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First 2 week quiz world geo 8/6/20

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mountains, rivers, and oceans are examples of what types of borders?

a)

Political Borders

b)

Physical Borders

c)

Man-made borders

d)

National Borders

2.

This is an example of a man made border called _______

a)

The U.s. mexico border fence

b)

the dmz in n & s korea

c)

the berlin wall in german

d)

the great wall of china

3.

What is this physical border called?

a)

the rocky mountains

b)

the Appalachian mountains

c)

the himalayas

d)

the piernes mountains

4.

What is this boundary called (it was create after WWII)

a)

The DMZ

b)

The united nations

c)

The European Union

d)

The confederated states of europe

5.

why was this area created

a)

To prevent future wars and create peace by controlling resources for war

b)

to make sure that no one is allowed within these borders who doesn't belong

c)

to not care about borders and let people do whatever they want

d)

I dont know

6.

What is this man made border called?

a)

the great wall

b)

the 38th parallel

c)

the iron curtain

d)

no mans land

7.

This list outlines some of the problems with setting the boundary line between israel and___________


1control of jerusalem 2jewish settlement

a)

iraq

b)

lebanon

c)

saudi arabia

d)

palestine

8.

which of the following best describes the unique strength of the geographic information system?

a)

it aides geographers in creating maps for nonexistent climate regions

b)

it helps geographers track the absolute location of a moving object

c)

it allows geographers visuals of distant places through photographic images

d)

it helps geographers analyze different aspects of a place through spatial data

9.

one result of increased use of global positioning system by american automobile drivers is

a)

increased fuel cost

b)

more efficient navigation

c)

decreased automobile prices

d)

more use of public transportation

10.

Military forces first used the global positioning system in order to-

a)

establish political borders

b)

locate exact positions

c)

determine differences in elevation

d)

layer different pieces of spatial data

11.

which characteristics do countries belonging to the European union (EU) have in common

a)

they supported the war in Iraq

b)

they were allied during World War II

c)

they are located on the same continent

d)

they once belonged to the communist bloc

12.

Scientist in Alberta, Canada are studying the province's declining grizzly bear population and its causes. Which of the following tools would best help them combine and track changes to various pieces of data, such as bears habitat areas, migration paths, areas of road traffic and human development

a)

canadian road atlas

b)

canadian elevation maps

c)

global positioning system

d)

geographical information system