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6th Grade Geography Review

Total questions: 93

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

characteristics or features in a particular place (e.g., amount of rainfall or number of trees)

a)

Connections

b)

Conditions

c)

Physical Geography

d)

Human Geography

2.

natural or human-made links between two places (e.g., a river, a highway)

a)

Connections

b)

Conditions

c)

Defense

d)

cropland

3.

land which can be used to grow plants that people use (e.g., corn for food or cotton for fiber)

a)

cropland

b)

grow land

c)

connections

d)

conditions

4.

study of where people have decided to live and what they have chosen to build and do in different parts of the the Earth.

a)

Human Geography

b)

Physical Geography

c)

Biology

d)

Psychology

5.

study of the Earth's land, air, and water (including mountains and soils, weather and climate, rivers, lakes, and oceans)

a)

Human Geography

b)

Physical Geography

c)

Awesome Geography

d)

Biology with Geography

6.

Water Supply

a)

water that people can use to drink or to raise plants and animals

b)

place that had an especially large population and a large number of public buildings and private homes early in human history

c)

a place next to water (ocean, lake, river) where ships or large boats can safely unload or load goods and people onto the land.

d)

land that is usually covered by shallow water that plants grow in

7.

a line of latitude that is near the South Pole; also called the 66.5 degree south latitude line

a)

Arctic Circle

b)

Antarctic Circle

8.

a line of latitude that is near the North Pole; also called the 66.5 degree north latitude line

a)

Antarctic Circle

b)

Arctic Circle

9.

a line of latitude that is halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole; also called the zero(0) degree latitude line

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

10.

refers to the whole world

a)

Global

b)

Regional

c)

Territorial

d)

District

11.

the months during a year when temperatures are high enough for plants (especially crops that provide food for people) to grow

a)

Cropland

b)

Growing Season

c)

Harvest Moon

12.

a set of lines that geographers draw on the earth because they want to describe locations in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles.

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

13.

a group of places that are alike in some way AND also are near each other

a)

Region

b)

District

c)

Pattern

d)

Area

14.

refers to the size of an area that geographers are studying; can vary from looking at the whole world (a global scale) to zooming in on smaller areas inside the world (for example, a continent, a country inside a continent, a city inside a country)

a)

Region

b)

Movement

c)

Spatial Scale

15.

a line of latitude that is north of the Equator, but closer to the Equator than to the North Pole; also called the 23.5 degree north latitude line

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

16.

a line of latitude that is south of the Equator, but closer to the Equator than to the South Pole; also called the 23.5 degree south latitude line

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

17.

half of the globe (e.g., the half that is north of the Equator is the Northern Hemisphere; the half that is south of the equator is the Southern Hemisphere).

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Equator

d)

Hemisphere

18.

Which regions of long life expectancy (80 or more years)

a)

United States- North America

b)

Japan, Korea - Asia

c)

Nigeria- Africa

d)

Brazil - South America

19.

Which regions of short life expectancy (less than 60 years).

a)

Majority of African countries

b)

Majority of Asian countries

c)

South America

d)

Europe

20.

Which region of low infant mortality (10 or lower).

a)

India, Asia

b)

Brazil, South America

c)

Great Britain, Europe

d)

Mexico, North America

21.

Find regions of high infant mortality (41 or more).

a)

India, Asia

b)

Brazil, South America

c)

Great Britain, Europe

d)

Mexico, North America

22.

Find regions of low percentages who have access to electricity (60% or less).

Which continents are they in? Choose 2

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

Australia

d)

Africa

23.

Find regions where moms have the most children (4.1 or more).

Which continents are they in

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

24.

Find regions where moms have the fewest children (1.7 or less).

Which continents are they in

a)

Australia

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

25.

Find regions where percentages for children are high (40% or more).

Which continents are they in?

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Australia

d)

Africa

26.

Find regions where percentages for children are low (20% or less).

Which continents are they in? Choose 2

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Australia

d)

Africa

27.

Find regions where lower percentages of adults are literate (70% or less).

Which continents are they in? Choose 2

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Australia

d)

Europe

28.

Find regions where high percentages of adults are literate (99% or more).

Which continents are they in? Choose 2

a)

South America

b)

Africa

c)

Australia

d)

Europe

29.
Which definition best matches the term population density?
a)
human beings in general
b)
number of people in a particular area
c)
A measurement of people for a specific area
d)
All the inhabitants of a particular area
30.
Which definition best matches the term population?
a)
A measurement of people for a specific area
b)
All the inhabitants of a particular area
c)
human beings in general
d)
the increase in the number of people in a particular area
31.
Which is [likely to be] more densely populated?
a)
desert
b)
coast
32.
The average number of people living in an area
a)
population distribution
b)
population density
c)
urbanization
d)
population rate
33.
There are approximately 17,620 people per square mile in New York City. If New York City is 468 square miles, approximately how many people live in New York City?
a)
17,620
b)
8,246,160
c)
37
d)
.027
34.
Why has the population been able to grow so quickly in such a short period of time?
a)
Doctors have developed easier and safer ways to have babies
b)
People needed more help to work their farms so they had more children
c)
Because people stayed in one place and only moved when crowded out
d)
Because of medical care, clean water and better access to nutritious food
35.

