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Geography vocabulary

Total questions: 167

Worksheet time: 2hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What continent lies north of Africa?

a)

Asia

b)

Australia

c)

Europe

d)

North America

e)

South America

2.

What ocean borders North America, South America, Europe, and Africa?

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

3.

What continent is number 1?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Asia

e)

Australia

4.

Height of land above sea level is known as _____.

a)

Elevation

b)

Island

c)

Peninsula

d)

Rain Shadow Effect

5.

An island is a....

a)

piece of land surrounded by water on all sides.

b)

piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides.

c)

a piece of land surrounded by land on all sides.

d)

a piece of land with steep sides that rises sharply from the surrounding land.

6.

A peninsula is a....

a)

piece of land surrounded by water on all sides.

b)

piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides.

c)

a piece of land surrounded by land on all sides.

d)

a piece of land with steep sides that rises sharply from the surrounding land.

7.

A plain is...

a)

characteristics that humans have created in a place like language, religion, or settlement patterns.

b)

a place where a river or stream begins.

c)

an area of land that usually has low elevation and often covered in grass.

d)

land with steep sides that rises sharply from the surrounding land.

8.

_______ is a dry area on the side of a mountain facing away from the wind which often times creates a desert.

a)

Elevation

b)

Plain

c)

Rain Shadow Effect

d)

Source

9.

Which map would you use to view the usual weather patterns over a period of time?

a)

Political

b)

Physcial

c)

Climate

d)

Population Density

10.

This theme of geography explains why people, languages, religions, ideas, and fads migrate across the planet.

a)

Location

b)

Region

c)

Place

d)

Human Environmental Interaciton

e)

Movement

11.

This theme of geography divides the world into management units of study.

a)

Location

b)

Region

c)

Place

d)

Human Environmental Interaciton

e)

Movement

12.
VERY little rain, VERY dry
a)
Arid
b)
Drought
c)
Flooded
13.
In the city
a)
Rural
b)
Urban
14.
Height above sea level
a)
Distance
b)
Velocity
c)
Elevation
15.
A century is....
a)
10 years
b)
15 years
c)
50 years
d)
100 years
16.
A decade is...
a)
10 years
b)
20 years
c)
25 years
25 years
d)
50 years
17.
A person who moves from place to place is a...
a)
Wanderer
b)
Nomad
c)
Gypsy
18.
Someone who studies the physical remains of the past...
a)
Palentologist
b)
Archaeologist
c)
Medical doctor
d)
Dentist
19.
Lacking enough water to allow things to grow.
a)
Humid
b)
Water-logged
c)
Arid
20.
If I live in the country, I live in a ________ type of setting?
a)
Urban
b)
Rural
21.
Layer of rock or gravel that absorbs rainfall and keeps it flowing underground.
a)
Aqueduct
b)
Aquifer
c)
Earth's crust
22.

Change the way to you live for survival

a)

Region

b)

Adapt

c)

Decade

d)

Plateau

23.

Mix of sun dried earth and straw to build house

a)

Tepee

b)

Shack

c)

Adobe

d)

Mansion

24.

Pulling water from a river to water the crops in the field

a)

Irrigation

b)

Praying for rain

c)

Aquifer

d)

Elevation

25.

To change your environment in order to live how you would like.

a)

Adobe

b)

Region

c)

modify

26.

Natural material used by people

a)

Natural resounce

b)

Tepee

c)

Plateau

27.

Area of high flat land

a)

Mountain

b)

Plateau

c)

Plain

d)

Hill

28.

Area that is unified by one or more common characteristics

a)

Plain

b)

Country

c)

Region

d)

Gulf of Mexico

29.

Portable home made by hides and poles

a)

Adobe

b)

Tepee

c)

Brick home

d)

The Three Little Pigs' house

30.

A map that shows boundaries of countries, states, and counties is a...

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

thematic map

d)

globe

31.

The exact location of a place; using longitude and latitude is the...

a)

relative location

b)

my house

c)

hemesperes

d)

absolute location

32.

