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Unit 1: Map Skills and 5 Themes

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the Five Themes of Geography answers the

question “Where is it?”

a)

Location

b)

HEI

c)

Place

d)

Regions

2.

Which of the Five Themes of Geography answers the question

“What is it like there?”

a)

HEI

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Location

3.

What branch of geography covers the topics relating to the

surface of the earth?

a)

Human Geography

b)

Human Place

c)

Non-human Movement

d)

Physical Geography

4.

Which of the Five Themes of Geography is about how people and ideas get around?

a)

Human-environment Interaction

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Place

5.

Which of the following agricultural belts is NOT located

in the Midwest or Great Lakes regions?

a)

Corn Belt

b)

Dairy Belt

c)

Tobacco Belt

d)

Wheat Belt

6.

Which of the following is an example of a physical feature

of the Earth?

a)

Language

b)

Religion

c)

Soil

d)

Trade Networks

7.

What lines are parallel to the Equator?

a)

Great Circles

b)

Hemispheres

c)

Latitude lines

d)

Longitude line

8.

What type of region has clear cut borders such as the areas between States?

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Human

d)

Perceptual

9.

What is the purpose of the Five Themes of Geography?

a)

Describes the Earth

b)

to learn about the regions of the world

c)

Organizes the study of geography

d)

Divides the Earth into more manageable areas to study

10.

Where are the Cotton, Sugar, and Tobacco Belts located?

a)

Great Lakes Region

b)

Midwest Region

c)

Southeast Region

d)

Northeastern Region

11.

What is the approximate population of the United States?

a)

100 million

b)

200 million

c)

250 million

d)

300 million

12.

Which of the Five Themes of Geography could best be

defined using the word “describe?”

a)

Location

b)

Movement

c)

Place

d)

Region

13.

Which one of the Five themes of Geography would apply to

the migration of people throughout history?

a)

region

b)

movement

c)

place

d)

HEI

14.

Which of the Five Themes answers the question “How do we divide/organize the world into smaller areas?”

a)

location

b)

movement

c)

place

d)

region

15.

Which of the Five Themes of Geography answers the

question “What do places have in common?”

a)

location

b)

place

c)

region

d)

HEI

e)

Movement

16.

Which of the Five Themes best applies to the following

statement: "The holiday season in the United States, runs from about late October to early January."

a)

location

b)

HEI

c)

movement

d)

place

17.

What branch of geography deals with the study of the

world, its people, communities, & cultures?

a)

Human Geography

b)

Human Place

c)

Non-human Movement

d)

Physical Geography

18.

Where is the Rust Belt located?

a)

East Coast

b)

Great Lakes and Northeast Regions

c)

Midwest and North Central Regions

d)

Southeast and Southwest Regions

19.

What term refers to dividing the Earth into two halves?

a)

Hemispheres

b)

180 Degrees

c)

Latitudes

d)

Longitudes

20.

What line is located at 23.5 degrees North latitude?

a)

Arctic Circle

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Equator

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

21.

Along with the prime meridian, what other line

of longitude divides the Earth into the Eastern and

Western Hemispheres?

a)

90 degrees

b)

180 degrees

c)

240 degrees

d)

360 degrees

22.

What type of degrees is the distance north or south of the Equator measured using?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

East

d)

West

23.

What map shows international boundary lines?

a)

Mercator

b)

Physical

c)

Topographical

d)

Political

24.

What line is located at 23.5 degrees South latitude?

a)

Arctic Circle

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Tropic of Capricorn

d)

Antarctic Circle

25.

What letter are meridians west of 0 degrees longitude labeled with?

a)

N

b)

S

c)

E

d)

W