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General geography 5th grade (Orientation, nature, Earth)

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following greek scientists made the first map (II century)?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Ptolemies

c)

Herodotus

d)

Nicolaus Copernicus

2.

Christopher Columbus reaches the shores of North America in ...

a)

1490

b)

1500

c)

1492

d)

1499

3.

Which scientist first found a way and reached the shores of India?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Vasko Da Gama

c)

Abel Tasman

d)

Fernando magellan

4.

Which scientist made the first route around the world and confirms the assumption of the ancient Greeks that we live on a globe shaped planet?

a)

Abel Tasman

b)

Fernando Magellan

c)

Vasko Da Gama

d)

Christopher Columbus

5.

Which of the listed are main world directions?

a)

Northeast

b)

West

c)

South

d)

Southeast

e)

Southwest

6.

Some of the ways for orientation in nature are by using a compass and the sun.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

If a map has a scale of 1:1 000 000 the actual distance would be:

a)

1 cm = 10 km

b)

1 cm = 100 km

c)

1 cm = 1000 km

d)

1 cm = 1 km

8.

The map shown is:

a)

Thematical

b)

Geographical

9.

The first Bulgarian globe was made in 1863 by:

a)

Neophyte Rilski

b)

Neophyte Bozveli

c)

Paisii Hilendarski

10.

Choose the Prime meridian and Prime parallel.

a)

The Equator

b)

The Greenwich meridian

c)

180 meridian

d)

Tropic of Cancer

e)

Tropic of Capricorn

11.

The point [A] on the map has coordinates:

a)

20° n.g.l /40° e.g.l.

b)

40° n.g.l /20° e.g.l.

c)

60° n.g.l /40° e.g.l.

d)

20° n.g.l /60° e.g.l.

12.

How many percent is the Earth's water surface compared to the land?

a)

71% / 29%

b)

29% / 71%

c)

60% / 40%

d)

50% / 50%

13.

The lithosphere is:

a)

Rocks layer of the Earth

b)

Living layer of the Earth

c)

Water layer of the Earth

d)

Soil layer of the Earth

14.

The core, mantle and crust are part of the Outer structure of the Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Which of the following types of rocks belong to igneous rock type?

a)

Limestone

b)

Granite

c)

Marble

d)

Sandstone

16.

Volcanic eruption, earthquake and lithospheric movement are:

a)

Inner forces of the Earth

b)

Outer forces of the Earth

17.

The height of every landform, measured according to the sea level is:

a)

Absolute height

b)

Relative height

18.

Which of the following landforms is concave form of the relief?

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

Choose only the factors of the climate.

a)

Temperature

b)

Geographical location

c)

Relief

d)

Atmospheric pressure

e)

Ocean and sea currents

20.

How many are the climate zones in the world?

a)

7

b)

4

c)

3

d)

10

21.

Choose the zone the description refers to:

•High temperatures

•High precipitations

•No winds

•One season – summer

a)

Equatorial

b)

Tropical

c)

Polar

d)

Moderate

22.

The salty taste of the water is because of:

a)

Disolved Sodium chloride

b)

Disolved Magnesium chloride

23.

The brown forest soils are typical for:

a)

Equatorial climate

b)

Moderate climate

c)

Desert areas

d)

over 800-900 m. altitude

24.

Which religion emerged VII century on Arabian peninsula?

a)

Islam

b)

Christianity

c)

Buddhism

d)

Judaism

25.

Which race the description refer to:

•Dark curly hair, dark skin, plumb lips and wide nostrils.

a)

Negroid

b)

Europid

c)

Mongoloid

26.

Cities emerged earlier than villages.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

27.

Which of the countries is situated in Asia?

a)

Brazil

b)

Canada

c)

Egypt

d)

Japan

28.

Which of the following countries is NOT a monarchy?

a)

Croatia

b)

Monaco

c)

UK

d)

Luxembourg

29.

How many are the Economy sectors?

a)

3

b)

2

c)

5

d)

4

30.

Which of the following pictures is showing activity of one of the sub-sectors in the Secondary sector?

a)
b)
c)
d)