The imaginary lines that run east and west...

a)

globe

b)

hemishpere

c)

latitude

d)

longitude

33.

Half of the globe is a...

a)

hemisphere

b)

political map

c)

adapt

d)

relative location

34.

A large body of salt water that covers 70% of Earth's surface is a...

a)

mountian

b)

ocean

c)

physical characteristic

d)

compass

35.

A map that shows a specific theme related to a location is a...

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

thematic map

d)

globe

36.

To adjust your way of living to land and its resources is to...

a)

modify

b)

adapt

c)

barrier

d)

geography

37.

To change is to...

a)

ocean

b)

hemisphere

c)

modify

d)

globe

38.

To make it more difficult to do something...

a)

a barrier

b)

physical characteristic

c)

longitude

d)

continent

39.

To help; to make it easier to do something

a)

relative location

b)

longitude

c)

promote

d)

restrict

40.

The position of one place compared to other places is the...

a)

absolute location

b)

a globe

c)

relative location

d)

a compass

41.

Any type of water source is a...

a)

globe

b)

ocean

c)

a body of water

d)

climate

42.

A mass of land is a...

a)

ocean

b)

compass

c)

landform

d)

globe

43.

A model of the Earth is a...

a)

political map

b)

globe

c)

compass

d)

body of water

44.

The imaginary lines that runs from north to south...

a)

longitude

b)

climate

c)

latitude

d)

ocean

45.

A part of a map that shows the cardinal and intermediate directions is a...

a)

compass

b)

barrier

c)

ocean

d)

adapt

46.

The kind of weather a place had over a long period of time is the...

a)

geography

b)

physical characteristics

c)

climate

d)

barrier

47.

The study of our physical surroundings and how humans interact with them is...

a)

Geography

b)

Math

c)

Reading

d)

Science

48.

One of the seven large landmasses of the Earth is a...

a)

ocean

b)

compass

c)

continent

d)

modify

49.

Characteristics of an area and region are...

a)

hemisphere

b)

barrier

c)

continent

d)

physical characteristics

50.

an obstacle; something that makes it different to move forward is a...

a)

climate

b)

longitude

c)

barrier

d)

adapt

51.

A scale model of the Earth

a)

Key

b)

Globe

c)

Title

d)

Map

52.

Used to show directions

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Parallels

c)

Scale

d)

Latitude

53.

Another name for lines of latitude

a)

Meridians

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Parallels

d)

Longitude

54.

Used to calculate actual distance between 2 points

a)

Key

b)

Longitude

c)

Meridians

d)

Scale

55.

Measures the direction and distance from the equator

a)

Longitude

b)

Latitude

c)

Map

d)

Equator

56.

Imaginary line that divides the Earth into Western and Eastern hemispheres

a)

Globe

b)

Parallels

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Key

57.

Drawing on a flat surface

a)

Map

b)

Globe

c)

Key

d)

Title

58.

Label that tells the purpose of a map

a)

Title

b)

Compass Rose

c)

Meridians

d)

Longitude

59.

Another name for lines of longitude

a)

Meridians

b)

Longitude

c)

Compass Rosse

d)

Latitude

60.

Measures the direction and distance from the prime meridian

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Globe

d)

