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WorksheetsGeography Chapters 1 and 2 Review
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name this map tool
Prime Meridian
compass rose
world directory
4 way pointer
Using one location to find another is called ________.
relative location
dead reckoning
absolute location
geographic reckoning
The three types os maps are called Political, Physical, and ______.
Arbitrary
Thematic
Topical
Seismographic
Which type of map can show boundaries (borders) between Country or State governments?
Political
Demographic
Physical
Thematic
What is the name of this map tool?
key (legend)
compass rose
scale
measure
Weathering means breaking up material in nature, while _______ means moving the material away.
population
deposition
decomposition
erosion
This image shows an example of Plate Tectonics. What is the most likely outcome of this kind of Plate Tectonic movement?
A new peninsula is created.
A mountain is formed.
It will make a trench in the Earth's crust.
There will be an earthquake.
Using latitude and longitude lines to find somewhere on a map is known as _________.
land navigation
absolute location
nautical reckoning
relative location
The Parallel lines that are on a map that measure North and South are known as
Longitude
Latitude
Meridian
Diasfosical
A coordinate going East would be found by using
Latitude
Equator
Longitude
Prime Meridian
What feature would you find on a Physical Map?
Population
Types of Languages
Capital Cities
Lakes
What is the lowest point on Earth's surface?
The Dead Sea
Death Valley
The Mariana Trench
Lake Michigan
What is the lowest point on Earth under the ocean?
The Dead Sea
Death Valley
The Mariana Trench
Lake Michigan
What is Geography?
The study of geods
The study of the world's people
The study of place and space
The study of the past
What is physical Geography?
The study of the natural landscape of the Earth
The study of the human landscape of the Earth
The study of physical scienc
The study of space
What is cultural Geography?
The study of the natural landscape of the Earth
The study of the human landscape of the Earth
The study of physical scienc
The study of space
What is an Ecosystem?
The outer crust of the Earth
An interrelated set of parts like gears in a watch.
A system of Echos
A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
What do cartographers do?
make carts
design buildings
make maps
sell guitars
What is an atlas?
A book of poems
A book of maps
A book of recipes
A book of pictures
The Parallel lines that are on a map that measure East and West are known as
Longitude
Latitude
Lateral
Diasfosical
What is a hemisphere?
One half of the Earth
One quarter of the Earth
One sixth of the Earth
One eighth of the Earth
What are cartograms?
maps that use differences in proportion to show information.
maps that use differences in shading to show information.
maps that use different symbols to show information
What are choropleths?
maps that use differences in proportion to show information.
maps that use differences in shading to show information.
maps that use different symbols to show information
What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth between the Eastern and Western hemispheres?
Tropic of Cancer
Arctic Circle
Equator
Prime Meridian
What is Erosion?
The Earth's crust
Changing a mineral's chemical make up to break it down
The wearing away of Earth's surface by wind, water, or glaciers
What is an isthmus?
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses
A chain of islands
A large island like Australia
A small piece of land that juts out of a larger landmass like Florida
What is the lithosphere?
All the water on the Earth
The hard rock portion of Earth's surface
All living things on Earth
The gasses surrounding Earth
What is the hydrosphere?
All the water on the Earth
The hard rock portion of Earth's surface
All living things on Earth
The gasses surrounding Earth
What is the biosphere?
All the water on the Earth
The hard rock portion of Earth's surface
All living things on Earth
The gasses surrounding Earth
What is the atmosphere?
All the water on the Earth
The hard rock portion of Earth's surface
All living things on Earth
The gasses surrounding Earth
What is a moraine?
A leaf that has fallen off a tree without changing colors
A piece of glass created from lightning striking sand
A rock left behind after a glacier moves
A stream that changes direction suddenly
What is a loess?
windblown sand, silt, and clay
weathering of mountains
erosion of riverbanks
walls built to contain flooding
Cracks in the Earth's crust are called...
moraines
continental shelves
plates
faults
Surrounding the inner core of the Earth is...
a liquid outer core
a solid outer core
the crust
the mantle
What device measures an earthquake?
A thermometer
A seismograph
A phonograph
A speedometer
What is this part of a map?
Key/legend
Scale
Compass
Title
What part of the map is the arrow pointing to?
Key/legend
Scale
Compass
Title
