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Geography Chapter 1

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Geographers look at the world ________

a)

by studying cities first.

b)

at the local, regional, and global levels.

c)

by studying only its physical features.

d)

as separate regions with no effect on each other.

2.

A geographer's tools include ____________

a)

maps and globes

b)

satellite images

c)

notebooks and tape recorders

d)

all of these answers

3.

Which is an essential element of geography?

a)

uses of geography

b)

latitude

c)

movement

d)

relative location

4.

The 2 main branches of geography are ____ and _____

a)

regional and local.

b)

cartography and meteorology.

c)

the study of water and the study of landforms.

d)

physical geography and human geography.

5.

A social science is a field that studies people and _____

a)

geography.

b)

their relationships.

c)

their environment.

d)

the landscapes they create.

6.

Which question might a geographer studying at a local level ask?

a)

Which products does a country export?

b)

What languages do people speak in South America?

c)

How do people in a town or community live?

d)

What features make up a physical region?

7.

Globes can show _____

a)

specific information about a place, such as languages spoken or street names.

b)

a flat representation of Earth's surface.

c)

the world as it really is.

d)

more information than maps.

8.

Which is NOT one of the five themes of geography?

a)

movement

b)

regions

c)

place

d)

environment

9.

Your street address describes _____

a)

absolute location.

b)

relative location.

c)

your environment.

d)

your society.

10.

Which would a human geographer study?

a)

soils and plants.

b)

maps and globes.

c)

weather and climate.

d)

economics and politics.

11.

Geography is considered a social science because it _____

a)

deals with people and how they live.

b)

can be studied using numbers.

c)

uses satellite imaging.

d)

is studied in all countries of the world.

12.

Two basic types of satellite images are ____

a)

full color and infrared.

b)

true color and infrared.

c)

full color and heat.

d)

heat and true color.

13.

The study of weather and its causes is ____

a)

geography.

b)

hydrology.

c)

meteorology.

d)

cartography.

14.

Which theme of geography describes features that make a site unique?

a)

human-environment interaction

b)

movement

c)

place

d)

location

15.

_______ and other tools help geographers study the planet.

a)

Maps

b)

Landscapes

c)

People

d)

Hydrology

16.

Geographers who study the world on a _____ level try to find relationships among people who live far apart.

a)

regional

b)

global

c)

regular

d)

movement

17.

The information gathered by _____ helps geographers make accurate maps.

a)

tape recorders

b)

satellites

c)

themes

d)

social science

18.

The ________ is a list of 18 basic ideas that everybody should understand about geography.

a)

national geography standards

b)

themes of geography

c)

meteorology

d)

astrology

19.

Other branches of geography, such as ______, examine certain aspects of the physical and human worlds.

a)

technology

b)

hydrology

c)

astronomy

d)

dadology

20.

True or False: Geography is both a science and a social science.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

True or False: Geographers divide the world into two regions based on latitude and longitude.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

True or False: Showing the round Earth on flat maps will distort some details.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

True or False: There are no similarities between the five themes and six essential elements.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

True or False: Landforms, bodies of water, and the foods people eat are all aspects of human geography.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

The study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create

a)

geography

b)

cartography

c)

hydrology

d)

meteorology

26.

A part of the world that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding areas

a)

region

b)

themes

c)

map

d)

essential elements

27.

Six important ideas that people use to organize their study of geography

a)

essential elements

b)

themes

c)

physical geography

d)

human geography

28.

The study of the world's landforms, bodies of water, and other natural features

a)

physical geography

b)

human geography

c)

hydrology

d)

meteorology

29.

The study of the world's people, communities, and landscapes

a)

human geography

b)

cartography

c)

physical geography

d)

hydrology

30.

The five major ideas used to organize the study of geography

a)

themes

b)

essential elements

c)

region

d)

landscape

31.

All the features that makes a place unique

a)

landscape

b)

region

c)

social science

d)

map

32.

The study of water on Earth

a)

hydrology

b)

cartography

c)

meteorology

d)

geography

33.

The study of weather and its causes

a)

meteorology

b)

geography

c)

hydrology

d)

cartography

34.

The science of making maps

a)

cartography

b)

meterology

c)

geology

d)

hydrology