What is the world's most populous country?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

U.S.

d)

Mexico

36.

One reason the world is growing so quickly is because...

a)

The world has infinite resources for everyone

b)

Birth rate is higher than death rate

c)

There are more and more places for people to live

d)

Death rate is higher than birth rate

37.

Most of the world's population lives in...

a)

North America

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

38.
This is what type of map?
a)
Cartogram
b)
Dot
c)
Choropleth
d)
Political
39.

average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime for a given area

a)

birth rate

b)

fertility rate

c)

infant rate

d)

rate of natural increase

40.
What is the primary type of agriculture used in less developed countries?
a)
commerical
b)
hunter-gatherer
c)
subsistence
d)
genetically modified
41.

Which type of agriculture is mainly practiced in developed nations?

a)

hunting and gathering

b)

subsistence agriculture

c)

commercial agriculture

d)

fishing

42.

Those 0-14 and 65+ are usually classified as?

a)

Dependents

b)

Working Group - Independents

c)

Working Age

d)

Baby Boomers

43.

Those 15 - 65 are usually classified as?

a)

Dependents

b)

Working Group - Independents

c)

Facilitators

d)

Baby Boomers

44.
diagram that shows the age and male/female distribution of a population, where the youngest are at the base and the oldest at the top
a)
dependent population
b)
population pyramid
c)
food pyramid
d)
population density distribution
45.
According to the population pyramid of this country, its population is most likely...
a)
growing slowly.
b)
growing rapidly.
c)
decreasing.
d)
not changing.
46.
Name the type of pyramid in the picture.
a)
slow growth
b)
fast growth
c)
zero growth
d)
decline
47.
Name the type of pyramid in the picture.
a)
slow growth
b)
fast growth
c)
zero growth
d)
decline
48.

As a country slows in population growth, its pyramid shape will:

a)

Become wider at the base and narrower at the top

b)

Be inverted

c)

Become more rectangular

d)

Bulge in the middle

49.
a)

Growing/Increasing Population

b)

Stationary Population

c)

Declining Population

50.
According to this chart what country has the highest population?
a)
Mexico
b)
United States
c)
Nigeria
d)
China
51.
Which is NOT shown on a population pyramid?
a)
Age
b)
Sex (male/female)
c)
Ethnicity 
d)
Race
52.
The number of people that are too young or too old to work on a population pyramid.
a)
Sex Ratio
b)
Dependency Ratio
c)
Demographic Ratio
d)
Population Ratio
53.

Those 0-14 and 65+ are usually classified as?

a)

Dependents

b)

Working Group - Independents

c)

Working Age

d)

Baby Boomers

54.

Which type of population is illustrated by this population pyramid?

a)

Fast growing

b)

Slow growing

c)

Stationary (not growing or shrinking)

d)

Negative growth (shrinking)

55.

As a country slows in population growth, its pyramid shape will:

a)

Become wider at the base and narrower at the top

b)

Be inverted

c)

Become more rectangular

d)

Bulge in the middle

56.

In an advanced stage of industrialization, a country will exhibit which set of characteristics?

a)

Low birth and death rates, stable population, good living conditions, long life expectancy.

b)

High birth and death rates, stable population, poor living condition, short life expectancy.

c)

High birth rate and low death rate, growing population, good living conditions, long life expectancy.

d)

High birth and death rates, stable population, harsh living conditions, short life expectancy

57.

Which population pyramid would be encouraging immigration?

a)
b)
58.
the number of deaths each year per 1,000 people
a)
fertility rate
b)
rate of natural increase
c)
migration
d)
death rate
59.

What is 1

a)

Great Plains grass region

b)

Southern cotton/pine region

c)

Central American

and Caribbean

hot and hilly region

d)

Western mountain region

e)

Great Lakes farm region

60.

What is 3

a)

Great Plains grass region

b)

Southern cotton/pine region

c)

Central American

and Caribbean

hot and hilly region

d)

Western mountain region

e)

Great Lakes farm region

61.

What is 2

a)

Northern cold region

b)

Southern cotton/pine region

c)

Central American

and Caribbean

hot and hilly region

d)

Western mountain region

e)

Great Lakes farm region

62.

