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Unit 1 Geography Review

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The _________ lies at zero degrees latitude.

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Artic Circle

c)

Equator

d)

International Date Line

2.

The __________ lies at zero degrees longitude.

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Artic Circle

c)

Equator

d)

International Date Line

3.

Latitude lines are also called ______________.

a)

Verticals

b)

Parallels

c)

Horizontals

d)

Meridians

4.

Longitude lines are also called ______________.

a)

Verticals

b)

Parallels

c)

Horizontals

d)

Meridians

5.
What is the continent that is pink?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Asia
d)
Australia
6.
What is the continent that is blue?
a)
Africa
b)
Australia
c)
Antarctica
d)
Asia
7.
What is the continent that is red?
a)
North America
b)
Europe
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
8.
What is the continent that is dark green?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Europe
d)
Australia
9.
What is the continent that is yellow?
a)
Africa
b)
Australia
c)
Asia
d)
Antarctica
10.
What is the continent that is orange?
a)
Africa
b)
Australia
c)
Antarctica
d)
Asia
11.
What is the continent that is light green?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
12.
What is a Region
a)
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
c)
Tells us where people and places are
13.
What is movement?
a)
Tells us how people, goods, recourses, and ideas move from one place to another
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
c)
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike.
14.
What is location?
a)
Tells us where people and places are
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area.
c)
Tells how people, goods, resources, and ideas move from one place to another.
15.
Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
16.
Where is it exactly on the Earth?
a)
Place
b)
Perfect Location
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Relative Location
17.
What is the Relative Location of the Gulf of Mexico?
a)
west of Houston
b)
85 degrees W by 27 degrees N
c)
85 degrees N by 27 degrees W
d)
west of Miami
18.
Latitude and Longitude are measured in______.
a)
kilometers
b)
degrees
c)
miles
d)
hours
19.
Which of the following letter is at approximately 60 degrees S, 40 degrees W? 
a)
A
b)
D
c)
E
d)
H
20.
Which letter would you find at 15oS, 60oW?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
L
d)
H
21.
Which STATE is located at...
120°W, 45°N
a)
WA
b)
OR
c)
UT
d)
ND
22.
Which STATE is located at...
105°W, 47°N
a)
MT
b)
SD
c)
UT
d)
AZ
23.
What is another name for a map key?
a)
map title
b)
map legend
c)
map compass
d)
map lock
24.
What helps us find directions on a map?
a)
map grid
b)
map rose
c)
cardinals
d)
compass rose
25.
What is a map scale?
a)
a tool to measure distance
b)
a tool to tell direction
c)
a tool to start a fire
d)
a tool to build a house
26.
How many miles would 4 inches be equal to?
a)
2
b)
400
c)
4000
d)
4
27.
______________tells the location in relationship to another place.
a)
global grid
b)
relative location
c)
 absolute locaction
d)
longitude and latitude