergency communication systems
d)
Analysis of geographic information informs politically-driven tax policies
8.
The part of a map that shows what the symbols on the map represent is called a:
a)
Grid
b)
Arid
c)
Title
d)
Key
9.
Geography is the study of human activity, the natural environment and the ______________ between the two.
a)
comparison
b)
differences
c)
relationship
d)
contrast
10.
Earth's ________ on its axis causes day and night.
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
c)
phase
d)
comet
11.
One full orbit of an object around another object is called a ________.
a)
axis
b)
rotation
c)
revolution
d)
satellite
12.
This layer of the Earth is found between the core and the crust.
a)
mantle
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
d)
crust
13.
The outermost solid layer of the Earth is called the
a)
mantle
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
d)
crust
14.
Melted, liquid rock BELOW the earth's surface is called...
a)
soil
b)
magma
c)
lava
d)
sediment
15.
Which layers of Earth are mostly made of solid material?
a)
inner core and outer core
b)
crust and inner core
c)
crust and mantle
d)
mantle and outer core
16.
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Galileo
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Newton
17.
What is this a picture of?
a)
plate tectonics
b)
continental drift
c)
pangea
d)
glacier scaring
18.
The higher you go, the air becomes.......
a)
More dense
b)
Less dense
19.
Layer of Earth's atmosphere in which we live
a)
thermosphere
b)
mesosphere
c)
stratosphere
d)
troposphere
20.
What is the atmosphere?
a)
a mixture of gases
b)
carbon dioxide
c)
oxygen
d)
water vapor
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