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Geography and Maps

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which one of the following is NOT one of the five themes of Geography?

a)

Human-Environmental Interaction

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Climate

2.

Check ALL boxes that relate to relative location

a)

A mile east of the gas station

b)

24 °\degree N and 32 °\degree E

c)

78 °\degree S and 45 °\degree W

d)

Next to the school

e)

On the west side of Winslow

3.

The 0 °\degree latitude line is called the _______________ 

a)

Arctic Circle

b)

Equator

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

4.

Which word is defined as how people, information, or goods go from one place to another

a)

Location

b)

Movement

c)

Place

d)

Human-Environmental Interaction

5.

The United States is located in the Southern Hemisphere

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which city is located the closes to the 40 °\degree N  latitude line?

a)

Phoenix, AZ

b)

Houston, TX

c)

Lincoln, NE

d)

Miami, FL

7.

Which city on the map is located the furthest east?

a)

Boston, MA

b)

Fargo, SD

c)

Houston, TX

d)

Portland, OR

8.

What is the name of the tool on a map that is used to tell direction?

a)

Scale

b)

Key

c)

Symbol

d)

Compass rose

9.

_______________ are small pictures that stand for different features on a map.

a)

Symbols

b)

Scales

c)

Compasses

d)

Keys

10.

Which lines run north to south but measure east to west

a)

latitude lines

b)

longitude lines

11.

A _____________ helps you measure the distance on a map compared to its real life distance.

a)

numbers

b)

key

c)

point

d)

scale

12.

Which of the following are physical characteristics

a)

bridges

b)

roads

c)

forests

d)

statues

e)

waterfalls

13.

___________________ is a description of the physical and human characteristics of the location being studied.

a)

Location

b)

Movement

c)

Climate

d)

Place

14.

Language fits into which of the five themes of geography

a)

location

b)

movement

c)

place

d)

region

15.

If the equator is the line that runs 0 °\degree  latitude, what is the name of the line that runs 0 °\degree  longitude?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

The South Pole

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

The Equator