Parallels

61.
Latitude lines on a globe are labeled-
a)
north & south
b)
east & west
c)
north & east
d)
south & west
62.
The 0 degree mark of longitude is known as the ___________ ______________ measure from Greenwich England.
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
International Date Line
d)
Contour Line
63.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
64.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
65.
What is this object known as?
a)
map symbol
b)
map key
c)
map scale
d)
compass rose
66.
a)
The map show the lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows the lines of latitude.
67.
a)
The map shows lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows lines of latitude.
68.
Which hemisphere is shaded dark on the map?
a)
northern hemisphere
b)
southern hemisphere
c)
eastern hemisphere
d)
western hemisphere
69.
A map that shows physical features and landforms is called?
a)
Physical Map
b)
Growth Map
c)
Projection Map
d)
Political Map
70.
Mountains, rivers, lakes, deserts are all types of?
a)
Landforms
b)
Water
c)
Maps
d)
Climates
71.
What type of map would you need to use to see a country's boundaries?
a)
Physical Map
b)
Robinson Projection Map
c)
Political Map
d)
Globe
72.
Half of the earth that is divided by either a latitude or longitude line is called?
a)
Asia
b)
Equator
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Hemisphere
73.
Which is more specific when discussing location?
a)
Command
b)
Relative
c)
Scientific
d)
Absolute
74.
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.
75.
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.
76.
Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
77.
People leaving their homes in Syria and travelling to Turkey to avoid ISIS is an example of which?
a)
Human-Environment Interaction
b)
Movement
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Relative Location
78.
Where is it?
a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Movement
d)
Region
79.
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
80.
Which of the following is a renewable resource?
a)
Oil 
b)
Plants
c)
Iron
d)
Gold
81.
Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?
a)
Plants 
b)
Oil
c)
Water
d)
Wind
82.
What part of a map is this?
a)
Scale
b)
Title
c)
Legend
d)
Compass Rose
83.
the cardinal directions are on this
a)
longitude
b)
archipelago
c)
scale bar
d)
compass rose
84.
The biggest problem with the maps we usually use in school.
a)
change the real size of some places
b)
the globe is round, maps are flat
c)
makes Africa and South America seem less important because they are smaller than they really are
d)
all of the above
85.
Continent 
a)
a nation with its own government 
b)
world's main continuous expanses of land
c)
imaginary line drawn around the earth 
86.
A large area of flat land that is higher than the land around it is...
a)
Plain
b)
Plateau
c)
Mountain 
d)
Isthmus 
87.
A large, tall rock that extends into the air, taller than an hill, and often is snow covered...
a)
Hill
b)
Mound
c)
Peninsula
d)
Mountain 
88.
Which maps show the boundaries of states and countries?      
a)
Political   
b)
Population Density 
c)
Physical
d)
Resource
89.
What are the 7 continents?
a)
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctia, Europe, Australia
b)
Europe, Asia, Africa, United States, China, Germany, Seven 
c)
Columbia, Africa, Asia, Germany, Iceland, Six, Hopi
d)
Both A and C.
90.
We live on which continent?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Europe
d)
Australia
91.
What is the term for an area of flat land, usually at low elevation?
a)
Plain
b)
Mountain
c)
Island
d)
Country
92.
What is half of a sphere called?
a)
Halfsphere
b)
Semisphere
c)
Hemisphere
d)
Half circle
93.
Which of the following is NOT a cardinal direction?
a)
North
b)
West
c)
Southeast
d)
East
94.
What do we call directions that come between the cardinal directions?
a)
Primary Directions
b)
Intermediate Directions
c)
Middle Directions
d)
Subdirections
95.
A map legend lists the symbols used on a map and explains their meaning.
a)
True
b)
False
96.
Land completely surrounded by water.
a)
Continent
b)
Longitude
c)
Meridians
d)
Island
97.
A narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
a)
Wetland
b)
Isthmus
c)
Strait
d)
Peninsula
98.
A relatively flat highland.
a)
mountain
b)
hill
c)
plateau
d)
glacier
99.
A narrow piece of land connecting two larger land areas.
a)
Plain
b)
Bay
c)
Strait
d)
Isthmus
100.
A strip of land surrounded by water on three sides.
a)
glacier
b)
volcano
c)
lake
d)
peninisula
101.
The distance of a place north or south of the equator is called what?
a)
Longitude
b)
Latitude
c)
North West
102.
What is the name for a group of islands?
a)
Peninsula
b)
Plateau
c)
Basin
d)
Archipelago
103.
What is the name of this continent?
a)
North America
b)
Africa
c)
Australia
d)
Asia
104.
What is this continent called?
a)
South America
b)
North America
c)
Latin America
d)
Antarctica
105.

Which theme of geography describes how people or ideas move ?

a)

place

b)

location

c)

movement

d)

region

106.

Which theme of Geography describes where an area is in ?

a)

movement

b)

region

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Location

107.

