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Hxt 1 Unit Test Review: Essentials of Geography

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an example of a geographic patter?

a)

Large cities near large bodies of water.

b)

Fish in the ocean.

c)

Trees growing on the North American continent.

d)

Cities in the Midwest.

2.

Similarities among places.

a)

region

b)

geographic patterns

c)

spatial thinking

d)

place

3.

Thinking about the space on Earth's surface, including where places are located and why they are there.

a)

spatial thinking

b)

geographic pattern

c)

region

d)

place

4.

How do geographers use spatial thinking to make sense of Earth's surface?

a)

Geographers use spatial thinking to analyze relationships among different places.

b)

Geographers use spatial thinking to study physical processes and human systems.

c)

Geographers use spatial thinking to analyze geographic patterns.

d)

Geographers use spatial thinking to categorize similar geographic information.

5.

Computer based systems use to create maps and to analyze geographic patterns.

a)

Geographic Information Systems

b)

Global Positioning Systems

c)

absolute location

d)

relative location

6.

What can Geographic Information Systems be used for?

a)

city planning

b)

planning a vacation

c)

online shopping

d)

teleconferencing

7.

What can Geographic Information Systems be used for?

a)

analyzing and displaying weather maps

b)

booking airline tickets

c)

online shopping

d)

text messaging

8.

What can Geographic Information Systems be used for?

a)

selecting store locations

b)

renting an Uber

c)

playing Fortnite

d)

text messaging

9.

How do geographers use the Five Themes of Geography?

a)

To categorize similar geographic information.

b)

To study physical processes and human systems.

c)

To create maps.

d)

To analyze geographic patterns.

10.

Where a place is.

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Human-Environment Interaction

11.

The exact location.

a)

absolute location

b)

relative location

c)

region

d)

Global Positioning System

12.

The location of a place in relation to other places.

a)

absolute location

b)

relative location

c)

place

d)

Global Positioning System

13.

Describes the physical and human characteristics of a location.

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Region

d)

Human-Environment Interaction

14.

How humans affect the environment and how the environment affects humans.

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Region

d)

Human-Environment Interaction

15.

How people, ideas, animals, and goods move from one place to another.

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Region

d)

Movement

16.

A group of places that have common characteristics.

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Region

d)

Movement

17.

Mountains, lakes, and rivers are examples of:

a)

physical characteristics

b)

human characteristics

c)

region

d)

movement

18.

Language, government, and religion are examples of:

a)

physical characteristics

b)

human characteristics

c)

region

d)

movement

19.

Sally puts on a coat because it is cold outside. This is an example of:

a)

Sally adapting to her environment.

b)

Sally relying on her environment.

c)

Sally modifying her environment.

d)

Sally adapting destroying her environment.

20.

Sally builds a fence to keep the rabbits out of her garden. This is an example of:

a)

Sally adapting to her environment.

b)

Sally relying on her environment.

c)

Sally modifying her environment.

d)

Sally adapting destroying her environment.

21.

Sally uses the pond to catch fish for dinner. This is an example of:

a)

Sally adapting to her environment.

b)

Sally relying on her environment.

c)

Sally modifying her environment.

d)

Sally adapting destroying her environment.

22.

This is an example of which type of map?

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

thematic map

d)

point symbol map

23.

This is an example of which type of map?

a)

point symbol map

b)

proportional symbol map

c)

dot density map

d)

political map

24.

This is an example of which type of map?

a)

thematic map

b)

political map

c)

physical map

d)

color map

25.
Mexico is south of the United States. 
This is an example of:
a)
Relative Location
b)
Absolute Location
26.
75 degrees west, 170 degrees east. 
This is an example of: 
a)
Relative Location
b)
Absolute Location
27.
Lines of latitude are also known as: 
a)
Parallels
b)
Meridians
28.
Lines of longitude are also known as: 
a)
Parallels
b)
Meridians
29.
What divides the globe into northern and southern parts or hemispheres?
a)
Prime Meridia
b)
Equator
c)
Lines of Latitude
d)
Lines of Longitude
30.
What divides the globe into eastern and western parts or hemispheres?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
Lines of Latitude
d)
Lines of Longitude
31.

What information does the compass rose on a map give?

a)

The title and subject of the map.

b)

Names of places, such as cities.

c)

The meaning of symbols and colors on the map.

d)

Directions north, south, east, and west.

32.

What does the locator globe on a map show?

a)

The location of the Prime Meridian on the map.

b)

The specific area of the world that is shown on the map.

c)

Names of important places on the map.

d)

Industrial centers on the map.

33.

What does a map's scale show?

a)

How much distance is shown on a map.

b)

The height of mountainous regions.

c)

Geographic patterns.

d)

Streets and famous landmarks.

34.

What is the purpose of a map legend?

a)

List the names of places on a map.

b)

Explain the meaning of symbols and colors on a map.

c)

Show the unit of distance used on a map.

d)

Point out the specific area of the world shown on a map.

35.

What is the purpose of the map title?

a)

Tell the subject of the map.

b)

List the names of places on a map.

c)

Show the directions north, south, east, and west.

d)

Tell the names of places on the map.

36.

