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Geography EOC

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 3hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The 2 main branches of geography

(CHOOSE 2 ANSWERS BELOW)

a)

Physical

b)

Historical

c)

Human

d)

Ancient

2.

This Greek mathematician and "Father of Geography" calculated the circumference of earth to be 25,000 miles around 300 BC.

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Galileo

c)

Eratosthanes

d)

Hipparchus

3.

This Roman geographer came up with Geocentric (earth-centered) Theory of the universe

a)

Eratosthenes

b)

Michaelangelo

c)

Aristotle

d)

Ptolemy

4.

This type of map indicates state or national boundaries, capitals, and major cities.

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

c)

Economic Map

d)

Topographical Map

5.

A map that indicates the location of landforms like deserts, mountains, and plains

a)

Economic Map

b)

Road Map

c)

Physical Map

d)

Climate

6.

This map provides information about weather patterns in an area.

a)

Road Map

b)

Physical Map

c)

Topographical Map

d)

Climate Map

7.

This map type uses special lines to indicate the shape and elevation of the landforms shown

a)

Political Map

b)

Topographical Map

c)

Economic Map

d)

Climate Map

8.

This map type is used by travelers to locate primary and secondary transportation routes.

a)

Political Map

b)

Climate Map

c)

Physical Map

d)

Road Map

9.

This imaginary line circles the earth and divides the northern and southern hemispheres

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Arctic Circle

d)

Parallel

10.

Which one below is NOT one of the 3 PARTS of the earth?

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Atmosphere

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Hydrosphere

11.

Which one below is NOT one of the 3 LAYERS of the earth?

a)

Mantle

b)

Nucleus

c)

Core

d)

Crust

12.

What part of the map explains what the various symbols on a map stand for?

a)

Key/Legend

b)

Scale

c)

Symbols

d)

Colors

13.

This part of the map is used to determine the distance between two places on the map.

a)

Key

b)

Legend

c)

Scale

d)

Symbols

14.

Identify the ocean at #3

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

15.

Identify the ocean at #5

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

16.

Identify the ocean at location #2

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Southern Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

17.

Identify the ocean at location #1

a)

Southern Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

18.

Identify the ocean at location #4

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

19.

This shows the directions North, South, East, and West on a map. It is the:

a)

compass rose

b)

map key

c)

globe

d)

continents

20.

The Northern and Southern halves of the world are known as...

a)

Meridians

b)

Latitudes

c)

Longitudes

d)

Hemispheres

21.

The latitude zone in between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole

a)

Polar Zone

b)

Temperate Zone

c)

Tropical Zone

d)

Twilight Zone

22.

The latitude zone in between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle.

a)

Polar Zone

b)

Temperate Zone

c)

Tropical Zone

d)

Twilight Zone

23.

The latitude zone in between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn

a)

Polar Zone

b)

Temperate Zone

c)

Tropical Zone

24.

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?

a)

Conic

b)

Robinson

c)

Mercator

d)

Goode

25.

This projection is popular for textbooks. It attempts to minimize (but does not eliminate) all four types of distortions. Which projection is this?

a)

Conic

b)

Mercator

c)

Goode

d)

Robinson

26.

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?

a)

Conic

b)

Mercator

c)

Goode

d)

Robinson

27.

A way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface.

a)

Map Projection

b)

Distortion

28.

The change in shape, area, direction or distance of a place when shown on a map.

a)

Map Projection

b)

Distortion

29.

What term best describes useful substances found in and extracted from the earth?

a)

Composite resources

b)

Natural resources

c)

Supernatural resources

d)

Synthetic resources

30.

Which industry is when businesses take raw materials and change them into useful forms.

a)

Primary industry

b)

Secondary industry

c)

Tertiary industry

31.

What is the most common method of measuring a country’s wealth?

a)

GAP (Great American Product)

b)

GBP (Great Big Product)

c)

GCP (Greater Country Product)

d)

GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

32.

What are taxes on goods brought into the country from another country?

a)

Export charges

b)

Trade charges

c)

Tariffs

d)

Toll charges

33.

Farmers who make their own clothing, furniture, and homes and grow just enough food to meet their own families’ needs are called...

a)

cash crop farmers

b)

primary farmers

c)

subsistence farmers

d)

commercial farmers

34.

