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WorksheetsIntro to Geography
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
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Class
Date
1.
The invisible lines that run east-west and north-south to form an imaginary grid over the planet earth which are used for finding locations
a)
Cartography
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
Latitude and Longitude Lines
d)
Geography Lines
2.
When we use latitude and longitude lines to find a place's exact position on earth it is called this.
a)
Intermediate Directions
b)
Equator
c)
Mapquest
d)
Absolute Location
3.
0° degrees latitude line
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Tropic of Cancer
c)
Tropic of Capricorn
d)
Equator
4.
0° degrees longitude line
a)
Equator
b)
Tropic of Cancer
c)
Tropic of Capricorn
d)
Prime Meridian
5.
Location, Place, Movement, Regions, and Human Environment Interaction
a)
Geology
b)
Physical Geography
c)
Political Geography
d)
Five Themes of Geography
6.
Tool on a map that shows cardinal directions and intermediate directions
a)
Map Key
b)
Compass Rose
c)
Map Scale
d)
Map Distortion
7.
The largest of the 7 continents
a)
Africa
b)
South America
c)
Australia
d)
Asia
8.
Tool on a map that explains all of the symbols found on that map.
a)
Geographical Dictionary
b)
Scale
c)
Compass Rose
d)
Map Key or Map Legend
9.
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
10.
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.
11.
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.
12.
Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
13.
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
14.
The Middle East is an example of which?
a)
Human-Environment Interaction
b)
Relative Location
c)
Movement
d)
Region
15.
The fact that Africa is south of Europe is an example of which?
a)
Movement
b)
Absolute Location
c)
Relative Location
d)
Place
16.
What is the acronym to remember the Five Themes of Geography?
a)
MAD
b)
MRHELP
c)
PIG
d)
COW
17.
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.
18.
The set of beliefs, goals, and practices that a group of people share is known as:
a)
behavior
b)
interdependence
c)
culture
d)
diffusion
19.
All of the following are parts of culture EXCEPT
a)
language
b)
religion
c)
clothes
d)
globalization
20.
The spread of cultural traits from one region to another is
a)
elastic
b)
a developed nation
c)
cultural diffusion
d)
a trait
21.
Which two places have the highest COMPLEMENTARITY based on LOCATION?
a)
United States and Australia
b)
United States and China
c)
United States and Antarctica
d)
United States and Canada
22.
Which of the following makes a location MORE accessible?
a)
Subways
b)
Surrounding deserts
c)
Tall, impassable mountain ranges
d)
Having no airport
23.
Which of the following makes a place LESS accessible?
a)
Having an airport
b)
Building a new bridge
c)
Being in an isolated desert
d)
Interstate highway
24.
Which of these would rank LAST (4th) in urban hierarchy?
a)
Philadelphia, PA
b)
Smyrna, DE
c)
Newark, DE
d)
Wilmington, DE
25.
This means rank or order
a)
Accessibility
b)
Diffusion
c)
Hierarchy
d)
Complementarity
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