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9th Grade Honors Geography Mid-Term Study Guide (Part 1)

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


The rule of man over man

a)

Government

b)

Family

c)

Language

d)

Nation-State

e)

Nation

2.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


The foundation of society

a)

Government

b)

Family

c)

Language

d)

Nation-State

e)

Nation

3.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


The Foundation of culture

a)

Government

b)

Family

c)

Language

d)

Nation-State

e)

Nation

4.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


A group of people with a common history and language who have developed a sense of identity

a)

Government

b)

Family

c)

Language

d)

Nation-State

e)

Nation

5.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


A group of people that has established its own government or state

a)

Government

b)

Family

c)

Language

d)

Nation-State

e)

Nation

6.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Rule by the people

a)

Democracy

b)

Republic

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Constitutional Monarchy

e)

Totalitarian government

7.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Led by an elected leader

a)

Democracy

b)

Republic

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Constitutional Monarchy

e)

Totalitarian government

8.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Rule by the authority of the military

a)

Democracy

b)

Republic

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Constitutional Monarchy

e)

Totalitarian government

9.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


The power of the monarch is limited by law

a)

Democracy

b)

Republic

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Constitutional Monarchy

e)

Totalitarian government

10.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Most extreme form of authoritarian government

a)

Democracy

b)

Republic

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Constitutional Monarchy

e)

Totalitarian government

11.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


M

a)

New Brunswick

b)

Nova Scotia

c)

Quebec

d)

Saskatchewan

e)

Manitoba

12.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


N

a)

New Brunswick

b)

Nova Scotia

c)

Quebec

d)

Saskatchewan

e)

Manitoba

13.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


L

a)

New Brunswick

b)

Nova Scotia

c)

Quebec

d)

Saskatchewan

e)

Manitoba

14.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


E

a)

New Brunswick

b)

Nova Scotia

c)

Quebec

d)

Saskatchewan

e)

Manitoba

15.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


P

a)

New Brunswick

b)

Nova Scotia

c)

Quebec

d)

Saskatchewan

e)

Baffin Island

16.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


J

a)

Ottawa

b)

Toronto

c)

Vancouver

d)

Yellowknife

e)

Saskatoon

17.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


I

a)

Ottawa

b)

Toronto

c)

Vancouver

d)

Yellowknife

e)

Saskatoon

18.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


D

a)

Ottawa

b)

Toronto

c)

Vancouver

d)

Yellowknife

e)

Saskatoon

19.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


C

a)

Ottawa

b)

Toronto

c)

Vancouver

d)

Yellowknife

e)

Saskatoon

20.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


A

a)

Hudson Bay

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Great Slave Lake

e)

St. Lawrence River

21.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


G

a)

Hudson Bay

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Great Slave Lake

e)

St. Lawrence River

22.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


K

a)

Hudson Bay

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Great Slave Lake

e)

St. Lawrence River

23.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


F

a)

Argentina

b)

Bolivia

c)

Brazil

d)

Peru

e)

Paraguay

24.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


D

a)

Argentina

b)

Bolivia

c)

Brazil

d)

Peru

e)

Paraguay

25.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


K

a)

Argentina

b)

Bolivia

c)

Brazil

d)

Peru

e)

Paraguay

26.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


N

a)

Lima

b)

Santiago

c)

Cayenne

d)

Brasília

e)

Sucre

27.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


I

a)

Cape Horn

b)

Amazon River

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Andes Mountains

e)

Rio de la Plata

28.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


M

a)

Cape Horn

b)

Amazon River

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Andes Mountains

e)

Rio de la Plata

29.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


A

a)

Cape Horn

b)

Amazon River

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Andes Mountains

e)

Rio de la Plata

30.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


B

a)

Cape Horn

b)

Amazon River

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Andes Mountains

e)

Rio de la Plata

31.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


J

a)

Cape Horn

b)

Amazon River

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Andes Mountains

e)

Rio de la Plata

32.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


H

a)