Which theme describes unique features of an area ?

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

region

108.

Building roads, bridges , planting a garden or trees is an example of which theme of geography?

a)

Movement

b)

Location

c)

Human- Environment

d)

Region

109.

Which branch of geography studies weather and climate of an area ?

a)

Cartography

b)

Meteorology

c)

Physical geography

d)

Hydrology

110.

The science of making maps is

a)

hydrology

b)

cartography

c)

meteorology

d)

physical geography

111.

A picture taken above the earth used a tool for geography is a

a)

map

b)

globe

c)

satellite image

d)

compass rose

112.

Land , water , climate,plants, and animals describe

a)

environments

b)

human geography

c)

location

d)

movement

113.
An exact location on Earth, using coordinates.
a)
Relative Location
b)
General location
c)
Absolute location
d)
Precise Location
114.
Giving general locations; a location in relation to somewhere else
a)
Relative Location
b)
General Location
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Precise Location
115.
Large area of flat land with few trees
a)
Coast
b)
Desert
c)
Hurricane
d)
Plain
116.
High, wide area of flat land with steep sides
a)
Plateau
b)
Plain
c)
Valley
d)
Jungle
117.
Very little rainfall and extreme temperatures
a)
Plain
b)
Valley
c)
Desert
d)
Coast
118.
Low land between mountains or hills
a)
Valley
b)
Plateau
c)
Landforms
d)
Longitude Lines
119.
What kind of flat land covers most of the middle United States?
a)
Valley
b)
Jungle
c)
Plains
d)
Plateau
120.
This picture shows a high level of:
a)
improvisation
b)
vegetation
c)
industrialization
d)
urbanization
121.
Weather patterns in a place over several years is known as that place's:
a)
barometric pressure
b)
biosphere
c)
climate
d)
precipitation
122.
Person who studies volcanoes
a)
Volcanoater
b)
Volcanologist
c)
Conservationist
d)
Geologist
123.
The thin outer layer of the earth (the lithosphere)
a)
Crust
b)
Faulting
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
124.
The accumulation of sediment by the action of erosional agents, such as water and wind
a)
Mantle
b)
Deposition
c)
Erosion
d)
Volcano
125.
A large segment of the earth's crust that is slowly moving due to convection currents in the mantle
a)
Ocean trench
b)
Folding
c)
Mantle
d)
Tectonic plate
126.
A natural feature of the earth's surface, for example a mountain, valley, lowland or volcano
a)
Landscape
b)
Place
c)
Landform
d)
Dreaming
127.
A way of viewing the world
a)
Binoculars
b)
TV
c)
Perspective
d)
Scale
128.
A volcano that is said to be 'sleeping', as it has not erupted for a period of time but may still erupt.
a)
Lazy
b)
Mountain
c)
Inactive volcano
d)
Dormant volcano
129.
Molten rock at the earth's surface
a)
Magma
b)
Maar
c)
Lava
d)
Extinct volcano
130.
A point under the earth's surface at which a sudden movement in the earth's crust occurs; the origin of an earthquake.
a)
Epicentre
b)
Caldera
c)
Focus
d)

