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Year 8 Geography Knowledge Quiz 2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which continent is Brazil?

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Australasia

d)

Europe

2.

What is a 'favela'?

a)

A poor area of housing in Brazil

b)

A rich area of housing in Brazil

c)

Brazil's national dish

d)

The name of the Brazilian Prime Minister

3.

What is 'ecotourism'?

a)

Travelling to natural areas without causing damage

b)

Travelling to a foreign country

c)

Travelling within your own country

d)

Travelling to a forest

4.

What is a positive of tourism?

a)

Tourism brings more jobs and boosts the economy

b)

Tourism leads to wealthy people buying lots of housing and renting it out to tourists

c)

Tourism can damage the environment

5.

Is the equator a line of latitude or a line of longitude?

a)

Latitude (lines AROUND the Earth)

b)

Longitude (lines OVER the Earth)

6.

How many continents are there on Earth?

a)

7

b)

6

c)

5

d)

8

7.

What is urbanisation?

a)

The movement of people to the cities

b)

The movement of people to the countryside

c)

How many people live in cities

d)

Reasons why people might want to live in cities

8.

What are push factors?

a)

Something that makes people want to leave a place

b)

Something that attracts people to a new place

9.

Which type of ecosystem is in this image?

a)

Tundra

b)

Rainforest

c)

Desert

d)

Ocean

10.

What type of plate boundary is this? (Think carefully!)

a)

Conservative

b)

Constructive

c)

Destructive