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Geography Basics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What's human

environment Interaction?

a)

How people change create and destroy their environment

b)

How people depend on, modify, and adapt to their environment

2.

This theme of geography tells where something is, and can be relative or absolute

a)

location

b)

place

c)

human-environment interaction

d)

region

3.

The reasons people and ideas move from one place to another is called

a)

region

b)

place

c)

movement

d)

human-environment interaction

4.

This map shows which theme of geography?

a)

place

b)

movement

c)

location

d)

region

5.

This image shows which theme of geography?

a)

human-environment interaction

b)

place

c)

region

d)

movement

6.

Which theme of geography does this illustrate?

a)

location

b)

place

c)

region

d)

human-environment interaction

7.

What theme of geography is shown here?

a)

movement

b)

location

c)

place

d)

region

8.

What types of lines are represented here?

a)

latitude lines

b)

longitude lines

9.

What is the name of the line shown here that divides the Earth into a Northern & Southern Hemisphere?

a)

Prime meridian

b)

International date line

c)

arctic circle

d)

equator

10.

Also known as Meridians, these lines meet at the North and South Poles and circle the entire globe.

a)

equator

b)

prime meridian

c)

longitude lines

d)

tropic of cancer

11.

As latitude lines move further north of the equator, what happens to the temperature?

a)

It gets hotter

b)

It gets colder

c)

No change at all

12.

The Prime Meridian divides the Earth into what two hemispheres? (PICK TWO)

a)

northern hemisphere

b)

eastern hemisphere

c)

southern hemisphere

d)

western hemisphere

13.

True or False: The closer you get to the Equator, the colder it gets.

a)

true

b)

false

14.

What type of map is this?

a)

physical map

b)

political map

c)

thematic map

15.

What type of map is this?

a)

physical map

b)

political map

c)

thematic map

16.

Which of the follow is NOT an example of a Thematic Map?

a)

Missouri climate map

b)

Missouri natural resource map

c)

Missouri population map

d)

Missouri county and city map

17.

North, south, east, and west are examples of...

a)

cardinal directions

b)

intermediate directions

c)

scale

d)

compass rose

18.

The following information is often found on a map in what area?

a)

scale

b)

key or legend

c)

compass rose

d)

cardinal directions

19.

What is this a picture of?

a)

scale

b)

compass rose

c)

key/legend

20.

What tool on a map helps measure distances between two locations?

a)

scale

b)

compass rose

c)

key/legend