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Intro to Geography

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Geography?

a)

The study of Earth and it's people.

b)

The study of people in the United States.

c)

The study of Earth.

d)

The study of the United States.

2.

What are the two types of Geography?

a)

Physical

b)

Human

c)

Culture

d)

Religion

3.

What is human geography?

a)

The study of humans.

b)

Humans.

c)

The things humans make.

d)

Anthropology.

4.

What is physical geography?

a)

The sum of all of the things humans did not create/do not have control over.

b)

The sum of all the things that have to do with math.

c)

The collection of rocks by humans.

d)

The collection of all the things humans did not create.

5.

Which of the following are themes of Geography? (There are multiple answers)

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Region

e)

Culture

6.

Which of the following is a theme of Geography?

a)

Food

b)

Music

c)

Movement

d)

Religion

7.

What are the two types of location?

a)

Current and Past

b)

Absolute and Relative

c)

Near and Far

8.

Name the best location you can think of.

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9.

Which of the following is the definition of place?

a)

A grocery store.

b)

What humans say it is.

c)

Somewhere that you go.

d)

What humans believe, think and do that makes their location different from other locations.

10.

Name one invention that has affected the human movement on Earth.

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11.

What is the definition of human environment interaction?

a)

How humans interact with other humans.

b)

How the environment impacts itself.

c)

How humans and the environment interact with each other.

d)

How humans treat their pets.

12.

Which of the following is an example of Human Environment Interaction (HEI)? (Multiple Answers)

a)

Ranching

b)

Tornadoes

c)

Tsunamis

d)

Sleeping

13.

Absolute location can be expressed as latitude and longitude.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Lines of longitude run east-west, but measure distance in a north-south direction.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The Prime Meridian is a line of longitude.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What is the first thing you should look at when reading a map?

a)

Legend

b)

Compass

c)

Scale

d)

Title

17.

Natural features such as mountains and lakes can be found on what type of map?

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Vegetation

18.

It is possible for map projections to distort some aspects of Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The Earth is divided into how many hemispheres?

a)

8

b)

2

c)

4

d)

16

20.

Geography is:

a)

Very Easy for me.

b)

Easy for me.

c)

Difficult for me.

d)

Very Difficult for me.