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Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader - Geography

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the ONLY U.S. State Capital located south of Miami, FL?

a)

Tallahassee, Florida

b)

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

c)

Honolulu, Hawaii

d)

Santa Fe, New Mexico

e)

Austin, Texas

2.

Geography is a science that deals with the description, distribution, and interaction of the diverse physical, biological, and cultural features on Pluto's surface.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Which of the following is NOT one of the five themes of geography?

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Landforms

e)

Human environment and interaction

4.

Latitude and longitude are examples of...

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Relative Location

5.

Which is NOT one of the five Great Lakes in the U.S.?

a)

Lake Erie

b)

Lake Superior

c)

Lake Huron

d)

Lake Newfoundland

e)

Lake Michigan

6.

How many countries are there in Africa?

a)

45

b)

54

c)

37

d)

40

7.

Which is NOT an example of movement?

a)

Trade

b)

The Interchange of ideas

c)

Immigration

d)

Hibernation

8.

This river forms the border between the U.S. and Mexico.

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Appalachian Highlands

c)

Scotland Highlands

d)

Interior Lowlands

9.

Which African nation has the most pyramids?

a)

Algeria

b)

Egypt

c)

Libya

d)

Sudan

10.

In which region can plant and animal life be found?

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Biosphere

d)

Atmosphere

11.

This river forms the border between the U.S. and Mexico.

a)

Mississippi

b)

Ohio

c)

Rio Pequeño

d)

Rio Grande

12.

Which U.S. state has the most active volcanoes?

a)

Alaska

b)

Washington

c)

Hawaii

d)

California

13.

According to the map, which state did not grow potatoes in the early 1900's?

a)

Maine

b)

Texas

c)

Michigan

d)

Indiana

14.

1 College Avenue, Mechanicsburg, PA, 17055 is an example of...

a)

Relative Location

b)

Absolute Location

15.

Which type of map would you use to compare crops grown in different counties of Kentucky?

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Chart

d)

Thematic

16.

When settlers came to the "New World," why did they build their settlements near the ocean?

a)

They needed ocean water for their crops

b)

That's the first place they landed

c)

They needed the water as a trade route

d)

They had no way to travel further inland

17.

What is the fastest flowing river in the world?

a)

Congo

b)

Amazon

c)

Mississippi

d)

Yangtze

18.

Messiah College students are starving and build another dining hall, what type of human environment interaction is this?

a)

How people adapt to their environment

b)

How people rely on their environment

c)

How people change in their environment

19.

What country in Europe is this?

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

Switzerland

d)

Poland

20.

Which of the following is further from the equator

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

BOTH

21.

Which country does the Prime Meridian pass through?

a)

Germany

b)

Ghana

c)

U.S.A.

d)

Australia

22.

Geographical factors in one location impact other locations. Which of the follow would NOT be a geographical factor?

a)

Disease

b)

Drought

c)

Flooding

d)

Wildfire

23.

What does a cartographer make?

a)

Roads

b)

Carts

c)

Graphs

d)

Maps

24.

What are the coordinates of the North Pole

a)

75.0000° N, 175.0000° E

b)

51.4779° N, 0.0015° W

c)

90.0000° N, 135.0000° W

d)

46.8876° N, 9.6570° E

25.

What physical characteristics did early settlers consider when building their settlements?

a)

region, beach access, rivers

b)

plains, language, oceans

c)

bodies of water, landforms, climate

d)

climate, transportation, religion