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Intro Unit

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an example of absolute location?

a)

123 East Main Street

b)

Next door to McDonalds

c)

North of the river

d)

Near the playground

2.

What is an example of relative location?

a)

123 East Main Street

b)

North of the playground

c)

35 degrees latitude and 48 degrees longitude

d)

At the corner of Main Street and Smith Road

3.

A tornado destroys a factory and the workers of the factory lose their jobs. This is an example of:

a)

Movement

b)

Place

c)

Location

d)

Human Environment Interaction

4.

Which is NOT an example of Human Environment Interaction?

a)

An airplane polluting the environment

b)

Rain flooding a prairie

c)

Planting a tree after a forest fire

d)

Building a school in a field

5.

Latitude lines on a globe run:

a)

North to South

b)

Northeast to Southeast

c)

East to West

d)

Southwest to Northeast

6.

Longitude lines on a globe run:

a)

North to South

b)

Northeast to Southeast

c)

East to West

d)

Southeast to Northwest

7.

The major line of latitude is called the:

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

North Pole

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

8.

The word hemisphere means:

a)

Part of the earth

b)

The direction of an area

c)

Location of a place

d)

Half of a globe

9.

What is the name for lines on a globe that run north to south?

a)

Latitude lines

b)

Longitude lines

c)

Equator

d)

Prime meridian

10.

The main line of longitude is called the:

a)

Hemisphere

b)

North Pole

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

11.

This theme of geography means "the way people, products, information, and ideas go from one place to another."

a)

Movement

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

Place

12.

Sending an email to another person is an example of:

a)

Movement of ideas

b)

Location

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Place

13.

Movement connects our entire world together. This is called:

a)

Friendship

b)

Trade

c)

Globalization

d)

Business

14.

Areas that have something in common are called:

a)

Locations

b)

Regions

c)

Place

d)

Human Environment Interaction

15.

A region with official boundaries is which type of region?

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Perceptual

16.

A region that is defined by the connections within the region is which type of region?

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Perceptual

17.

A region that is known for having "stereotypes" or being understood in a certain way, is which type of region?

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Perceptual

18.

"Latin America" is an example of which type of region?

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Perceptual

19.

The Amazon River Basin is an example of which type of region?

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Perceptual

20.

China town in San Francisco, California is an example of which type of region?

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Perceptual

21.

Somewhere with distinct characteristics that make it different than anywhere else in the world is known as a:

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

Movement

22.

Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL is an example of a:

a)

Location

b)

Region

c)

Place

d)

Human Environment Interaction

23.

Planting a garden and growing vegetables during the summer is an example of:

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Place

24.

The hottest places on Earth, which receive direct sunlight all year round, are located in the:

a)

United States

b)

Northern hemisphere

c)

Low latitudes

d)

High latitudes

25.

The North and South Poles are located in the:

a)

Low latitudes

b)

High latitudes

c)

Tropics

d)

Pacific Ocean

26.

Going from the Equator to the North Pole, average temperatures...

a)

Become progressively warmer

b)

Become warmer, then colder

c)

Become colder, then warmer

d)

Become progressively colder

27.

The higher the elevation, the ________ the air gets.

a)

Thicker

b)

Thinner

c)

Warmer

d)

Colder

28.

The diagonal movement of winds caused by the earth's rotation is known as the:

a)

Prevailing winds

b)

Coriolis effect

c)

Hurricane

d)

El Nino

29.

Cold water moves towards the ___________.

a)

North Pole

b)

South Pole

c)

Equator

d)

Land

30.

A change in the regular pattern of ocean currents is known as an:

a)

Coriolis Effect

b)

Tornado

c)

Hurricane

d)

El Nino

31.

Mountains near water are full of life on one side and dry on the other due to the:

a)

El Nino

b)

Rain shadow effect

c)

Coriolis effect

d)

Prevailing winds

32.

The names of the winds nearest the equator:

a)

Polar Easterlies

b)

Westerlies

c)

Doldrums

d)

Abraham Lincoln

33.

Name of the winds in the mid-latitudes:

a)

Polar Easterlies

b)

Westerlies

c)

Doldrums

d)

William Shakespear

34.

Name of the winds in the high latitudes (hint: close to Santa!!!)

a)

Polar Easterlies

b)

Westerlies

c)

Doldrums

d)

Rudolph the Red Nosed-Reindeer

35.

Who is the coolest social scientist ever?

a)

Mr. Daniels

b)

George Washington

c)

Abe Lincoln

d)

Teddy Roosevelt