Strait of Magellan

b)

Amazon River

c)

Atacama Desert

d)

Andes Mountains

e)

Rio de la Plata

33.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


E

a)

Strait of Magellan

b)

Amazon River

c)

Atacama Desert

d)

Andes Mountains

e)

Rio de la Plata

34.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


A

a)

Sweden

b)

Switzerland

c)

Portugal

d)

Spain

e)

Italy

35.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


J

a)

Sweden

b)

Switzerland

c)

Portugal

d)

Spain

e)

Italy

36.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


M

a)

Iberian Peninsula

b)

Northern Ireland

c)

Peloponnesus

d)

Lisbon

e)

Sicily

37.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


C

a)

Iberian Peninsula

b)

Northern Ireland

c)

Peloponnesus

d)

Lisbon

e)

Sicily

38.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


Q

a)

Iberian Peninsula

b)

Northern Ireland

c)

Peloponnesus

d)

Lisbon

e)

Sicily

39.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


P

a)

Iberian Peninsula

b)

Northern Ireland

c)

Peloponnesus

d)

Lisbon

e)

Sicily

40.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


N

a)

Iberian Peninsula

b)

Northern Ireland

c)

Peloponnesus

d)

Lisbon

e)

Sicily

41.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


L

a)

Apennine Mountains

b)

Pyrenees Mountains

c)

Pennine Mountains

d)

Swiss Alps

e)

Ural Mountains

42.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


K

a)

Apennine Mountains

b)

Pyrenees Mountains

c)

Pennine Mountains

d)

Swiss Alps

e)

Ural Mountains

43.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


E

a)

Apennine Mountains

b)

Pyrenees Mountains

c)

Pennine Mountains

d)

Swiss Alps

e)

Ural Mountains

44.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


H

a)

Baltic Sea

b)

Danube River

c)

English Channel

d)

Mediterranean Sea

e)

North Sea

45.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


I

a)

Baltic Sea

b)

Danube River

c)

English Channel

d)

Mediterranean Sea

e)

North Sea

46.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


G

a)

Baltic Sea

b)

Danube River

c)

English Channel

d)

Mediterranean Sea

e)

North Sea

47.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


R

a)

Baltic Sea

b)

Danube River

c)

English Channel

d)

Mediterranean Sea

e)

North Sea

48.

Match the following letters with the correct place and geographic feature from the map.


D

a)

Baltic Sea

b)

Danube River

c)

English Channel

d)

Mediterranean Sea

e)

North Sea

49.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


What term refers to Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia collectively?

a)

Baltic States

b)

Soviet Bloc

c)

Common Wealth of Independent States

d)

Shatter Belt

e)

Transnistria

50.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


What was the name of the group of semi-independent states ruled by the Soviet Union's puppet leaders following World War II?

a)

Baltic States

b)

Soviet Bloc

c)

Common Wealth of Independent States

d)

Shatter Belt

e)

Transnistria

51.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Eastern Europe has been called what due to the frequent changes in the size, shape, and number of countries?

a)

Baltic States

b)

Soviet Bloc

c)

Common Wealth of Independent States

d)

Shatter Belt

e)

Transnistria

52.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


What is the most populous city in all of Eastern Europe?

a)

Kiev

b)

Belarus

c)

Minsk

d)

Hungary

e)

Karst

53.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Which country, whose name means "white Russia," contains the Pinsk Marshes, the largest marshland in Europe?

a)

Serbia

b)

Belarus

c)

Bulgaria

d)

Hungary

e)

Ukraine

54.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


The headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States is in which Eastern European capital?

a)

Kiev

b)

Belarus

c)

Minsk

d)

Hungary

e)

Karst

55.

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Which country of Eastern Europe has some of the best farmland in Europe, partly due to the Danube and Tisza Rivers?

a)

Kiev

b)

Belarus

c)

Minsk

d)

Hungary

e)

Karst

56.

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Which region is famous for its sinkholes and limestone caves?

a)

Kiev

b)

Belarus

c)

Minsk

d)

Hungary

e)

Karst

57.

