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Geography Chapter 1

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 1hrs 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

5 Themes: What is it like?

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Movement

2.

5 Themes: Where is it?

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Region

3.
Where is it exactly on the Earth?
a)
Place
b)
Perfect Location
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Relative Location
4.

5 Themes: Where is it in relation to other areas or things?

a)

Place

b)

Perfect Location

c)

Absolute Location

d)

Relative Location

5.

5 Themes: How do people, plants, animals, and ideas move through out time and place?

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

Movement

6.

5 Themes: In what ways do people adapt to their environment, or change their environment in order to meet their needs.

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Location

d)

Region

7.

5 Themes: How are areas similar or united (physically, politically, or culturally) to other areas around them?

a)

Movement

b)

Absolute Location

c)

Region

d)

Place

8.
The winters are cold and long in Russia.
a)
Place
b)
Region
c)
Location
d)
Movement
9.
Virginia is north of North Carolina
a)
Place
b)
Absolute Location
c)
Region
d)
Relative Location
10.
Washington D.C. is at 38.8 North Latitude and 77 West Longitude
a)
Relative Location
b)
Place
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Region
11.

Latitude lines are measured

a)

East/West

b)

North/South

12.

Longitude lines are measured

a)

East/West

b)

North South

13.
The imaginary line that runs through the middle of the earth east and west is called?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
Date Line
14.
What direction is indicated by the number 5?
a)
northeast
b)
northwest
c)
southeast
d)
southwest
15.
What kind of map is this?
a)
Continental
b)
Political
c)
Flat
d)
Globe
16.

What type of map shows landforms like mountains and deserts?

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

resource map

d)

climatic map

17.
A spherical, or ball-shaped, model of the entire planet.
a)
Social science
b)
Region
c)
Physical geography
d)
Globe
18.
The imaginary lines on a map the run east to west (horizontally).
a)
Longitude
b)
International Date Line
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Latitude
19.
the starting point for measuring longitude and divides the Earth into the eastern and western hemisphere.
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Latitude
c)
Equator
d)
Longitude
20.

Which images depicts lines of latitude.

a)
b)
21.
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