Hot spot

131.
Molten rock below the earth's surface
a)
Magma
b)
Lava
c)
Hot spot
d)
Lahar
132.
The energy released by an earthquake
a)
Lava
b)
Magnitude
c)
Magma
d)
Volcanism
133.
What is this a picture of?
a)
Gulf
b)
Canyon
c)
Plateau
d)
Delta
134.
A _______ is flat low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth.
a)
Delta
b)
Seacoast
c)
Cape
d)
Valley
135.
This is a picture of an __________.
a)
Continent
b)
Lake
c)
Peninsula
d)
Island
136.
What do you call the place where a river begins?
a)
Source
b)
Beginning
c)
Starting Place
d)
Sound
137.
What do you call an area off low land between mountains or hills?
a)
Valley
b)
Plateau
c)
Highland
d)
Cliff
138.
Earth is divided into _____ hemispheres.
a)
2
b)
4
c)
6
d)
8
139.
What do you call a narrow stretch of water that joins two larger bodies of water?
a)
Isthmus
b)
Strait
c)
Sea
d)
Ocean
140.
_____________the plants of an area of a region, plant life
a)
relative location
b)
vegetation
c)
latitude
d)
topographic map
141.
______________distance measured east and west on the earth's equator
a)
latitude
b)
environment
c)
longitude
d)
absolute location
142.
________________the meteorological conditions including temperature, precipitation, and wind
a)
climate
b)
vegetation
c)
globe
d)
physical map
143.
_______________a map showing topographical features by means of contour lines
a)
political map
b)
physical map
c)
relative location
d)
topographic map
144.
_____________the circumstances or conditions that surrounded one's surroundings
a)
climate
b)
globe
c)
environment
d)
vegetation
145.
________________a body with the shape of a sphere especially a representation of the earth in the form of a hollow ball
a)
landforms
b)
climate
c)
longitude
d)
globe
146.

To make it more difficult to do something...

a)

a barrier

b)

physical characteristic

c)

longitude

d)

continent

147.

If I wanted to find out which lakes and rivers were located in Florida, I would look at a...

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

thematic map

148.

If I wanted to find out the capitals of Oklahoma and Iowa, I would look at a...

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

thematic map

149.

While looking at a map of the world, Mrs. Wray did not understand what the different colors symbolized. Which map tool could Mrs. Wray look at to determine the meaning of the colors?

a)

map scale

b)

map key

c)

compass rose

150.

In planning a trip from San Antonio to Dallas, which tool did Mrs. Wray use to determine the miles between the two cities?

a)

map scale

b)

map key

c)

compass rose

151.

In planning a trip from San Antonio to Dallas, which tool did Mrs. Wray use to determine the direction she would go to drive from San Antonio to Dallas?

a)

map scale

b)

map key

c)

compass rose

152.

Maps use a grid system to determine the absolute location of a place. The lines that measure north and south of the Equator are called _____ lines.

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

c)

scale

d)

grid

153.

Maps use a grid system to determine the absolute location of a place. The lines that measure east and west of the Prime Meridian are called _____ lines.

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

c)

scale

d)

grid

154.

Examples include Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.

a)

countries

b)

states

c)

cities

d)

continents

155.

Examples include the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctica.

a)

rivers

b)

oceans

c)

straits

d)

gulfs

156.
The study of features of the earth
a)
Geography
b)
Region
c)
Location
d)
History
157.
The surroundings in which an animal or plant lives
a)
Culture
b)
Climate
c)
Environment
d)
Location
158.
The behaviors and beliefs of a social, ethnic, or age group
a)
Climate
b)
Location
c)
Culture
d)
Geography
159.
The weather conditions of an area or region
a)
Climate
b)
Culture
c)
Location
d)
Geography
160.
I always use the GPS on my phone to help me find the right _____________
a)
Climate
b)
Geography
c)
Location
d)
Culture
161.
I want to understand the Japanese ____________ by learning their language, trying their food, reading about their history, and studying their beliefs.
a)
Culture
b)
Climate
c)
Region
d)
Location
162.
We study ____________ to better understand our world.
a)
Region
b)
Location
c)
Geography
d)
Culture
163.
GPS stands for:
a)
Global Positioning System
b)
Geography Positioning System
c)
Global Placement System
d)
Geography Picture Software
164.
Using less water, turning your lights off, and recycling all are things that help our __________
a)
Environment
b)
Culture
c)
Location
d)
Region
165.

The science, art, or occupation of cultivating land, raising crops and raising livestock; farming.

a)

Treaty

b)

Religion

c)

Agriculture

d)

Culture

166.

Customs, beliefs, traditions that distinguishes one group of people from another. Language, religion, food, music, clothing.

a)

Industry

b)

Commerce

c)

Economy

d)

Culture

167.

I want to understand the Japanese ____________ by learning their language, trying their food, reading about their history, and studying their beliefs.

a)

Culture

b)

Climate

c)

Region

d)

Location

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