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WorksheetsGeography EOC
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 3hrs 20mins
The 2 main branches of geography
(CHOOSE 2 ANSWERS BELOW)
Physical
Historical
Human
Ancient
This Greek mathematician and "Father of Geography" calculated the circumference of earth to be 25,000 miles around 300 BC.
Ptolemy
Galileo
Eratosthanes
Hipparchus
This Roman geographer came up with Geocentric (earth-centered) Theory of the universe
Eratosthenes
Michaelangelo
Aristotle
Ptolemy
This type of map indicates state or national boundaries, capitals, and major cities.
Physical Map
Political Map
Economic Map
Topographical Map
A map that indicates the location of landforms like deserts, mountains, and plains
Economic Map
Road Map
Physical Map
Climate
This map provides information about weather patterns in an area.
Road Map
Physical Map
Topographical Map
Climate Map
This map type uses special lines to indicate the shape and elevation of the landforms shown
Political Map
Topographical Map
Economic Map
Climate Map
This map type is used by travelers to locate primary and secondary transportation routes.
Political Map
Climate Map
Physical Map
Road Map
This imaginary line circles the earth and divides the northern and southern hemispheres
Prime Meridian
Equator
Arctic Circle
Parallel
Which one below is NOT one of the 3 PARTS of the earth?
Stratosphere
Atmosphere
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Which one below is NOT one of the 3 LAYERS of the earth?
Mantle
Nucleus
Core
Crust
What part of the map explains what the various symbols on a map stand for?
Key/Legend
Scale
Symbols
Colors
This part of the map is used to determine the distance between two places on the map.
Key
Legend
Scale
Symbols
Identify the ocean at #3
Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Identify the ocean at #5
Atlantic Ocean
Southern Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Identify the ocean at location #2
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Identify the ocean at location #1
Southern Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Identify the ocean at location #4
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
This shows the directions North, South, East, and West on a map. It is the:
compass rose
map key
globe
continents
The Northern and Southern halves of the world are known as...
Meridians
Latitudes
Longitudes
Hemispheres
The latitude zone in between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole
Polar Zone
Temperate Zone
Tropical Zone
Twilight Zone
The latitude zone in between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle.
Polar Zone
Temperate Zone
Tropical Zone
Twilight Zone
The latitude zone in between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
Polar Zone
Temperate Zone
Tropical Zone
This map projection is probably the most widely used and well known. It retains SHAPE & DIRECTION, but distorts area size & distance nearer the poles. Which projection is this?
Conic
Robinson
Mercator
Goode
This projection is popular for textbooks. It attempts to minimize (but does not eliminate) all four types of distortions. Which projection is this?
Conic
Mercator
Goode
Robinson
This map projection cuts and flattens the earth like an orange peel. It is a form of what is called an "interrupted projection." The one pictured is the most popular form. Which projection is this?
Conic
Mercator
Goode
Robinson
A way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface.
Map Projection
Distortion
The change in shape, area, direction or distance of a place when shown on a map.
Map Projection
Distortion
What term best describes useful substances found in and extracted from the earth?
Composite resources
Natural resources
Supernatural resources
Synthetic resources
Which industry is when businesses take raw materials and change them into useful forms.
Primary industry
Secondary industry
Tertiary industry
What is the most common method of measuring a country’s wealth?
GAP (Great American Product)
GBP (Great Big Product)
GCP (Greater Country Product)
GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
What are taxes on goods brought into the country from another country?
Export charges
Trade charges
Tariffs
Toll charges
Farmers who make their own clothing, furniture, and homes and grow just enough food to meet their own families’ needs are called...
cash crop farmers
primary farmers
subsistence farmers
commercial farmers
Cultivation or farming of seafood in a controlled, artificial environment is called...
aquaculture
agriculture
sea farming
forestry
This term refers to big businesses and machines that take raw materials and turn them into new products on a large scale.
Construction
Manufacturing
Services industry
Fishing industry
What is the application of science to industry?
scientology
economics
technology
industrial revolution
A ban on importing or exporting selected products or trading with a particular country is called...
an embargo
an import
an export
a monopoly
What entity is the FOUNDATION OF SOCIETY?
bedrock
family
cement
government
A society's TOTAL WAY OF LIFE
music & arts
culture
architecture
fashion industry
Location where God confounded the languages (in Genesis 11)
Tower of London
Tower of Pisa
Tower of Babel
Sears Tower
An AREA where the human society shares the same basic culture
culture region
language family
nation
tribe
A large group of people with a COMMON HISTORY and LANGUAGE who have developed a STRONG SENSE OF IDENTITY
nation
country
state
empire
The study of human populations and their characteristics
demography
cartography
democracy
photography
The growth of urban areas at the expense of rural areas is called
colonization
urbanization
institutionalization
industrialization
A man, his wife, and their children
the nuclear family
the atomic family
the extended family
the adams family
A group of people comprising a nation who have also established their own government is called a
nation-state
culture
cultural entity
society
Land that can be cultivated for growth of crops is said to be
arid
arable
potable
depleted
A river that also serves a boundary between states or countries is a
political boundary
geometric boundary
supernatural boundary
natural boundary
A border between states or countries that falls along a line of latitude or longitude is a
political boundary
geometric boundary
foreign boundary
natural boundary
What is the name of the solid mass of hard rock that surrounds the Hudson Bay and covers most of eastern Canada? (shown in red in the picture)
The Canadian Reef
The Canadian Shield
The Canadian Sword
The Canadian Wrap
What term means “bordering the sea”?
