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Study of Geography Review

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is a human made landscape?

a)

Plateau

b)

Canyon

c)

Desert

d)

City

2.

Which branch of geography is the science of making maps?

a)

Human

b)

Cartography

c)

Hydrology

d)

Meteorology

3.

Which branch of geography is the study of water on Earth?

a)

Hydrology

b)

Meteorology

c)

Human

d)

Cartography

4.

Which tool for studying geography would be best for getting a global perspective of the space on Earth?

a)

Map

b)

Globe

c)

Paper

d)

Compass

5.

Which tool would be ideal for monitoring changes in geography?

a)

Paper

b)

Compass

c)

Map

d)

GIS/GPS

6.

Which of the following is a reason why geography is studied?

a)

Getting from one place to another

b)

Being aware of other people and places and how to effectively interact with them

c)

Better understand the past, present, and future

d)

All of these answers are correct

7.

Which term best describes the process of countries becoming more connected through culture and trade?

a)

Geography

b)

Meteorology

c)

Globalization

d)

Interdependence

8.

What part of a map will help you determine distance on a map?

a)

Grid

b)

Orientation/Compass Rose

c)

Index

d)

Scale

9.

What part of a map will provide information about what is found on a map?

a)

Legend

b)

Scale

c)

Orientation/Compass Rose

d)

Grid

10.

Which part of a map will help you determine direction on a map?

a)

Title

b)

Orientation/Compass Rose

c)

Legend

d)

Index

11.

Which of the 5 Themes is an area defined by everything in it and would consider the people, land, and climate of the area?

a)

Location

b)

Region

c)

Place

d)

Movement

12.

Which theme would be concerned about the use of fossil fuels or deforestation?

a)

Place

b)

Movement

c)

Location

d)

Human-Environment Interaction

13.

Which theme would be concerned with trade, immigration, or emigration?

a)

Location

b)

Movement

c)

Region

d)

Human-Environment Interaction

14.

Which theme can find itself at one or more of the following levels: Local, Regional, or Global when defining an area by certain characteristics?

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Region

d)

Movement

15.

Which of the five themes would range from the use of latitude and longitude to more descriptions of where a place lies?

a)

Place

b)

Region

c)

Location

d)

Human-Environment Interaction

16.

How long does a revolution of the Earth around the sun take?

a)

23.5 Days

b)

30 Days

c)

365.25 Days

d)

1 Day

17.

Which of the following are the changes caused by the tilt of the earth’s axis?

a)

The Seasons

b)

The Lunar Phases

c)

The Movement of Tides

d)

The Orbit of the Earth

18.

Which of the following best describes the Earth’s location from the sun?

a)

The second planet from the sun

b)

The third planet from the sun

c)

The fourth planet from the sun

d)

The closest planet to the sun

19.

Which event takes about 30 days?

a)

Earth’s revolution around the sun

b)

Earth’s full rotation around the sun

c)

Moon’s revolution around the Earth

d)

Moon’s full rotation around the sun

20.

What measure of time best describes a full rotation of the earth?

a)

Year

b)

Month

c)

Week

d)

Day

21.

What is the imaginary line running through the earth's center?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Axis

22.

What is the closest planet to the sun?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

23.

What is the second closest planet to the sun?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

24.

What is the fourth closest planet to the sun?

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

25.

Which term is a narrow piece of land that connects two larger pieces of land?

a)

Canyon

b)

Isthmus

c)

Plateau

d)

Trench

26.

Which term is a flat area at a high elevation?

a)

Canyon

b)

Isthmus

c)

Plateau

d)

Trench

27.

Which term is a a steep-sided lowland formed by a river cutting through a plateau?

a)

Canyon

b)

Isthmus

c)

Plateau

d)

Trench

28.

What is the highest point on Earth?

a)

Mt. Everest

b)

Mariana Trench

c)

Death Valley

d)

Mt. McKinley

29.

What is the lowest point on Earth?

a)

Mt. Everest

b)

Mariana Trench

c)

Death Valley

d)

Mt. McKinley

30.

What can result from move in Earth's tectonic plates?

a)

Volcanoes erupt

b)

mountain ranges are created

c)

earthquakes

d)

All of the answers are correct

31.

Which layer of the earth screens out dangerous rays from the sun?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Inner core

d)

Atmosphere

32.

Which process is the breaking of surface rocks into boulders, gravel, sand. or soil?

a)

weathering

b)

liquification

c)

gravity

33.

What landform is an area of land surrounded by water on three sides?

a)

Island

b)

Peninsula

c)

Isthmus

d)

Continental Shelf

34.

Which landform is a smaller stretch of water between two larger pieces of land, but smaller than a channel?

a)

Gulf

b)

Bay

c)

Sea

d)

Strait

35.

Which landform is a part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, but generally is smaller than a gulf

a)

Channel

b)

Bay

c)

Sea

d)

Strait

36.

What statement BEST describes the median income levels of the United States to the rest of the world's people for a household of 4 people?

a)

The US Median Income is about 3 times larger than the rest of the world.

b)

The US Median Income is about the same as the rest of the world.

c)

The US Median Income is about 1/3rd of the rest of the world.

d)

The US Median Income is about 10 times larger than the rest of the world.

37.

About what proportion of the Earth's people are US citizens?

a)

1/2

b)

1/4

c)

1/16

d)

1/25

38.

Olmsted County is an example of what type of Region?

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Perceptual

d)

Political

39.

What type of region would include people moving towards the Mississippi River?

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Perceptual

d)

River

40.

The Middle East is an example of what type of region?

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Perceptual

d)

Eastern

41.

A general description of a location is called...

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Relative Location

c)

Nonspecific Location

d)

Military Location