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M-H Chapter 1, Lessons 1&2

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An economic resource map shows __________ ?

a)

Countries

b)

Population

c)

Gold

d)

Climate

2.

____________ is a theme of geography.

a)

Latitude

b)

Absolute Location

c)

Region

d)

Prime Meridian

3.

A physical map shows ___________ ?

a)

Countries

b)

Elevation

c)

Climate

d)

Population

4.

__________ is not an essential element of geography.

a)

Physical Systems

b)

Water Systems

c)

Human Systems

d)

Places and Regions

5.

Geography studies the location and spatial relationships among people, places, and environments. Maps reveal the complex spatial relationships. These refer to _________ ?

a)

Landforms

b)

Physical systems

c)

The World in Spatial Terms

d)

The Uses of Geography

6.

The Equator is a line of latitude.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

A chain of rocks, coral or sand at or near the surface of the water

a)

seacoast

b)

reef

c)

delta

d)

mesa

8.

Large natural stream of water that runs through the land.

a)

Seacoast

b)

Upstream

c)

Downstream

d)

River

9.

Body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water

a)

Isthmus

b)

Cape

c)

Peninsula

d)

Delta

10.

Body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water

a)

Isthmus

b)

Cape

c)

Peninsula

d)

Delta

11.

On a map, which element tells direction?

a)

Scale Bar

b)

Key

c)

Compass Rose

d)

South

12.

The Global Positioning System was originally created by

a)

the Chinese.

b)

the warrior class.

c)

a small committee of map making companies.

d)

the U.S. government.

13.

The two types of maps are

a)

general purpose and thematic.

b)

physical and political.

c)

round and flat.

d)

large and small scale.

14.

To learn the size of a city on a map, you could look at the

a)

scale.

b)

key.

c)

compass rose.

d)

projections

15.

Half a sphere is

a)

halfasphere.

b)

hemicircle.

c)

semicircle.

d)

hemisphere.

16.

Maps convert a round space into a flat space but they distort the physical world.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

A political map is a type of thematic map.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Geographers know the exact height of Mount Everest.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Not knowing why features are located where they are is a limit of technology.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Satellites gather information about the weather and have cameras to take pictures of the land.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

A map of our school would show the bank.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

GPS means

a)

Grandfather Plays Santa

b)

Global Positioning System

c)

Global Position of Satellites

d)

Grandmother Plants Spinach

23.

Physical maps show relief, or the difference between the elevation of one feature and the elevation of another far away.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

South America is in the Eastern Hemisphere.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

The Prime Meridian and International Date Line split the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Environment and Society is an essential element of geography.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

_______ is NOT an essential element of geography.

a)

Water Systems

b)

Human Systems

c)

Physical Systems

d)

The World in Spatial Terms

28.

Remote sensing is ______ .

a)

getting information from close by.

b)

getting information from far away.

c)

getting information from your teacher.

d)

a good nose.

29.

A cell phone uses _______ technology.

a)

GIS

b)

GPS

c)

remote sensing

d)

mapping

30.

A land-use map is a ________ map.

a)

thematic

b)

physical

c)

political

d)

general purpose

31.

A large scale map shows _____ area.

a)

small

b)

large

c)

flat

d)

round

32.

Lines of longitude run _______ .

a)

north-south

b)

east-west

c)

up-down

d)

this way-that way

33.

Each half of Earth is called a ________ .

a)

globe

b)

map

c)

hemisphere

d)

sphere