Cultivation or farming of seafood in a controlled, artificial environment is called...

a)

aquaculture

b)

agriculture

c)

sea farming

d)

forestry

35.

This term refers to big businesses and machines that take raw materials and turn them into new products on a large scale.

a)

Construction

b)

Manufacturing

c)

Services industry

d)

Fishing industry

36.

What is the application of science to industry?

a)

scientology

b)

economics

c)

technology

d)

industrial revolution

37.

A ban on importing or exporting selected products or trading with a particular country is called...

a)

an embargo

b)

an import

c)

an export

d)

a monopoly

38.

What entity is the FOUNDATION OF SOCIETY?

a)

bedrock

b)

family

c)

cement

d)

government

39.

A society's TOTAL WAY OF LIFE

a)

music & arts

b)

culture

c)

architecture

d)

fashion industry

40.

Location where God confounded the languages (in Genesis 11)

a)

Tower of London

b)

Tower of Pisa

c)

Tower of Babel

d)

Sears Tower

41.

An AREA where the human society shares the same basic culture

a)

culture region

b)

language family

c)

nation

d)

tribe

42.

A large group of people with a COMMON HISTORY and LANGUAGE who have developed a STRONG SENSE OF IDENTITY

a)

nation

b)

country

c)

state

d)

empire

43.

The study of human populations and their characteristics

a)

demography

b)

cartography

c)

democracy

d)

photography

44.

The growth of urban areas at the expense of rural areas is called

a)

colonization

b)

urbanization

c)

institutionalization

d)

industrialization

45.

A man, his wife, and their children

a)

the nuclear family

b)

the atomic family

c)

the extended family

d)

the adams family

46.

A group of people comprising a nation who have also established their own government is called a

a)

nation-state

b)

culture

c)

cultural entity

d)

society

47.

Land that can be cultivated for growth of crops is said to be

a)

arid

b)

arable

c)

potable

d)

depleted

48.

A river that also serves a boundary between states or countries is a

a)

political boundary

b)

geometric boundary

c)

supernatural boundary

d)

natural boundary

49.

A border between states or countries that falls along a line of latitude or longitude is a

a)

political boundary

b)

geometric boundary

c)

foreign boundary

d)

natural boundary

50.

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)

a)

The Canadian Reef

b)

The Canadian Shield

c)

The Canadian Sword

d)

The Canadian Wrap

51.

What term means “bordering the sea”?

a)

alpine

b)

maritime

c)

subterranean

d)

arctic

52.

What term is used to refer to a group of islands?

a)

archipelago

b)

island pack

c)

island cluster

d)

island family

53.

Identify country #1 (red)

a)

Belize

b)

Honduras

c)

Mexico

d)

Guatemala

54.

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).

a)

Belize

b)

Panama

c)

Nicaragua

d)

Guatemala

55.

Identify country #2 (light blue)

a)

Argentina

b)

Costa Rica

c)

Guatemala

d)

Panama

56.

What well known mountain range is located on the continent of South America?

a)

The Alps

b)

Aztec Mountains

c)

Andes Mountains

d)

Pyrenees Mountains

57.

What country is colored blue?

a)

Argentina

b)

Bolivia

c)

Brazil

d)

Chile

58.

What country is colored blue?

a)

Columbia

b)

Ecuador

c)

French Guiana

d)

Guyana

59.

What country is colored blue?

a)

Paraguay

b)

Peru

c)

Suriname

d)

Venezuela

60.

What river system drains the largest area in the world?

a)

Mississippi

b)

Amazon

c)

Nile

d)

Rhine

61.

What is an estuary?

a)

a mountain

b)

a waterfall

c)

an ocean inlet

d)

a forrest

62.

What native South American people, whose name means “children of the sun,” controlled the Andes Mountains of South America?

a)

Aztecs

b)

Incas

c)

Mayans

d)

Apaches

63.

Which country is # 8 ?

a)

Germany

b)

Netherlands

c)

France

d)

Belgium

64.

What is the capital of France?

a)

Berlin

b)

Paris

c)

Amsterdam

d)

Brussels

65.

