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Cultural Geo Review

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface.
a)
Map Projection
b)
Distortion
2.
The change in shape, size, or location of a place when shown on a map.
a)
Map Projection
b)
Distortion
3.
Shows continents, distorts oceans
a)
Goode's Homolosine
b)
Robinson
c)
Mercator
d)
Lambert
4.
balanced distortion of size and shape
a)
Goode's Homolosine
b)
Robinson
c)
Mercator
d)
Lambert
5.
shows direction, distorts size
a)
Goode's Homolosine
b)
Robinson
c)
Mercator
d)
Lambert
6.
shows polar zones, distorts everything else
a)
Eckert IV
b)
Robinson
c)
Mercator
d)
Lambert
7.
Which projection is this?
a)
Lambert
b)
Mercator
c)
Goode's Homolosine
d)
Robinson
8.
Which projection is this?
a)
Lambert
b)
Mercator
c)
Goode's Homolosine
d)
Robinson
9.
Which projection is this?
a)
Lambert
b)
Mercator
c)
Goode's Homolosine
d)
Robinson
10.
Which projection is this?
a)
Lambert
b)
Mercator
c)
Goode's Homolosine
d)
Robinson
11.
Which projection is this?
a)
Lambert
b)
Mercator
c)
Eckert IV
d)
Goode's Homolosine
12.
Which most accurately displays the size, shape, and location of continents and oceans?
a)
Globe
b)
Mercator Projection
c)
Goode's Homolosine
d)
Robinson
13.

Christians generally believe that the earth's features were altered dramatically by a great

a)

evolution

b)

bang

c)

cataclysm

d)

development

14.

What are the three parts of the earth as God divide it?

a)

atmosphere, geosphere, lithosphere

b)

atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere

c)

geosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere

d)

atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere

15.

Which of the following is not one of the three parts of the earth?

a)

atmosphere

b)

lithosphere

c)

hydrosphere

d)

troposphere

16.

A river and all of its tributaries are called a(n)

a)

network

b)

river system

c)

delta

d)

alluvial area

17.

The amount of water that flows from a river is called its

a)

alluvium

b)

drainage

c)

production

d)

discharge

18.

The total area from which a river and its tributaries get their water is the

a)

drainage basin

b)

territorial waters

c)

alluvial draw

d)

watershed

19.

A sheltered body of water next to the shore is called a

a)

lake

b)

sea

c)

harbor

d)

gulf

20.

The tectonic theory states that

a)

all of the continents were once linked into one supercontinent which broke apart over millions of years and formed the continents known today.

b)

all of the continents were once linked into one supercontinent which broke apart relatively quickly during the Flood.

c)

the earth's crust broke suddenly into sections during the Flood when "all the fountains of the great deep [were] broken up" (Gen. 7.11)

d)

the earth's surface is broken into pieces that crash into and pull apart from each other, releasing energy that causes earthquakes.

21.

Many of the earth's mountains seem to have been formed by

a)

alluvial deposits

b)

ebb and flow

c)

faulting and folding

d)

evolution

22.

What term means the breakdown of rocks by water, plant roots, and temperature changes?

a)

wearing

b)

erosion

c)

mass wasting

d)

weathering

23.

Which of the following is not one of the three basic biomes?

a)

forests

b)

grasslands

c)

wastelands

d)

wetlands

24.

What idea claims that the forces that shaped the earth as we now see it operated in the past at the same rate at which they do today?

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

uniformitarianism

d)

tributaries

25.

What term is used for rivers that "feed" other rivers?

a)

lakes

b)

swamp

c)

seas

d)

tributaries

26.

What term is used for bodies of water fully enclosed by land?

a)

lakes

b)

swamp

c)

seas

d)

tributaries

27.

What term is used for arms of the ocean that are only partially enclosed by land?

a)

lakes

b)

swamp

c)

seas

d)

tributaries

28.

What type of wetland has visible standing water and is dominated by trees?

a)

lakes

b)

swamp

c)

seas

d)

tributaries

29.

What kind of tree has needles instead of broad leaves and generally retains them year-round?

a)

deciduous

b)

conifer

30.

What is the saltiest lake in the world?

a)

the Caspian Sea

b)

the Dead Sea

31.

What is letter A?

a)

Equator

b)

Tropics

c)

Temperate Zones

d)

Polar Regions

32.

What is letter B?

a)

Equator

b)

Tropics

c)

Temperate Zones

d)

Polar Regions

33.

What is letter C?

a)

Equator

b)

Tropics

c)

Temperate Zones

d)

Polar Regions

34.

What is letter D?

a)

Equator

b)

Tropics

c)

Temperate Zones

d)

Polar Regions

35.

What fuel is derived from the remains of living things and generates most of the world's electricity?

a)

coal

b)

minerals

c)

natural resources

d)

ore

e)

raw materials

36.

The countries that produce three-fourths of all value added by manufacturing throughout the world are known collectively as

a)

G-8

b)

Y-12

c)

U-12

d)

MI-6

37.

Products that generally last longer than one year are

a)

durable goods

b)

tertiary products

c)

nondurable goods

d)

natural goods

38.

What is another name for services industries?

a)

primary industries

b)

secondary industries

c)

tertiary industries

d)

manufacturing

39.

A ban on trading is called a(n)

a)

tariff

b)

bounty

c)

excise

d)

embargo

40.

All of the following are precious metals except

a)

gold

b)

sulfur

c)

silver

d)

platinum

41.

All of the following are common metals except

a)

copper

b)

lead

c)

aluminum

d)

bronze

42.

What are taxes on imports and exports

a)

embargoes

b)

quotas

c)

surcharges

d)

tariffs

43.

The money and equipment necessary to build and operate businesses are called

a)

capital

b)

labor

c)

management

d)

industry

44.

The study of the process by which individuals and countries make decisions about the use of their resources is

a)

government

b)

psychology

c)

technology

d)

economics

45.

Match the description with the correct answer choice:

Home construction

a)

primary industry

b)

secondary industry

c)

tertiary industry

46.

Match the description with the correct answer choice:

Technology

a)

primary industry

b)

secondary industry

c)

tertiary industry

47.

What term best describes useful substances found in and extracted from the earth?

a)

fossil fuels

b)

minerals

c)

natural resources

d)

ore

e)

raw materials

48.

Solid crystals that occur naturally, have definite chemical composition, and are extracted from rock are called

a)

minerals

b)

natural gas

c)

fossil fuels

d)

rock salt

49.

Christians generally believe that the earth's features were altered dramatically by a great

a)

evolution

b)

bang

c)

cataclysm

d)

development

50.

Wide areas of level land are called

a)

buttes

b)

plains

c)

savannas

d)

deserts

51.

Nutrient-rich soil deposited by rivers is called

a)

runoff

b)

fertilizer

c)

alluvium

d)

depositional soil

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