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Honors Chapter 1: Geography Basics

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The 0 degree line of longitude is known as the ___________ ______________ .

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

International Date Line

d)

Contour Line

2.

The 0 degree line of latitude is the ___________.

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

International Date Line

d)

Contour line

3.

What is the reason why latitude lines NEVER intersect?

a)

They converge at the poles

b)

They are cool

c)

They are vertical lines

d)

They are equidistant

4.
What is this object known as?
a)
Map symbol
b)
Map key
c)
Map scale
d)
Compass rose
5.

How many time zones are there?

a)

18

b)

11

c)

20

d)

24

6.
What is the longitude of Baghdad?
a)
45*W
b)
35*N
c)
35*S
d)
45*E
7.
What is the latitude of New Orleans?
a)
90*W
b)
30*N
c)
30*W
d)
90*E
8.

Meridian that measures 180 degrees longitude and marks the change in calendar day is the:

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

International Date Line

9.
What is the approximate location of G?
a)
100oW, 40oN
b)
40oN, 100oW
c)
40oS, 100oW
d)
40oN, 100oE
10.
Which letter would you find at 30oS, 30oE?
a)
A
b)
D
c)
K
d)
E
11.
Which cities lie between 80°W and 85°W?
a)
Charleston and Nashville
b)
Little Rock and New Orleans
c)
Atlanta and Tallahassee
d)
New Orleans and Jackson
12.

The 0 degree mark of longitude is known as the ___________ ______________ measured from Greenwich England.

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

International Date Line

d)

Contour Line

13.

On which two hemispheres do we live?

a)

Northern and Eastern

b)

Eastern and Southern

c)

Western and Southern

d)

Northern and Western

14.

Which part of the map shows the symbols located on the map and what they stand for?

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Grid lines

c)

Map title

d)

Map key or legend

15.

What do we call directions that come between the cardinal directions?

a)

Primary Directions

b)

Intermediate Directions

c)

Middle Directions

d)

Subdirections

16.

According to the map, which city is the furthest south?

a)

Las Cruces

b)

Carlsbad

c)

Farmington

d)

Clovis

17.

This type of map shows cities, states, and countries

a)

physical map

b)

political map

c)

historical map

18.

This type of map shows kinds of land and bodies of water

a)

Physical map

b)

political map

c)

historical map

19.

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

a)

Map Projection

b)

Distortion

20.
Type of Map?
a)
Topographic
b)
Weather
c)
Thematic
d)
Choropleth
21.

This is what of thematic map best compares one characteristic between countries.?

a)

Mercator

b)

Robinson

c)

Cartogram

d)

Homoloseine

22.

Which of these maps is most useful to backpackers.

a)

Political

b)

Dot

c)

Choropleth

d)

Contour or Topographic

23.

What are Mapmakers called?

a)

mapmakers

b)

Geographers

c)

Cartographers

d)

Cartography

24.

The most accurate model of the earth is a...

a)

Global Grid

b)

Globe

c)

Map

d)

Photograph

25.

A disadvantage to the Mercator would be

a)

show true directions

b)

landsize is distorted or misrepresented

c)

used for marine navigation

d)

most commonly used map

26.
Identify this map
a)
Road map
b)
Climate Map
c)
Physical Map
27.

In order to make your way down to the cafeteria you first must head down past the school library. What kind of geographic theme is being used in the description above?

a)

location

b)

relative location

c)

absolute location

d)

movement

28.

What is the antipode of 32S 117 W

a)

32 N 117 E

b)

32 S 117 E

c)

32 N 63 E

d)

32 S 63 E

29.

Starting at 0, 0, if you were to travel one third of the way to the North Pole and then westward a one third of the way around the world, you would be located at:

a)

30 N 120 E

b)

30 S 120 W

c)

30 N 120 W

d)

30 S 120 E

30.

What tool, originally developed for the military, allows us to know exactly where places on Earth are?

a)

GIS

b)

GPS

c)

GOES

d)

GHS

31.

Local sun time is the same as:

a)

standard time

b)

UTC

c)

ZULU time

d)

solar time

32.

At any point on Earth, there are _______ miles between lines of ______________.

a)

60, latitude

b)

60, longitude

c)

69, latitude

d)

69, longitude

33.

Geo-literacy is:

a)

the process of increased interaction and interconnectedness of countries and people around the world.

b)

the ability to use geographic understanding and reasoning to make far reaching decisions in the 21st Century.

c)

the ability to read and create maps.

d)

the distribution and interaction of Earth’s physical and human features.

34.

How many seconds are in 1 degree of longitude?

a)

60

b)

360

c)

600

d)

3600

35.

What type of scale does the picture represent?

a)

graphic

b)

verbal

c)

representational fraction

d)

none of the options listed

36.

The Northern Hemisphere is “ahead” in time compared to the Southern Hemisphere.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

149 68’ 63”N can be rewritten correctly as:

a)

149 68' 63" W

b)

149 69' 03" E

c)

150 09' 03" S

d)

150 09' 03" E

38.

A map that is "zoomed in" to a small area is considered a

a)

small scale map

b)

large scale map

39.

The CH. 1 geography test and late work deadline is:

a)

Wed., Jan. 29th

b)

What? We have test?

c)

What? I can turn in late work?

d)

We just took it?