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Studies Weekly Week 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the largest and deepest of all oceans?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Caspian Sea

2.

A peninsula is land that is surrounded on three sides by water. Which one of these countries is a peninsula?

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

Germany

d)

United Kingdom

3.

A narrow section of water connecting two larger bodies of water is called a...

a)

peninsula

b)

isthmus

c)

strait

d)

bingo wing

4.

A landlocked state or country is one that is surrounded on all sides by land. Which one of these states is landlocked?

a)

Nevada

b)

Washington

c)

Oregon

d)

California

5.

A long narrow body of land connecting two larger bodies of land is called an...

a)

peninsula

b)

strait

c)

isthmus

d)

hipz

6.

About how many people are on planet Earth?

a)

7 billion

b)

7 million

c)

70 trillion

d)

70 million

7.

Man who invented the Continental Drift Theory

a)

Alfred Wegener

b)

Thomas Blockinburg

c)

Joel Pangea

d)

Jacob Laurasia

8.

What is the meaning of Pangea?

a)

All Powerful

b)

All Knowing

c)

All Continents

d)

All Earth

9.

There were several examples of evidence to prove that the continents were once together. Which is NOT correct?

a)

There were similar fossils found on different continents.

b)

A specific earthworm was found in South America and South Africa

c)

The same coal was found in North America and Europe

d)

Antarctica was always in cold temperatures creating the glaciers.

10.

The Continental Drift Theory is based on the fact that the Earth's continents are moving on top of...

a)

sea walls

b)

plates

c)

ocean disks

d)

volcanic ash

11.

A person who makes maps is called a...

a)

anthologer

b)

oceanographer

c)

geographer

d)

cartographer

12.

A book of maps is called an...

a)

encyclopedia

b)

atlas

c)

infomercial

d)

mapogram

13.

Would you use a map or a globe if you wanted to navigate (find your way) from Africa to North America?

a)

map

b)

globe

14.

Would you use a map or a globe if you wanted to correctly see the difference between the size and shape of the continents?

a)

map

b)

globe

15.

What is one tool that a modern mapmaker (someone making a map today) might use?

a)

Paper and pencil

b)

satellites

c)

stone and clay

d)

world globe

16.

Use your Bonus Sources to figure out who this is.

a)

Frederick John Vine

b)

Martin Waldseemuller

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

Hercules

17.

Review: Which continents is at 30S, 60W?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Australia

d)

Asia

18.

Review: Which continent is at 60N, 120E?

a)

Australia

b)

North America

c)

Antarctica

d)

Asia

19.

What is the line of latitude at zero degrees that divides the world into the northern and southern hemispheres?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridain

c)

Latitude

d)

Longitude

20.

What is the line of longitude at zero degrees that divides the world into the eastern and western hemispheres?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridain

c)

Longitude

d)

Latitude