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Geography

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Name the smallest continent
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Australia
d)
Europe
2.
Name the coldest place on earth
a)
Asia
b)
North America
c)
South America
d)
Antarctica
3.
Philippines, China, Japan are located in which continent?
a)
Europe
b)
Asia
c)
Africa
d)
Antarctica
4.
This continent has three countries (Mexico, USA, Canada)
a)
South America
b)
Africa
c)
North America
d)
Asia
5.
Name the imaginary line which divides Northern and Southern hemispheres
a)
Cardinal Direction
b)
South
c)
North
d)
Equator
6.
Name the largest ocean
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Atlantic
d)
Arctic
7.
What are lines on a globe drawn in an east-west direction and measured in degrees?
a)
longitude
b)
latitude
c)
grid
d)
equator
8.
What are lines on a globe drawn in a north-south direction and measured in degrees?
a)
longitude
b)
latitude
c)
grid
d)
prime meridian
9.
What is an imaginary line drawn from the North Pole through Greenwich, England to the South Pole?
a)
longitude
b)
latitude
c)
equator
d)
prime meridian
10.
What is an imaginary line that arises the globe halfway between the North and South Pole?
a)
longitude
b)
latitude
c)
equator
d)
prime meridian
11.
What is the continent that is light green?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
12.
What is the continent that is yellow?
a)
Africa
b)
Australia
c)
Asia
d)
Antarctica
13.
What is the continent that is dark green?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Europe
d)
Australia
14.

What is the continent that is dark red?

a)

North America

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

Australia

15.
What is the continent that is blue?
a)
Africa
b)
Australia
c)
Antarctica
d)
Asia
16.

What is the continent that is pink?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Asia

d)

Oceania/Australia

17.
Largest continent in the world
a)
Africa
b)
United States
c)
Asia
d)
Europe
18.

The study of the people, their environment, and their resources is known as

a)

Biology

b)

Archaeology

c)

Geology

d)

Geography

19.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
20.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
21.
a)
The map show the lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows the lines of latitude.
22.
a)
The map shows lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows lines of latitude.
23.
Lines of Longitude run from the _____ to the ______.
a)
East, West
b)
North, South
c)
South, East
d)
North, West
24.
Latitude lines run from the _____ to the  _______.
a)
West, East
b)
North, South
c)
North, East
d)
South, West
25.
The equator breaks the Earth into what two hemispheres?
a)
Eastern and Southern
b)
Northern and Southern
c)
Western and Eastern
d)
Northern and Western
26.
The Prime Meridian separates the Earth into what two hemispheres?
a)
Northern and Southern
b)
Western and Eastern
c)
Northern and Eastern
d)
Southern and Western
27.
Antarctica, Australia, and most of South America are in what hemisphere? 
a)
Northern 
b)
Southern 
c)
Western 
d)
Eastern
28.
Asia and Australia are in what hemisphere?
a)
Northern
b)
Southern
c)
Western
d)
Eastern
29.
North and South America are in what hemisphere?
a)
Northern
b)
Southern
c)
Western
d)
Eastern
30.
Europe, Asia and North America are in what hemisphere?
a)
Northern
b)
Southern
c)
Western
d)
Eastern
31.
Which map would you use if you are not interested in humans, only the shape of the earth through rivers and mountains?
a)
political
b)
physical
c)
road
d)
historical
32.
A political map shows you.....
a)
politicians in the area
b)
political parties
c)
country boundaries
d)
the states that Trump said voted illegally
33.
A model of the Earth, used to avoid distortions in spatial relations on the world is called
a)
a globe
b)
a map
c)
Sim City
d)
an atlas
34.
Which continent do we live on?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Europe 
d)
Asia 
35.
Which example best describe absolute location.
a)
Evans school is close to PSA
b)
My house next to the LA Zoo
c)
I live next to Walmart
d)
Australia is 23.5° S and 135° E
36.
Which example best describe relative location.
a)
Evans school is located at 6998
b)
My house is 30° N and 10° E
c)
I live next to Walmart
d)
Australia is 23.5° S and 135° E
37.
Mountains, rivers, animals and plants would be considered...
a)
human features
b)
physical features
38.
Which continent is South of Europe?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Africa
d)
Asia
39.
Which continent is EAST of Europe?
a)
North America
b)
Africa
c)
Antarctica
d)
Asia
40.
Which continent is directly east of North America?
a)
Europe
b)
South America
c)
Antarctica
d)
Australia
41.

A map that shows boundaries of nations, other political areas, capitals and cities is called…

a)

A physical map

b)

A political map

c)

A topographical map

42.

Which continent includes the United States?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

North America

e)

South America

43.
This is a 
a)
Map Title
b)
Map Scale
c)
Compass Rose
d)
Map Key/Legend
44.
What part of a map tells you the directions?
a)
scale
b)
title
c)
compass rose
d)
key/legend
45.
What is a continent?
a)
a country
b)
a great big chunk of land
c)
bodies of water
46.

The grid formed by crisscrossing lines of latitude and longitude on a map.

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

global grid

d)

special purpose map

47.

The main directions such as north, south, east, and west (NEWS).

a)

cardinal directions

b)

intermediate directions

c)

scale

d)

map legend (key)

48.

The symbol on a map which shows the cardinal and intermediate directions and their orientation on that map.

a)

cardinal directions

b)

map key (legend)

c)

scale

d)

compass rose

49.
On a map, what shows the relationship between actual distance and distance shown on a map?
a)
Map Key
b)
Map Scale
c)
Symbol
d)
Compass Rose
50.
If I said that Luckey is about 20 minutes southwest of Genoa, what kind of location would I be relaying to you?
a)
Abolute
b)
General 
c)
Exact
d)
Relative
51.
What kind of map would you use to find mountain ranges?
a)
Political
b)
Population
c)
Physical 
d)
Climate
52.
This item on a map is called a...
a)
Scale
b)
Thermometer
c)
Continent
d)
Compass Rose
53.
The item on this map marked with a circle is called a...
a)
Key
b)
Scale
c)
Compass
d)
Legend
54.
This item on a map is called a...
a)
Continent
b)
River
c)
Legend
d)
Compass Rose
55.
Atlantic Ocean
a)
A
b)
D
c)
C
d)
E
56.
Pacific Ocean
a)
D
b)
E
c)
B
d)
C
57.
Indian Ocean
a)
D
b)
E
c)
A
d)
C
58.
Southern Ocean
a)
C
b)
A
c)
E
d)
B
59.
Arctic Ocean
a)
C
b)
A
c)
D
d)
B
60.

How many continents are there?

a)

7

b)

5

c)

12

d)

9

61.

How many oceans are there?

a)

7

b)

5

c)

4

d)

12

62.

What continent is pictured here?

a)

Asia

b)

Australia

c)

North America

d)

Africa

63.

What continent is pictured here?

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Asia

d)

Antarctica

64.

What continent is pictured here?

a)

Europe

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

65.

What continent is pictured here?

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

66.

What continent is pictured here?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Asia

d)

Europe

67.

What continent is pictured here?

a)

Antarctica

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

South America

68.

What continent is pictured here?

a)

Australia

b)

Antarctica

c)

Asia

d)

North America

69.

Which of the following is an INTERMEDIATE direction?

a)

Northeast

b)

South

c)

West

d)

North

70.

Lines of longitude are?

a)

Lines that around the earth vertically (up and down)

b)

Lines that go around the earth horizontally (left and right)