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Geography Chapters 1 and 2 Review

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name this map tool

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

compass rose

c)

world directory

d)

4 way pointer

2.

Using one location to find another is called ________.

a)

relative location

b)

dead reckoning

c)

absolute location

d)

geographic reckoning

3.

The three types os maps are called Political, Physical, and ______.

a)

Arbitrary

b)

Thematic

c)

Topical

d)

Seismographic

4.

Which type of map can show boundaries (borders) between Country or State governments?

a)

Political

b)

Demographic

c)

Physical

d)

Thematic

5.

What is the name of this map tool?

a)

key (legend)

b)

compass rose

c)

scale

d)

measure

6.

Weathering means breaking up material in nature, while _______ means moving the material away.

a)

population

b)

deposition

c)

decomposition

d)

erosion

7.

This image shows an example of Plate Tectonics. What is the most likely outcome of this kind of Plate Tectonic movement?

a)

A new peninsula is created.

b)

A mountain is formed.

c)

It will make a trench in the Earth's crust.

d)

There will be an earthquake.

8.

Using latitude and longitude lines to find somewhere on a map is known as _________.

a)

land navigation

b)

absolute location

c)

nautical reckoning

d)

relative location

9.

The Parallel lines that are on a map that measure North and South are known as

a)

Longitude

b)

Latitude

c)

Meridian

d)

Diasfosical

10.

A coordinate going East would be found by using

a)

Latitude

b)

Equator

c)

Longitude

d)

Prime Meridian

11.

What feature would you find on a Physical Map?

a)

Population

b)

Types of Languages

c)

Capital Cities

d)

Lakes

12.

What is the lowest point on Earth's surface?

a)

The Dead Sea

b)

Death Valley

c)

The Mariana Trench

d)

Lake Michigan

13.

What is the lowest point on Earth under the ocean?

a)

The Dead Sea

b)

Death Valley

c)

The Mariana Trench

d)

Lake Michigan

14.

What is Geography?

a)

The study of geods

b)

The study of the world's people

c)

The study of place and space

d)

The study of the past

15.

What is physical Geography?

a)

The study of the natural landscape of the Earth

b)

The study of the human landscape of the Earth

c)

The study of physical scienc

d)

The study of space

16.

What is cultural Geography?

a)

The study of the natural landscape of the Earth

b)

The study of the human landscape of the Earth

c)

The study of physical scienc

d)

The study of space

17.

What is an Ecosystem?

a)

The outer crust of the Earth

b)

An interrelated set of parts like gears in a watch.

c)

A system of Echos

d)

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

18.

What do cartographers do?

a)

make carts

b)

design buildings

c)

make maps

d)

sell guitars

19.

What is an atlas?

a)

A book of poems

b)

A book of maps

c)

A book of recipes

d)

A book of pictures

20.

The Parallel lines that are on a map that measure East and West are known as

a)

Longitude

b)

Latitude

c)

Lateral

d)

Diasfosical

21.

What is a hemisphere?

a)

One half of the Earth

b)

One quarter of the Earth

c)

One sixth of the Earth

d)

One eighth of the Earth

22.

What are cartograms?

a)

maps that use differences in proportion to show information.

b)

maps that use differences in shading to show information.

c)

maps that use different symbols to show information

23.

What are choropleths?

a)

maps that use differences in proportion to show information.

b)

maps that use differences in shading to show information.

c)

maps that use different symbols to show information

24.

What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth between the Eastern and Western hemispheres?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Arctic Circle

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

25.

What is Erosion?

a)

The Earth's crust

b)

Changing a mineral's chemical make up to break it down

c)

The wearing away of Earth's surface by wind, water, or glaciers

26.

What is an isthmus?

a)

A narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses

b)

A chain of islands

c)

A large island like Australia

d)

A small piece of land that juts out of a larger landmass like Florida

27.

What is the lithosphere?

a)

All the water on the Earth

b)

The hard rock portion of Earth's surface

c)

All living things on Earth

d)

The gasses surrounding Earth

28.

What is the hydrosphere?

a)

All the water on the Earth

b)

The hard rock portion of Earth's surface

c)

All living things on Earth

d)

The gasses surrounding Earth

29.

What is the biosphere?

a)

All the water on the Earth

b)

The hard rock portion of Earth's surface

c)

All living things on Earth

d)

The gasses surrounding Earth

30.

What is the atmosphere?

a)

All the water on the Earth

b)

The hard rock portion of Earth's surface

c)

All living things on Earth

d)

The gasses surrounding Earth

31.

What is a moraine?

a)

A leaf that has fallen off a tree without changing colors

b)

A piece of glass created from lightning striking sand

c)

A rock left behind after a glacier moves

d)

A stream that changes direction suddenly

32.

What is a loess?

a)

windblown sand, silt, and clay

b)

weathering of mountains

c)

erosion of riverbanks

d)

walls built to contain flooding

33.

Cracks in the Earth's crust are called...

a)

moraines

b)

continental shelves

c)

plates

d)

faults

34.

Surrounding the inner core of the Earth is...

a)

a liquid outer core

b)

a solid outer core

c)

the crust

d)

the mantle

35.

What device measures an earthquake?

a)

A thermometer

b)

A seismograph

c)

A phonograph

d)

A speedometer

36.

What is this part of a map?

a)

Key/legend

b)

Scale

c)

Compass

d)

Title

37.

What part of the map is the arrow pointing to?

a)

Key/legend

b)

Scale

c)

Compass

d)

Title