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6th Grade - Unit 1 Content Exam Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this?

a)

Map Key

b)

Map Legend

c)

Diamond of the Sea

d)

Compass Rose

2.

Name the 4 hemispheres.

a)

Latitude, Longitude, Coordinates, GPS

b)

Equator, Prime Meridian, North Pole, South Pole

c)

Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western

3.

What part of the map allows you to read the symbols & colors by explaining what they represent?

a)

Latitude & Longitude

b)

Compass Rose

c)

Map Key/Legend

d)

Title

4.

Minute-to-minute changes to the atmosphere are known as what? For example, it is 56 degrees today with a chance of rain later on.

a)

Temperature

b)

Climate

c)

Natural Disasters

d)

Weather

5.

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss discusses what happens when people cut down too many trees, as well as pollute the air and water. This is an example of the effects of what?

a)

Fiction

b)

Climate

c)

Capitalism

d)

Human-Environment Interaction

6.

The study of the earth, its people, and the relationship between the two is known as what?

a)

Development

b)

Geography

c)

Social Studies

d)

Geology

7.

Which continent do you live on?

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

South America

d)

North America

8.

Climate, population, & religion maps are all examples of what type of map?

a)

Road Map

b)

Thematic Map

c)

Physical Map

d)

Political Map

9.

The Equator separates:

a)

Northern & Southern Hemispheres

b)

Eastern & Western Hemispheres

10.

GPS & Google Maps are examples of what type of map?

a)

Road Map

b)

Political Map

c)

Thematic Map

d)

Physical Map

11.

The Prime Meridian separates:

a)

Northern & Southern Hemispheres

b)

Eastern & Western Hemispheres

12.

Lines of longitude run: (*Hint: Think "Long")

a)

North to South

b)

East to West

13.

Lines of latitude run: (*Hint: Lateral means side to side)

a)

North to South

b)

East to West

14.

What are the five themes of geography? (Check all that apply)

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Region

d)

Movement

e)

Human-Environment Interaction

15.

What type of map is this?

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

c)

Thematic Map

d)

Road Map

16.

What weather is like over a long period of time in a specific area. For example, in New York it is hot in the summer, cold in the winter & moderate in the fall and spring.

a)

Weather

b)

Climate

c)

Temperature

d)

Natural Disasters

17.

Choose the countries on this list?

a)

Africa

b)

England

c)

London

d)

United States of America

e)

Australia

18.

Our first unit has covered which topic in Social Studies?

a)

American History

b)

World History

c)

Geography

d)

Archaeology

19.

What type of map is this?

a)

Thematic Map

b)

Road Map

c)

Physical Map

d)

Political Map

20.

Choose all the world Oceans on the list.

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

e)

Antarctica Ocean

21.

Making notes in the margins of a reading that include questions, wonderings, important details, vocabulary, etc. is an example of what skill?

a)

Reading

b)

Annotation

c)

Visualization

d)

Writing

22.

Directions based on landmarks is an example of: (For example, go to the Starbucks in Woodrow Plaza and make a left)

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Relative Location

c)

Continent

d)

Region

23.

Choose all the continents on the Eastern Hemisphere.

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Asia

e)

Australia

24.

Choose all the problems faced by human-environment interaction.

a)

Deforestation

b)

Air Pollution

c)

Climate Change

d)

Animal Extinction

e)

Water Pollution

25.

An address or GPS coordinates (latitude & longitude) is an example of:

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Relative Location

c)

Continent

d)

Region