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WorksheetsUnit 1: Intro to Geography Test Review
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 49mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is geography?
a)
The study of places
b)
The study of the relationship between people and environments
c)
The study of places and relationships between people and their environments
d)
The study of rocks and minerals
2.
How many types of geography are there?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
3.
What are the types of geography?
a)
Human and Physical
b)
Human and Non-human
c)
Physical and Theoretic
d)
Human, Physical, and Theoretic
4.
What is Physical Geography?
a)
The study of human societies spread over the Earth’s surface
b)
The study of the physical properties of the Earth’s surface
5.
What are physical properties?
a)
Physical properties are things like landforms and climate
b)
Physical properties refer to people and culture
6.
What are landforms?
a)
Natural things like mountains and rivers, not man-made things
b)
Refers to what the weather is like in a particular location
7.
What is climate?
a)
Natural things like mountains and rivers, not man-made things
b)
Refers to what the weather is like in a particular location
8.
What are human societies?
a)
Human societies are groups of people with a shared culture
b)
Human societies refer to the landforms and climate of an area
9.
What are some examples of one's culture?
a)
Red, white, purple, and yellow
b)
Rivers, lakes, mountains, and plains
c)
Traditions, language, clothes, and food
10.
_____ people live, affects ___ people live.
a)
When; where
b)
How; where
c)
Where; how
d)
Where; when
11.
Someone who studies geography is known as a what?
a)
Smarty pants
b)
Sound engineer
c)
Cartographer
d)
Geographer
12.
Flat - 2d
a)
Maps
b)
Globes
c)
Both
13.
Shows the whole world, always
a)
Maps
b)
Globes
c)
Both
14.
Sphere - 3d
a)
Maps
b)
Globes
c)
Both
15.
Can show just a small area of the world
a)
Maps
b)
Globes
c)
Both
16.
Can show physical properties and/or be political
a)
Maps
b)
Globes
c)
Both
17.
Can show the whole world
a)
Maps
b)
Globes
c)
Both
18.
Looks like the Earth does from space
a)
Maps
b)
Globes
c)
Both
19.
Distorted
a)
Maps
b)
Globes
c)
Both
20.
Distortion is...
a)
something that doesn't happen on maps
b)
very common on globes
c)
when something looks like it is supposed to
d)
when something doesn't look like it is supposed to
21.
Half of the Earth is called a what?
a)
Hearth
b)
Hemisphere
c)
Diisphere
d)
Triisphere
22.
A collection of a bunch of maps is called an _______.
a)
Atlas
b)
Kronos
c)
Compass
d)
Herd
23.
The _______ divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
24.
The _______ divides the Earth into the Western and Eastern Hemispheres
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
25.
_____ are the different ways you can take a 3d world and flatten it out on a 2d plane.
a)
Globes
b)
Human Societies
c)
Physical Properties
d)
Map Projections
26.
What are ALL the correct ways maps can be distorted?
a)
Shape, size, and distance
b)
Direction, distance, and size
c)
Shape, size, direction, and distance
d)
Shape, size, direction, distance, and color
27.
How is the Mercator projection distorted?
a)
Size
b)
Shape
c)
Direction
d)
Distance
28.
How is the Gall-Peters projections distorted?
a)
Size
b)
Shape
c)
Direction
d)
Distance
29.
How is the Robinson projection distorted?
a)
Size
b)
Shape
c)
Size and shape, but less distorted than Gall and Mercator
d)
Map is not distorted at all
30.
A smaller map has ____ distortion than a bigger map.
a)
More
b)
Less
31.
What does a physical map show?
a)
Physical properties, like landforms and climate
b)
Boundaries between areas and often times major cities, capitals, roads, and bodies of water
c)
One particular feature of an area, color matters
32.
What does a political map show?
a)
Physical properties, like landforms and climate
b)
Boundaries between areas and often times major cities, capitals, roads, and bodies of water
c)
One particular feature of an area, color matters
33.
What does a thematic map show?
a)
Physical properties, like landforms and climate
b)
Boundaries between areas and often times major cities, capitals, roads, and bodies of water
c)
One particular feature of an area, color matters
34.
A mapmaker is called a ____.
a)
Mapologist
b)
Geographer
c)
Geologist
d)
Cartographer
35.
Title
a)
Tells what the map is about
b)
Helps find absolutle location
c)
Figure that gives the reader of the map a sense of direction
d)
Relates distances on map to distances in real life
e)
Reveals what the colors and symbols on a map are, allowing the reader to make sense of it
36.
Grid
a)
Tells what the map is about
b)
Helps find absolutle location
c)
Figure that gives the reader of the map a sense of direction
d)
Relates distances on map to distances in real life
e)
Reveals what the colors and symbols on a map are, allowing the reader to make sense of it
37.
Relative Location
a)
Where something is in relation to another thing
b)
Exactly where something is using latitude and longitude
38.
Absolute Location
a)
Where something is in relation to another thing
b)
Exactly where something is using latitude and longitude
39.
Latitude
a)
Lines like this "---"
b)
Lines like this"l"
40.
Longitude
a)
Lines like this "---"
b)
Lines like this"l"
41.
Compass rose
a)
Tells what the map is about
b)
Helps find absolutle location
c)
Figure that gives the reader of the map a sense of direction
d)
Relates distances on map to distances in real life
e)
Reveals what the colors and symbols on a map are, allowing the reader to make sense of it
42.
Cardinal directions
a)
North, East, South, and West
b)
Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest
43.
Intermediate Directions
a)
North, East, South, and West
b)
Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest
44.
Scale
a)
Tells what the map is about
b)
Helps find absolutle location
c)
Figure that gives the reader of the map a sense of direction
d)
Relates distances on map to distances in real life
e)
Reveals what the colors and symbols on a map are, allowing the reader to make sense of it
45.
Key
a)
Tells what the map is about
b)
Helps find absolutle location
c)
Figure that gives the reader of the map a sense of direction
d)
Relates distances on map to distances in real life
e)
Reveals what the colors and symbols on a map are, allowing the reader to make sense of it
46.
What direction is Iowa from Wisconsin?
a)
Northeast
b)
Northwest
c)
Southeast
d)
Southwest
47.
What direction is Minnesota from Wisconsin?
a)
North
b)
East
c)
South
d)
West
48.
What direction is Illinois from Wisconsin?
a)
North
b)
East
c)
South
d)
West
49.
What direction is Upper Michigan from Wisconsin?
a)
Northeast
b)
Northwest
c)
Southeast
d)
Southwest
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