What is 6

a)

Northern cold region

b)

Southern cotton/pine region

c)

Central American

and Caribbean

hot and hilly region

d)

Western mountain region

e)

Great Lakes farm region

63.

What is 5

a)

Northern cold region

b)

Southern cotton/pine region

c)

Central American

and Caribbean

hot and hilly region

d)

Western mountain region

e)

Great Lakes farm region

64.

What is 4

a)

Northern cold region

b)

Southern cotton/pine region

c)

Central American

and Caribbean

hot and hilly region

d)

Western mountain region

e)

Great Lakes farm region

65.
What is climate?
a)
What's happening in space at a time and place.
b)
What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place
c)
The average weather over many years
d)
The average temperature over many years.
66.

The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal or plant lives or operates

a)

Terrain

b)

Climate

c)

Environment

67.
What's a type of Physical Feature?
a)
Mountains
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Streams
d)
All of these
68.
A formal region is:
a)
derived from people's sense of identity and attachment to different areas.
b)
an area that possesses one or more unifying cultural or physical traits.
c)
nonexistent in developing nations.
d)
an area unified by a specific social, cultural, or economic activity.
69.

the process and time it takes a person to integrate into a new culture and feel comfortable within it.

a)

Criterion

b)

Culture Shock

c)

Rationalization

d)

Cultural Adaptation

70.

a group of places and peoples controlled by one powerful government

a)

Umpire

b)

Empire

c)

region

d)

place

71.

dry places that receive little rainfall, have no trees, have few or no plants; tropical deserts are located 20 to 30 degrees north and south of the Equator

a)

Savanna

b)

Dry Grassland

c)

Swamp

d)

Desert

72.

places with tall trees, warm temperatures in all months, and rainfall at least 10 months; located about 0 to 5 degrees north and south of the Equator

a)

Equatorial rain-forest

b)

Desert

c)

Dry Grassland

d)

Savanna

73.

places where most plants are short (short grasses, not trees) because they need only small amounts of water; tropical grasslands are located 15 to 20 degrees north and south of the Equator

a)

Equatorial rain-forest

b)

Desert

c)

Grassland

d)

Savanna

74.

the physical environment (plants, animals, soils, climate) in a place

a)

Place

b)

Region

c)

Habitat

d)

State

75.

a disease that occurs in places that are warm and have rainfall most of the year; spread by mosquitoes

a)

Small Pox

b)

Malaria

c)

Polio

d)

Chicken Pox

76.

a plant with seeds that people use for food; it grows in warm dry areas (e.g. grasslands)

a)

Millet

b)

Oatmeal

c)

Barely

d)

Quaker's Oats

77.

water in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls on the land

a)

Prescription

b)

Precipitation

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Perception

78.

an animal that hunts and eats other animals

a)

predator

b)

Prey

79.

places near the Equator that receive more than 4 inches of rain in most months of the year

a)

Sun Belt

b)

Rainy Belt

c)

Bread Belt

80.

lack of rain to meet the needs of plants (e.g. the difference between the rain that trees need and the amount that actually falls in a month)

a)

surplus

b)

deficit

81.

a special graph that shows average temperatures and average precipitation for each month at a place

a)

Climate Graph

b)

Regional Graph

c)

Bar Graph

82.

more than enough rain to meet the needs of particular plants (enough rainfall each month for trees to grow in a place)

a)

surplus

b)

deficit

83.
Which is [likely to be] more densely populated?
a)
desert
b)
coast
84.
The number of people is...
a)
population
b)
population distribution
c)
population density
85.
How are people spread out on the earth's surface?
a)
evenly
b)
unevenly
86.
The total number of people divided by square miles is the formula for...
a)
population distribution
b)
population density
87.
Farmers that produce food that they need to survive on a daily basis are called
a)
Commercial agriculture
b)
Industrial agriculture
c)
Slash-and-burn agriculture
d)
subsistence agriculture
88.
What is the BEST title for this chart?
a)
Commercial Agriculture/Subsistence Agriculture
b)
Modern Agriculture/Traditional Agriculture
c)
Subsistence Agriculture/Commercial Agriculture
d)
Life in LDCs/Life in MDCs
89.
Farmers who grow only enough for personal or local use.
a)
Sustainable farming
b)
Subsistence farming
c)
Monoculture
90.

This graph shows the hottest temperatures (red line) in:

a)

June, July and August

b)

January, February, March

c)

October, November, December

91.
Which month has the lowest average temperature?
a)
December
b)
November
c)
January
d)
February 
92.
The line graph represents?
a)
Temperature
b)
Precipitation
c)
Wind Direction
93.
The bar graph represents?
a)
Temperature
b)
Precipitation
c)
Wind Direction

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