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World Geography Semester Exam

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 3hrs 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What two European countries colonized most of the land in Latin America?

a)

Spain and France

b)

France and Portugal

c)

Spain and Portugal

d)

England and Spain

2.

Which of the following is an example of "absolute location"?

a)

California is on the west coast.

b)

the coordinates for Disney world are 28.3852° N, 81.5639° W.

c)

The Foley YMCA is behind Academy Sports.

d)

Foley is about 15 minutes away from the beach.

3.

What is the purpose of a compass rose on a map?

a)

to tell the distance that is travelled

b)

to tell what direction you are traveling in

4.

What continent is number 5?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

5.

What ocean is at coordinates 20°S, 100°E?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Southern

6.

What are the coordinates for where the Prime Meridian and Equator intersect?

a)

0°, 180° N

b)

0°, 0°

c)

0°, 180° S

d)

180°N, 0°

7.

If you start in Florida and want to go to Iowa, what direction would you travel?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southeast

c)

Northwest

d)

Southwest

8.

Most Canadians live in _____ areas.

a)

rural

b)

urban

c)

abandoned

d)

wilderness

e)

northern

9.

Which nation is depicted in the map below?

a)

The United States

b)

Alaska

c)

Russia

d)

Canada

e)

Argentina

10.

Which of the following is NOT one of the Great Lakes?

a)

Superior

b)

Huron

c)

Michigan

d)

Erie

e)

Mead

11.
What a location is like when you get there.
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Movement
12.
How people and good get around
a)
Human Environment Interaction
b)
Place
c)
Movement
d)
Regions
13.
Tells where it is
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Regions
d)
Movement
14.
What places have in common
a)
Movement
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Locatio
15.
What people do to the environment
a)
Human Environment Interaction
b)
Movement
c)
Location
d)
Place
16.
The number of hours it takes the Earth to rotate on its axis is ______.
a)
12
b)
6
c)
8
d)
24
17.
Government where power lies with the people
a)
Monarchy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Theocracy
d)
Democracy
18.
Government headed by a king or queen
a)
Democracy
b)
Dictatorship
c)
Monarchy
d)
Oligarchy
19.
Government in which one person has absolute power
a)
Dictatorship
b)
Monarchy
c)
Democracy
d)
Autocracy
20.
The ________ divided the earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
a)
Tropic of Cancer
b)
Equator
c)
Tropic of Capricorn
d)
Prime Meridian
21.
The _________divides the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
a)
Equator
b)
Tropic of Capricorn
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Tropic of Cancer
22.
The process of cutting down forests is called
a)
lumbering
b)
irrigation
c)
deforestation
d)
desalinization
23.
What state is this?
a)
Michigan
b)
Louisiana
c)
Maryland
d)
Wisconsin
24.
What state is highlighted on the map?
a)
New Jersey
b)
New York
c)
Vermont
d)
Deleware
25.
What state is shaded red?
a)
Oregon
b)
Arkansas
c)
Oklahoma
d)
Kansas
26.

What is the country in red?

a)

Haiti

b)

Suriname

c)

Brazil

d)

Peru

27.

What is the country in red?

a)

Ecuador

b)

Chile

c)

Argentina

d)

Paraguay

28.

What is the country in red?

a)

Brazil

b)

Spain

c)

Ecuador

d)

Argentina

29.

What is the country in red?

a)

Bolivia

b)

Chile

c)

Argentina

d)

Brazil

30.
Which type of economic activity extracts or harvests raw materials?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
Quaternary
31.
Which type of economic activity uses raw materials to produce something new?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
Quaternary
32.
Choose the correct examples of a primary activity.
a)
truck driver, doctor, store clerk, restaurant
b)
manufacturing and construction
c)
mining, agriculture, fishing
d)
research and data processing
33.
Choose the correct examples of a secondary activity.
a)
truck driver, doctor, store clerk, restaurant
b)
manufacturing and construction
c)
mining, agriculture, fishing
d)
research and data processing
34.
Choose the correct examples of a tertiary activity.
a)
truck driver, doctor, store clerk, restaurant
b)
manufacturing and construction
c)
mining, agriculture, fishing
d)
research and data processing
35.
What economic sector is related to services?
a)
Primary
b)
Tourism
c)
Tertiary
d)
Secondary
36.

Name this Landform

a)

Glacier

b)

Mountain

c)

Valley

d)

Plateau

37.

Triangle shaped mouth of a river which brings rich soil is known as a ...

a)

Delta

b)

Pond

c)

Swamp

d)

Tributary

38.

Name this Landform

a)

Volcano

b)

Hills

c)

Island

d)

Glacier

39.

Which of these is a canal?

a)
b)
c)
d)
40.

An area of land that sticks out from the mainland and is surrounded by water on all sides but one is known as a...

a)

Peninsula

b)

Plain

c)

Mountain Range

d)

River

41.
Which city has the largest population and economy in the United States, making a center for world's financial markets?
a)
New York City
b)
Los Angeles
c)
Chicago
d)
Houston
42.

Which city is shown by the yellow plane?

a)

Denver

b)

Houston

c)

Phoenix

d)

Los Angeles

43.

Which city is shown by the orange plane?

a)

Detroit

b)

Chicago

c)

St. Louis

d)

Atlanta

44.
How was the transportation made during The Columbian Exchange?
a)
By ship across the Atlantic Ocean
b)
By train across the European continent
c)
By wagons across the African continent
d)
By boat across the Pacific Ocean
45.
A large mountain range that goes along the western coast of South America
a)
Amazon
b)
Panama Canal
c)
Andes
d)
Pampas

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