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Chapter 2: A Spatial Way of Thinking

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What kind of information is shown on this map?

a)

climate zones

b)

population density

c)

vegetation zones

d)

economic activity

2.

A map that shows economic activity is a type of

a)

physical map

b)

thematic map

c)

regional map

d)

weather map

3.

Which of the following will you find on a map that shows physical features? Choose all that apply.

a)

bodies of water

b)

businesses

c)

population density

d)

landforms

4.

Which term means the pattern of weather over a long period of time?

a)

economics

b)

density

c)

weather

d)

climate

5.

What are diamonds, coal, and petroleum examples of?

a)

land uses

b)

economic activities

c)

natural resources

d)

vegetation zones

6.

What does this map show?

a)

economic activity

b)

climate zones

c)

vegetation zones

d)

population density

7.

What do geographers call an area with one or more features that set it apart from other areas?

a)

a landform

b)

a city

c)

a climate zone

d)

a region

8.

a line of mountains connected by high ground.

a)

bay

b)

hill

c)

mountain range

d)

isthmus

9.

a large area of flat land with few trees.

a)

isthmus

b)

reef

c)

coast

d)

plain

10.

a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water.

a)

bay

b)

strait

c)

reef

d)

island

11.

the area where land meets the sea or ocean, or a line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake.

a)

canyon

b)

reef

c)

coast

d)

bay

12.

Location A, is locate on what type of physical feature?

a)

A Mountian

b)

A River

c)

A Sea

d)

A Plateau

13.

Location B is located on what type of physical feature?

a)

A mountain

b)

A river

c)

A sea

d)

A desert

14.

Location C can best be described as a ....?

a)

mountian

b)

river

c)

sea

d)

peninsula

15.

Location A is in which climate zone?

a)

Marine West Coast

b)

Mediteranean

c)

Arid

d)

Semi Arid

16.

Is Location C warmer or colder than location A? How do you know?

a)

Warmer it is closer to equator

b)

Colder it is closer to the equator

c)

Warm it is closer to the south pole

d)

colder it is closer to the south pole

17.

Location A is in which of the following vegetation zones?

a)

temperate grassland

b)

tropical grassland

c)

tropical wet and dry

d)

arid

18.
Triangular-shaped deposit of sediments at the mouth of a river
a)
Delta
b)
Mouth
c)
Source
d)
Tributary
19.
Areas of land that receive very little rainfall (arid).
a)
Desert
b)
Plain
c)
Sahara
d)
Plateau
20.
Land surrounded on all sides by water
a)
Island
b)
Archipelago
c)
Peninsula
d)
Isthmus 
21.
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land.
a)
Isthmus
b)
Strait
c)
Basin
d)
Tributary  
22.
Land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides
a)
Peninsula 
b)
Island
c)
Strait
d)
Isthmus  
23.
A physical map may include such features as
a)
natural resources
b)
economic activity
c)
landforms and bodies of water
d)
population density
24.
What shows the average temperature and precipitation in a place over a year?
a)
a climagraph
b)
a fjord
c)
a map legend
d)
a physical map
25.

A thematic map is a type of map or chart designed to show:

a)

The network of roads in an urban area

b)

The location of cities around the world

c)

A specific theme connected with a specified area

26.

What is the population of Beijing?

a)

Over 250 people per sqr mile

b)

1-4 Million

c)

4-8 milliion

d)

over 8 million

27.

The Western portion of China can be characterized as having...?

a)

low population denisity

b)

high population density

c)

urban

28.

What about Hong Kong's location makes it a likely to grow as a city?

a)

It is on a mountain

b)

it is near the equator

c)

it is near a tundra climate

d)

it is on the coast

29.

Geographically, which portion of China is densely populated?

a)

Northern

b)

Eastern

c)

Southern

d)

Western

30.

Location B is surrounded by which resource?

a)

Commerical Fishing

b)

Petroleum Oil

c)

Uranium

d)

Commercial Farming

31.

What about location D's climate would explain why there is little to no activity there?

a)

It is super warm because it is near the equator

b)

It is super cold because it near the tropic of cancer

c)

it is super cold because it is near the arctic circle

d)

it is super warm because it is near the arctic circle

32.
A landform is...?
a)
any natural feature of Earth's surface that has a distinct shape
b)
the average number of people who live in a unite of area
c)
defined by one or more cultural characteristics that set it apart from another
d)
the pattern of weather over a long period of time
33.
Plains and plateaus are...?
a)
landforms
b)
bodies of water
c)
forms of vegetation
d)
types of economic activity
34.
A physical map may include such features as
a)
natural resources
b)
economic activity
c)
landforms and bodies of water
d)
population density
35.
Which of the following is a body of water? 
a)
peninsula
b)
mesa
c)
plateau
d)
strait