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Geography Pre-Quiz

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What continent is this?
a)
Australia
b)
South America
c)
Mexico
d)
Virginia
2.
What continent is this?
a)
Asia
b)
North America
c)
Africa
3.
What is this?
a)
key
b)
title
c)
compass rose
d)
star
4.
What continent is this?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Africa
d)
Europe
5.
What continent do you live on?
a)
South America
b)
Virginia
c)
United States
d)
North America
6.
What is a flat drawing of a place on Earth called?
a)
Globe
b)
Map
c)
Virginia
7.
What is a round model of the Earth called?
a)
Globe
b)
Map
c)
Continent
d)
GPS
8.
What continent is this?
a)
Africa
b)
Virginia
c)
North America
d)
Staunton
9.
Which Continent is #1
a)
Asia
b)
Europe
c)
North America
d)
South America
10.
Which Continent is #2?
a)
Antarctica
b)
Australia
c)
South America
d)
Asia
11.
Which continent is #3?
a)
Australia
b)
Antarctica
c)
Africa
d)
Europe
12.
Which continent is #4?
a)
North America
b)
Australia
c)
Asia
d)
Europe
13.
Which continent is #5?
a)
Antarctica
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
America
14.
Which continent is #6?
a)
Australia
b)
America
c)
Asia
d)
Europe
15.
Which continent is #7?
a)
Australia
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
Antarctica
16.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
17.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
18.
a)
The map show the lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows the lines of latitude.
19.
a)
The map shows lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows lines of latitude.
20.
To locate a place on the earth, you need to look at...
a)
where the lines of latitude and longitude meet
b)
the lines of latitude only
c)
the lines of longitude only
d)
the compass rose
21.
Latitude and Longitude are measured in______.
a)
kilometers
b)
degrees
c)
miles
d)
hours
22.
A set of degrees of latitude and longitude that help you locate a place on a map.
a)
coordinates
b)
positions
c)
hemispheres
d)
locations
23.
Which STATE is located at...
120°W, 45°N
a)
WA
b)
OR
c)
UT
d)
ND
24.
Relative location is:
a)
Latitude and Longitude
b)
Given by GPS
c)
a general location, not specific
d)
a specific place:
25.
Absolute location is:
a)
general
b)
not used on GPS
c)
is saying that Two Rivers is in East Hartford
d)
uses latitude and longitude to give a specific area
26.
The theme movement has to do with what ideas:
a)
Migration and Trade
b)
Latitude and longitude
c)
Pollution
d)
Human and Physical Characteristics
27.
Latitude lines run
a)
East/West
b)
North/South
28.
Longitude lines run _________.
a)
East/West
b)
North South
29.
The imaginary line that runs through the middle of the earth east and west is called?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
Date Line
30.
Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
31.
People leaving their homes in Syria and travelling to Turkey to avoid ISIS is an example of which?
a)
Human-Environment Interaction
b)
Movement
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Relative Location
32.
The states in the area known as the "Southwest" of the United States are often grouped together because they are very hot and dry desert-like areas.
a)
Region
b)
Location
c)
Human Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
33.
People cutting down trees, creating watersheds, draining wetlands and polluting soil are all examples of this theme.
a)
regions
b)
movement
c)
human-environment interaction
d)
location
34.
Which of the following are examples of the human features of a place?
a)
traditions and population
b)
occupations and language
c)
education and cultures
d)
all of the above
35.
The theme of geography that answers the question “How do goods, ideas, and people get  from one area to another is called ?
a)
Region
b)
Place
c)
Human Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
36.
The theme of geography that describes what it is like to live there using an area’s physical and  human characteristics is
a)
Region
b)
Place
c)
Human Environment Interaction
d)
Movement