alpine
maritime
subterranean
arctic
What term is used to refer to a group of islands?
archipelago
island pack
island cluster
island family
Identify country #1 (red)
Belize
Honduras
Mexico
Guatemala
Which country has a canal that provides a "shortcut" between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean (so ships do not have to go around South America)?
It is #8 on the map (green).
Belize
Panama
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Identify country #2 (light blue)
Argentina
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Panama
What well known mountain range is located on the continent of South America?
The Alps
Aztec Mountains
Andes Mountains
Pyrenees Mountains
What country is colored blue?
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
What country is colored blue?
Columbia
Ecuador
French Guiana
Guyana
What country is colored blue?
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Venezuela
What river system drains the largest area in the world?
Mississippi
Amazon
Nile
Rhine
What is an estuary?
a mountain
a waterfall
an ocean inlet
a forrest
What native South American people, whose name means “children of the sun,” controlled the Andes Mountains of South America?
Aztecs
Incas
Mayans
Apaches
Which country is # 8 ?
Germany
Netherlands
France
Belgium
What is the capital of France?
Berlin
Paris
Amsterdam
Brussels
What peninsula contains both Norway & Sweden?
Baltic Peninsula
Finnish Peninsula
Scandinavian Peninsula
Arctic Peninsula
What body of water is A ?
North Sea
Irish Sea
North Atlantic Ocean
English Channel
What body of water is D ?
North Sea
Irish Sea
North Atlantic Ocean
English Channel
Which country below is NOT part of the United Kingdom (U.K.)?
England
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
What river runs through the heart of Southern England?
River Thames
River Avon
Rhine River
Seine River
What city is the capital city of the United Kingdom?
Edinburgh
Paris
London
Dublin
What country is # 2 ?
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Greece
What country is # 3 ?
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Greece
Capital of Italy
Lisbon
Rome
Madrid
Athens
Capital of Spain
Lisbon
Rome
Madrid
Athens
What peninsula contains Spain and Portugal?
Iberian
Italian
Peloponnesus
Scandinavian
Which country is # 14 ?
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
What canal connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?
The Great Mexico Canal
Panama Canal
Honduras Canal
Guatemalan Canal
Identify the continent at location #5
Asia
Africa
Australia
Antarctica
Identify the continent at location #3
Asia
Africa
Australia
Antarctica
Identify the continent at location #7
Asia
Africa
Australia
Antarctica
Identify the continent at location #2
Asia
Africa
Australia
Antarctica
What does GPS stands for?
Global Positioning System
Grand Polar Station
Global Polar Sea
Great Pacific Ship
When you are giving verbal directions to someone and not using a visible map or drawing, what kind of map are you using?
a mental map
a physical map
a road map
a political map
What percent of the earth’s water is SALT water?
97%
3%
50%
30%
What are deep cracks in the earth’s surface where two pieces of land have moved in different directions?
faults
scars
trenches
landforms
What term means the breakdown of rocks by water, plant roots, and temperature changes?
erosion
disintegration
evaporation
weathering
What is the term used for cold areas that support only limited vegetation on only light precipitation, mainly snow, which covers the ground most of the year?
tundra
tacoma
savannah
tepuis
Called the “Land of Fire and Ice”
Ireland
Iceland
England
Greenland
Identify the continent at location #4
Asia
North America
South America
Antarctica
Identify the continent at location #1
Asia
North America
South America
Africa
Identify the continent at location #6
Asia
North America
Europe
Africa
What country is # 4 ?
China
Japan
Taiwan
North Korea
What country is # 13 ?
China
Japan
Taiwan
North Korea
The capital city of China is
Bejiing
Pyongyang
Tokyo
Seoul
The capital city of Japan is
Bejiing
Pyongyang
Tokyo
Seoul
The capital city of Australia is
Sydney
Tokyo
Canberra
Beijing
11° N, 107° E
Ho Chi Minh City
Singapore
Manila
Sumba
Which country has the 2nd largest land area in this group?
Iraq
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Which country has the highest GDP per capita?
Iraq
United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
What well known mountain range is located on the continent of Europe (mostly found in Southern Germany, Switzerland, Austria, & Northern Italy) ?
The Alps
Himalayas
Andes Mountains
Rocky Mountains