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What plain covers almost all of Poland?

a)

Northern European Plain

b)

Transylvania

c)

Crimea

d)

Sevastopol

e)

Great Hungarian Plain

58.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Which region in Romania has long intrigued Western European, who view it as a place of mystery and danger?

a)

Northern European Plain

b)

Transylvania

c)

Crimea

d)

Sevastopol

e)

Montenegro

59.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Which area of the Ukraine is often called the "Russian Riviera"?

a)

Northern European Plain

b)

Transylvania

c)

Crimea

d)

Sevastopol

e)

Montenegro

60.

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Which city serves as Russia's main naval base?

a)

Northern European Plain

b)

Transylvania

c)

Crimea

d)

Sevastopol

e)

Montenegro

61.

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The name of which Eastern European country means "Black Mountain"?

a)

Belarus

b)

Bulgaria

c)

Romania

d)

Poland

e)

Montenegro

62.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


The "land of the Romans"

a)

Romania

b)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

c)

Croatia

d)

Serbia

e)

Ukraine

63.

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Participated in the Dayton Peace Accords

a)

Romania

b)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

c)

Croatia

d)

Serbia

e)

Ukraine

64.

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Shaped like a boomerang

a)

Romania

b)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

c)

Croatia

d)

Serbia

e)

Ukraine

65.

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Capital is Belgrade

a)

Romania

b)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

c)

Croatia

d)

Serbia

e)

Ukraine

66.

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Most important industrial and agricultural center in the CIS

a)

Romania

b)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

c)

Croatia

d)

Serbia

e)

Ukraine

67.

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Proclaimed by Enver Hoxha to be the first truly atheistic country

a)

Albania

b)

Poland

c)

Lithuania

d)

Latvia

e)

Belarus

68.

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Home of Solidarity

a)

Albania

b)

Poland

c)

Lithuania

d)

Latvia

e)

Belarus

69.

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Largest of the Baltic States; home of the Hill of Crosses

a)

Albania

b)

Poland

c)

Lithuania

d)

Latvia

e)

Belarus

70.

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Middle of the Baltic States; capital is Riga

a)

Albania

b)

Poland

c)

Lithuania

d)

Latvia

e)

Belarus

71.

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"White Russia"; capital is Minsk

a)

Albania

b)

Poland

c)

Lithuania

d)

Latvia

e)

Belarus

72.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Overthrew the Communist party in the Velvet Revolution

a)

Albania

b)

Bulgaria

c)

Lithuania

d)

Latvia

e)

Czechia (Czech Republic)

73.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Capital is Sofia

a)

Albania

b)

Bulgaria

c)

Lithuania

d)

Latvia

e)

Czechia (Czech Republic)

74.

What man in the Old Testament received a promise that included a geographic location?

a)

Daniel

b)

Abraham

c)

Samson

d)

Joseph

e)

Noah

75.

What are the two main branches of geography?

a)

Cultural Geography

b)

Physical Geography

c)

Systematic Geography

d)

Regional Geography

e)

Human Geography

76.

Hipparchus's contribution to geography was the . . .

a)

Globe

b)

Grid

c)

Relief Map

d)

Survey

e)

Compass

77.

The mapmaker whose system is still used today is . . .

a)

Copernicus

b)

Eratosthenes

c)

Mercator

d)

Magellan

e)

Ptolemy

78.

Detailed land features -- such as mountains, hills, elevations, rivers, and swamps -- are referred to as . . .

a)

Grids

b)

Topography

c)

Legends

d)

Hemispheres

e)

Gores

79.

Each of the meridians on a globe forms a . . .

a)

Great Circle

b)

Ring of Fire

c)

Parallel

d)

Minute

e)

Line of latitude

80.

Each of the complete lines running north and south around the globe forms a . . .

a)

Great Circle

b)

Ring of Fire

c)

Parallel

d)

Minute

e)

Line of latitude