WorksheetsGeography Test #1 Review
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A map showing mountains, rivers, oceans, elevation is what type of map?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
2.
A map showing boundaries of countries is what type of map?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
3.
A map showing cities, capitals, and states is which type of map?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
4.
What map would you use if you wanted to find the natural resources in an area?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
5.
What map would you use to see the different vegetation in a region?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
6.
What map part helps you to calculate the distance from 1 city to another city on a map?
a)
map legend/key
b)
cardinal directions
c)
compass rose
d)
map scale
7.
Directions of north, south, east, and west.
a)
cardinal directions
b)
compass directions
c)
driving directions
d)
map directions
8.
Directions of northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest.
a)
cardinal directions
b)
intermediate directions
c)
driving directions
d)
GPS directions
9.
_____ location is the exact spot on earth a place is found.
a)
absolute
b)
exact
c)
pinpoint
d)
accurate
10.
The earth can be divided into four halves known as _____.
a)
fractions
b)
semaphores
c)
moieties
d)
hemispheres
11.
The 0 degree line of latitude is known as the _____.
a)
prime meridian
b)
hemisphere
c)
equator
d)
bisection
12.
The imaginary lines that run parallel with the prime meridian are called ______.
a)
parallels
b)
lines of longitude
c)
lines of latitude
d)
meridians
13.
This location tells you EXACTLY where something is
a)
absolute location
b)
relative location
14.
this location tells you were something is in relation to something else
a)
absolute location
b)
relative location
15.
Which continent is located at #3?
a)
Australia
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
South America
16.
Mexico is south of the United States is an example of...
a)
Absolute Location
b)
Relative Location
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Bad Dirtections
17.
What is the Relative Location of the Gulf of Mexico?
a)
west of Houston
b)
85 degrees W by 27 degrees N
c)
85 degrees N by 27 degrees W
d)
west of Miami
18.
Northwest of South America is an example of what type of location?
a)
Absolute
b)
Relative
19.
Movement is ...
a)
The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
b)
The way people and the environment affect each other.
c)
Where a place is on Earth.
20.
Human and Environment Interactions are ...
a)
The way people and the environment affect each other.
b)
Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
c)
The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
21.
Location is ...
a)
The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
b)
Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
c)
Where a place is on Earth.
22.
A place is...
a)
The physical and human characteristics of a place.
b)
The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
c)
Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
23.
Which of the following is a human characteristic of a place?
a)
climate
b)
language
c)
landforms
d)
vegetation
24.
Which theme of geography studies how and why places are similar to other places?
a)
human-environment interaction
b)
location
c)
place
d)
region
25.
How do people, goods, and ideas get around?
a)
human-environment interaction
b)
location
c)
movement
d)
region
26.
Which of the following is an example of modifying the environment?
a)
constructing highways
b)
describing the absolute location
c)
farmers waiting for a flood
d)
wearing heavy coats in winter
27.
Transportation and communication
a)
location
b)
movement
c)
place
d)
region
28.
What land form is this?
a)
valley
b)
plain
c)
volcano
d)
canyon
29.
What land form is this?
a)
plain
b)
valley
c)
mountain
d)
canyon
30.
What land form is this?
a)
island
b)
valley
c)
plain
d)
mountain
31.
What land form is this?
a)
valley
b)
canyon
c)
mountain
d)
plain
32.
Name this landform
a)
peninsula
b)
plain
c)
river
d)
lake
33.
Name this body of water
a)
lake
b)
valley
c)
island
d)
plain
34.
A piece of land projecting into a body of water
a)
delta
b)
cape
c)
isthmus
d)
archipelego
35.
Narrow piece of land connecting two larger pieces of land
a)
isthmus
b)
mesa
c)
plateau
d)
moraine
36.
Large level, or nearly level area of land at high elevation
a)
delta
b)
butte
c)
mesa
d)
plateau
37.
Land formed at the mouth of a river by deposited silt. Fan or triangle shaped
a)
gap
b)
key
c)
continental divide
d)
delta
38.
What is this body of water?
a)
ocean
b)
canal
c)
river
d)
canyon
39.
what is this body of water?
a)
lake
b)
ocean
c)
gulf
d)
swamp
40.
What is this body of water?
a)
ocean
b)
glacier
c)
lake
d)
river
41.
Which landform has steep sides but a flat top?
a)
valley
b)
plateau
c)
mountain
d)
hill
42.
What's the body of water with land on three sides?
a)
ocean
b)
strait
c)
bay
d)
sea
43.
This landform is very dry and gets very little rain. What is it?
a)
valley
b)
desert
c)
isthmus
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