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Geography Quiz Review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the imaginary line found at zero degrees latitude?

a)

Isthmus

b)

Border

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Equator

2.

What is the name of the imaginary line found at zero degrees longitude?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Longitude

d)

Latitude

3.
Latitude and Longitude are measured in ________.
a)
inches
b)
Feet
c)
Degrees
d)
Grams
4.
What is the continent that is pink?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Asia
d)
Australia
5.
What is the continent that is blue?
a)
Africa
b)
Australia
c)
Antarctica
d)
Asia
6.
What is the continent that is dark green?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Europe
d)
Australia
7.
What is the continent that is yellow?
a)
Africa
b)
Australia
c)
Asia
d)
Antarctica
8.
What is the continent that is orange?
a)
Africa
b)
Australia
c)
Antarctica
d)
Asia
9.
What is the continent that is light green?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
10.
A set of degrees of latitude and longitude that help you locate a place on a map.
a)
coordinates
b)
positions
c)
hemispheres
d)
locations
11.

Which STATE is located at...

120°W, 45°N

a)

Washington

b)

Oregon

c)

Utah

d)

North Dakota

12.

Maps cannot represent the exact size or shape of Earth's features because of

a)

tilt.

b)

scale.

c)

rotation.

d)

distortion.

13.
What is the purpose of a map scale?
a)
To weigh the political power of the states
b)
To show where things are located on the map
c)
Compare the distance measured on the map to the actual distance on Earth
d)
To show how large the map is
14.

Lines of latitude run

a)

east to west

b)

north to south

c)

diagonal

15.

When writing absolute location, which comes first?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Attitude

d)

Altitude

16.

What is Ferdinand Magellan most known for?

a)

Finish the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe

b)

Exploring the South Pacific

c)

Mapping the strait of Magellan

d)

Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe

17.

Lines of longitude run

a)

east to west

b)

north to south

c)

diagonal

18.
To locate a place on the earth, you need to look at...
a)
where the lines of latitude and longitude meet
b)
the lines of latitude only
c)
the lines of longitude only
d)
the compass rose
19.
What is the approximate location of letter B?
a)
80oN, 0o
b)
0o, 80oW
c)
80oS, 0o
d)
0o, 80oE
20.

What is the name of the imaginary line at 23.5 degrees south?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Equator

c)

Tropic of Capricorn

d)

Arctic pole

21.

What does the relative location of a place tell you?

a)

the longitude and latitude of a place the map projection being used to show a place

b)

which symbol shows a place on a map

c)

where a place is compared to another

d)

the map projection being used to show a place

22.

The changes in shape, size, and position of features that occur when representing the Earth on a flat map take place because of

a)

tilt

b)

scale

c)

rotation

d)

distortion

23.

What is the purpose of a compass rose?

a)

to identify symbols on a map

b)

to indicate directions on a map

c)

to tell what the map shows

d)

to allow people to locate any point on Earth

24.

The precise point on Earth where a particular place can be found is called its

a)

relative location

b)

distortion

c)

absolute location

d)

map projection