What are the lines of longitude on a map?

a)

Imaginary lines that divide Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.

b)

Imaginary lines that run north to south from the North Pole to the South Pole.

c)

Imaginary lines that point out the Prime Meridian.

d)

Imaginary lines that run east to west, parallel to the equator.

37.

What is the purpose of symbols?

a)

Represent information such as natural resources.

b)

Show the direction north, south, east, and west.

c)

Represent different kinds of information such as water.

d)

Show how much distance on Earth is represented by distance on the map.

38.

What information to labels on a map give?

a)

Tell the names of places.

b)

Explain the meaning of symbols and colors on the map.

c)

Show the specific area of the world that is shown on a map.

d)

Show how much distance on Earth is represented by distance on the map.

39.

What is the purpose of colors on a map?

a)

Represent different kinds of information such as water.

b)

Represent information such as natural resources.

c)

Represent cities.

d)

Explains what the symbols on the map mean.

40.

What are the lines of latitude on a map?

a)

Imaginary lines that divide Earth into the Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere.

b)

Imaginary lines that run north to south from the North Pole to the South Pole.

c)

Imaginary lines that point out the Prime Meridian.

d)

Imaginary lines that run east to west, parallel to the equator.

41.

Places within a region are linked by:

a)

Trade, culture, and human activities.

b)

Physical features.

c)

Aliens.

d)

Naturals disasters such as tornadoes and hurricanes.

42.

Studying the WHOLE Earth.

a)

global perspective

b)

regional perspective

c)

region

d)

globalization

43.

Which of the following is an example of a global perspective?

a)

Studying the climate of North America.

b)

Analyzing the economic systems of Russia.

c)

Studying how one region political decisions affects another.

d)

Analyzing population distribution in Nebraska.

44.

A large land mass.

a)

globe

b)

map

c)

region

d)

continent

45.

A 3-D, or spherical, representation of Earth.

a)

region

b)

globe

c)

map

d)

global perspective

46.

A 2-D, or flat, representation of Earth.

a)

region

b)

globe

c)

map

d)

global perspective

47.

What is the central line of longitude?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

48.

What is the central line of latitude?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

49.

Half of the Earth.

a)

hemisphere

b)

global perspective

c)

spatial thinking

d)

region

50.

What is used to determine the absolute location of a place?

a)

Global Positioning System

b)

Approximation

c)

Geographic Information Systems

d)

Place

51.

What is used to determine the absolute location of a place?

a)

Latitude and Longitude Lines

b)

Approximation

c)

Geographic Information Systems

d)

Place

52.

Shows how much distance on Earth is shown on the map.

a)

map scale

b)

region

c)

absolute location

d)

relative location

53.

A map that covers a small area, but shows many details.

a)

large-scale map

b)

small-scale map

c)

continents

d)

regions

54.

A map that covers a large area but includes few details.

a)

large-scale map

b)

small-scale map

c)

continents

d)

regions

55.

Which scale would a map maker use to show the whole United States?

a)

A large-scale map.

b)

A small-scale map.

56.

Which scale would a map maker use to show the city streets of Benningtion, NE?

a)

A large-scale map.

b)

A small-scale map.

57.

A map maker.

a)

cartographer

b)

geographer

c)

economist

d)

teacher

58.

Shows features that humans have created such as boundary lines between states, provinces, and cities.

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

thematic map

d)

point symbol map

59.

Shows natural features of physical geography such as mountains, plains, valleys, oceans, and lakes.

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

thematic map

d)

proportional symbol map

60.

A map that focuses on a specific theme.

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

thematic map

d)

dot density map

61.

What is used to show boundaries on a political map?

a)

color

b)

lines

c)

texture

d)

glitter

62.

What is used to show elevation on a physical map?

a)

color

b)

lines

c)

texture

d)

glitter

63.

Height above sea level.

a)

relief

b)

elevation

c)

scale

d)

lines

64.

Changes in elevation from one place to another.

a)

relief

b)

elevation

c)

scale

d)

lines

65.

A specific topic.

a)

relief

b)

elevation

c)

scale

d)

theme

66.

Thematic maps are useful for showing:

a)

physical features

b)

man-mad features

c)

natural resources

d)

bodies of water

67.

Thematic maps are useful for showing:

a)

physical features

b)

man-mad features

c)

population density

d)

bodies of water

68.

Shows the location of activities at different points.

a)

point symbol map

b)

dot density map

c)

proportional symbol map

d)

political map

69.

Uses dots to show how something is distributed in a country or region.

a)

point symbol map

b)

dot density map

c)

proportional symbol map

d)

political map

70.

Uses symbols of different sizes to show the size of an event.

a)

point symbol map

b)

dot density map

c)

proportional symbol map

d)

political map

71.

What type of map is this?

a)

political map

b)

point symbol map

c)

proportional symbol map

d)

dot density map

72.

What type of map is this?

a)

political map

b)

thematic map

c)

physical map

d)

point symbol map

73.

What type of map is this?

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

proportional symbol map

d)

point symbol map

74.

Which phrase best summarizes what geographers study?

a)

The history of cities around the world.

b)

The reasons that people and nations engage in trade.

c)

The science of how GPS works.

d)

The location of places and the people who live there.

75.

What type of map would geographers use to show the location oil fields in Africa?

a)

point symbol map

b)

political map

c)

physical map

d)

proportional symbol map