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Unit 1 - Geography Vocabulary

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the study of Earth and its peoples, places, and environments?

a)

Geography

b)

Geometry

c)

Philosophy

d)

Environment

2.

What is the location of one place compared to another place?

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Latitude

c)

Longitude

d)

Relative Location

3.

What is the exact location of something?

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Relative Location

c)

Longitude

d)

Latitude

4.

What are the lines on a map that run east to west?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Compass Rose

d)

Absolute Location

5.

What are the lines on a map that run north to south?

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Latitude

c)

Longitude

d)

Compass Rose

6.

What is the line of latitude that runs around the middle of Earth?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Latitude

c)

Equator

d)

Hemisphere

7.

What is the starting point for measuring longitude?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Longitude

d)

Hemisphere

8.

What is a group of places that are close to one another and that share some characteristics?

a)

Hemisphere

b)

Region

c)

Continent

d)

Environment

9.

What is the natural surroundings of a place?

a)

Environment

b)

Region

c)

Landform

d)

Absolute Location

10.

What is a natural feature found on land?

a)

Environment

b)

Region

c)

Landform

d)

Absolute Location

11.

What is the average weather in an area over a long period of time known as?

a)

Environment

b)

Landform

c)

Climate

d)

Geography

12.

What are material that can be used to produce crops or other products?

a)

Environment

b)

Resources

c)

Landforms

d)

Geography

13.

What is each half of Earth?

a)

Hemisphere

b)

Continent

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

14.

What is the feature on a map that shows direction?

a)

Title

b)

Legend

c)

Compass Rose

d)

Scale

15.

What is the measurement of how much above or below sea level a place is?

a)

Elevation

b)

Erosion

c)

Landform

d)

Continent

16.

What is a map that shows specialized information?

a)

Political Map

b)

Physical Map

c)

Geography

d)

Thematic Map

17.

What is a large, unbroken mass of land?

a)

Continent

b)

Landform

c)

Earthquake

d)

Elevation

18.

What is one of the 16 pieces of Earth’s crust?

a)

Continent

b)

Hemisphere

c)

Tectonic Plates

d)

Landform

19.

What is the long, narrow band of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Ring of Fire

b)

Landform

c)

Continent

d)

Tectonic Plates

20.

What is an event in which the ground shakes or trembles, brought about by the collision of tectonic plates?

a)

Tsunami

b)

Earthquake

c)

Erosion

d)

Ring of Fire

21.

What is a giant ocean wave caused by volcanic eruptions or movement of the earth under the ocean floor?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Erosion

c)

Tsunami

d)

Ring of Fire

22.

What is the process by which weathered bits of rock are moved elsewhere by water, wind, or ice?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Erosion

c)

Tsunami

d)

Ring of Fire

23.

What describes an area that is densely populated?

a)

Urban

b)

Rural

c)

Region

d)

Continent

24.

What describes an area that is lightly populated?

a)

Rural

b)

Urban

c)

Region

d)

Continent

25.

What is the average number of people living within a square mile or a square kilometer?

a)

Population Density

b)

Urban

c)

Rural

d)

Region