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Foundations Unit 1 - Map Quiz on Continents & Oddities

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of civilizations?

a)

Specialized Labor

b)

Large Cities

c)

Institutions such as schools & hospitals

d)

Rural farmland

2.

The Agricultural Revolution is also known as the

a)

Paleolithic Revolution

b)

Neolithic Revolution

c)

Jurassic Revolution

d)

Geographic Revolution

3.

What does Neolithic mean?

a)

Old Stone Age

b)

Geographic Alliance

c)

New Stone Age

d)

Geographic Age

4.

What does B.C. stand for?

a)

Before Costner

b)

Before Columbus

c)

Before Carter

d)

Before Christ

5.

What does A.D. stand for?

a)

After Death

b)

Anno Domini (Latin for in the Year of Our Lord)

c)

Anno Dominican

d)

After Darth Vader

6.

What does B.C.E. stand for?

a)

Before Columbus Explored

b)

Before the Canceled Expedition

c)

Before the Common Era

d)

Before the Colonial Era

7.

Who were the Indigenous People of India?

a)

the Brahmins

b)

the Aryans

c)

the Dravidians

d)

the Indo-Europeans

8.

Who came to India from the north and set up the Caste System?

a)

Indo-Europeans / Aryans

b)

Dravidians

c)

Mongols

d)

Romans

9.

Which continent has a population of 4.2 Billion people?

a)

Antarctica

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

North America

10.

Which country is the most populous with 1.393 Billion people?

a)

India

b)

Tibet

c)

Japan

d)

China

11.

Which country is the 2nd most populous with 1.353 Billion people?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

Australia

12.

How many continents are there?

a)

9

b)

8

c)

7

d)

6

13.

What does Discontiguous mean?

a)

Connected

b)

Shares the same common border

c)

Synonymous

d)

Does not share the same common border (disconnected).

14.

What does Quirk mean?

a)

Individual habit that is unusual or out of the ordinary.

b)

Ordinary habit

c)

It's the strawberry flavor of Quik; just add milk.

d)

Habitual tardiness

15.

What is Nomenclature?

a)

The habitat of Gnomes

b)

The system of naming places

c)

Gnomes made out of clay

d)

Clay ovens of the Neolithic Age

16.

What is Topography?

a)

The study of graphs

b)

Mountain top study

c)

The study of rivers, oceans, and other bodies of water

d)

Physical features of the landscape on a map

17.

What 4 cities & counties have the same name in the U.S.?

a)

Philadelphia, Chicago, New York, & Boston

b)

Providence, Los Angeles, San Francisco, & Broomfield

c)

Phoenix, Chandler, Mesa, & Gilbert

d)

Denver, Broomfield, San Francisco, & Philadelphia

18.

Outside of Alaska, which two states in the U.S.A. have had the most earthquakes? (Hint: It's not what you think! Remember this is "oddities" of geography).

a)

Alaska & California

b)

California & Nevada

c)

Oregon & California

d)

Missouri & South Carolina

19.

Where did Hinduism originate?

a)

China

b)

Indonesia

c)

Malaysia

d)

India

20.

Is Hinduism monotheistic or polytheistic?

a)

Monotheistic

b)

Polytheistic

c)

Neither

d)

Both