What peninsula contains both Norway & Sweden?

a)

Baltic Peninsula

b)

Finnish Peninsula

c)

Scandinavian Peninsula

d)

Arctic Peninsula

66.

What body of water is A ?

a)

North Sea

b)

Irish Sea

c)

North Atlantic Ocean

d)

English Channel

67.

What body of water is D ?

a)

North Sea

b)

Irish Sea

c)

North Atlantic Ocean

d)

English Channel

68.

Which country below is NOT part of the United Kingdom (U.K.)?

a)

England

b)

Scotland

c)

Northern Ireland

d)

Republic of Ireland

69.

What river runs through the heart of Southern England?

a)

River Thames

b)

River Avon

c)

Rhine River

d)

Seine River

70.

What city is the capital city of the United Kingdom?

a)

Edinburgh

b)

Paris

c)

London

d)

Dublin

71.

What country is # 2 ?

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

Italy

d)

Greece

72.

What country is # 3 ?

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

Italy

d)

Greece

73.

Capital of Italy

a)

Lisbon

b)

Rome

c)

Madrid

d)

Athens

74.

Capital of Spain

a)

Lisbon

b)

Rome

c)

Madrid

d)

Athens

75.

What peninsula contains Spain and Portugal?

a)

Iberian

b)

Italian

c)

Peloponnesus

d)

Scandinavian

76.

Which country is # 14 ?

a)

Norway

b)

Sweden

c)

Denmark

d)

Finland

77.

What canal connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?

a)

The Great Mexico Canal

b)

Panama Canal

c)

Honduras Canal

d)

Guatemalan Canal

78.

Identify the continent at location #5

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Australia

d)

Antarctica

79.

Identify the continent at location #3

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Australia

d)

Antarctica

80.

Identify the continent at location #7

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Australia

d)

Antarctica

81.

Identify the continent at location #2

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Australia

d)

Antarctica

82.

What does GPS stands for?

a)

Global Positioning System

b)

Grand Polar Station

c)

Global Polar Sea

d)

Great Pacific Ship

83.

When you are giving verbal directions to someone and not using a visible map or drawing, what kind of map are you using?

a)

a mental map

b)

a physical map

c)

a road map

d)

a political map

84.

What percent of the earth’s water is SALT water?

a)

97%

b)

3%

c)

50%

d)

30%

85.

What are deep cracks in the earth’s surface where two pieces of land have moved in different directions?

a)

faults

b)

scars

c)

trenches

d)

landforms

86.

What term means the breakdown of rocks by water, plant roots, and temperature changes?

a)

erosion

b)

disintegration

c)

evaporation

d)

weathering

87.

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?

a)

tundra

b)

tacoma

c)

savannah

d)

tepuis

88.

Called the “Land of Fire and Ice”

a)

Ireland

b)

Iceland

c)

England

d)

Greenland

89.

Identify the continent at location #4

a)

Asia

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Antarctica

90.

Identify the continent at location #1

a)

Asia

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Africa

91.

Identify the continent at location #6

a)

Asia

b)

North America

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

92.

What country is # 4 ?

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

Taiwan

d)

North Korea

93.

What country is # 13 ?

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

Taiwan

d)

North Korea

94.

The capital city of China is

a)

Bejiing

b)

Pyongyang

c)

Tokyo

d)

Seoul

95.

The capital city of Japan is

a)

Bejiing

b)

Pyongyang

c)

Tokyo

d)

Seoul

96.

The capital city of Australia is

a)

Sydney

b)

Tokyo

c)

Canberra

d)

Beijing

97.

11° N, 107° E

a)

Ho Chi Minh City

b)

Singapore

c)

Manila

d)

Sumba

98.

Which country has the 2nd largest land area in this group?

a)

Iraq

b)

Iran

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

Kuwait

99.

Which country has the highest GDP per capita?

a)

Iraq

b)

United Arab Emirates

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

Qatar

100.

What well known mountain range is located on the continent of Europe (mostly found in Southern Germany, Switzerland, Austria, & Northern Italy) ?

a)

The Alps

b)

Himalayas

c)

Andes Mountains

d)

Rocky Mountains