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Unit 1 WG EOU SG Spring 2020

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following best explains how elevation influences temperature?

a)

Higher elevations experience varied temperatures depending on proximity to oceans.

b)

Higher elevations experience very little temperature variation from lower elevations.

c)

Higher elevations experience warmer temperatures compared to lower elevations.

d)

Higher elevations experience cooler temperatures compared to lower elevations.

2.

What types of regions are created by the man-made borders shown on the above map?

a)

Vegetation regions

b)

Climate regions

c)

Cultural regions

d)

Political regions

3.

How does a Geographic Information System (GIS) function as a resource for businesses or government officials?

a)

A GIS produces reports about geographic decisions that have been made before.

b)

A GIS creates a variety of predictions about geographic patterns for consumers.

c)

A GIS presents data in visual forms making it easier to see geographic patterns.

d)

A GIS generates several surveys used to gather data about geographic patterns.

4.

In which economic system is the protection of private property rights essential?

a)

Command

b)

Traditional

c)

Market

d)

Socialism

5.

In which economic system does the government answer all three of the big economic questions? (What to produce? How to produce? For whom to produce?)

a)

Command

b)

Socialism

c)

Market

d)

Traditional

6.

Based on the passage, East Germany's government planned to transform its economy from: Click the magnifying glass for a better view.

a)

Traditional to mixed

b)

Command to traditional

c)

Market to mixed

d)

Command to mixed

7.

Which of the following best explains a mixed economy?

a)

Private ownership of the factors of production and regulation of businesses by government

b)

Market exchanges answer all three of the big economic questions

c)

Family customs and traditions determine what and how to produce a good

d)

Government answers all three of the big economic questions

8.

In a __________________ economy, families, clans, or tribes make economic decisions based on generational customs and beliefs.

a)

Mixed

b)

Market

c)

Traditional

d)

Command

9.

an economic system based on state and individual ownership of capital

a)

Command Economy

b)

Free Enterprise

c)

Socialism

d)

Social Darwinism

10.

built upon customs, and beliefs, often based on one or a few of agriculture, hunting, fishing, and gathering. Barter and trade is often used in place of money

a)

traditional politics

b)

traditional economy

c)

traditional people

d)

traditional times

11.

Imaginary east-west circles parallel to the Equator are called _____________________ lines

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Equator

c)

Geography

d)

Latitude

e)

Longitude

12.

Halfway between the North and the South poles, the _____________ circles the globe horizontally at 0 degrees.

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Equator

c)

Geography

d)

Latitude

e)

Longitude

13.

The study of the Earth is called

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Equator

c)

Geography

d)

Latitude

e)

Longitude

14.

The imaginary line that circles the globe from north to south at 0 degrees

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Geography

d)

Latitude

e)

Longitude

15.

Imaginary north-south lines parallel to the Prime Meridian that circle the globe vertically

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Geography

d)

Latitude

e)

Longitude

16.

Latitude and Longitude lines help geographers identify

a)

Absolute location

b)

The depths of oceans

c)

The Earth's distance from the sun

d)

The heights of mountains

17.

Which theme would geographers use to study the consequences of people's actions?

a)

Projection

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Human Environment Interaction

18.

How would you describe the human features of a place?

a)

You might discuss the moon and the stars and how they interact with earth

b)

You might say that a place is hilly and hot or cold

c)

You might discuss how many people live there, what types of work they do, and what they do for fun

d)

You would discuss chemicals and chemical reactions

19.
The five themes of geography are useful because...
a)
they teach us how to take notes about world events
b)
they help us organize information about our world
c)
they keep geographers employed
d)
they prepare us for social studies
20.
Absolute and relative are two ways of describing the theme of...
a)
regions
b)
movement
c)
location
d)
human environment interaction
21.
Which is NOT an example of absolute location?
a)
"Katie's Restaurant is near the high school"
b)
35°N, 52°W
c)
6636 Northwest Road
d)
61°4′S, 21°15′E
22.
A general location of one place to another described with direction or distance words is...
a)
absolute location
b)
relative location
23.
Which is NOT a description of relative location?
a)
6636 Northwest Road
b)
behind the high school
c)
2 miles south of Northwestern Elementary School
d)
between the bus garage and the high school
24.

The human and physical features of a location are included in which theme?

a)

location

b)

region

c)

place

d)

movement

25.
Which is NOT an example of a human feature?
a)
Tiger Stadium
b)
Blue Mountain
c)
Northwestern Lehigh MIddle School
d)
the bus garage
26.

Which is an example of a physical feature?

a)

the Atlantic Ocean

b)

Northwestern Lehigh High School

c)

Tiger Stadium

d)

Route 78

27.
Which theme includes how humans adapt, modify or depend on the environment?
a)
movement
b)
place
c)
region
d)
human environment interaction
28.
Which is an example of how humans modify the environment?
a)
we salt the roads when they get icy
b)
we wear warmer clothes in winter
c)
we wear sunscreen while outside in summer
d)
we use gasoline to power our vehicles
29.

Which is an example of how humans depend on the environment?

a)

dumping waste into our rivers

b)

cooling our buildings with air conditioning

c)

plowing snowy roads

d)

using land to grow crops (agriculture/farming)

30.

Which geography theme helps us understand how people, goods, information, and ideas move from one place to another?

a)

human environment interaction

b)

regions

c)

movement

d)

location

31.
The theme that helps us understand one area in terms of a unifying feature that it shares in common with another area is...
a)
place
b)
region
c)
location
d)
movement
32.

What are the Five Themes of Geography?

a)

movement, history, region, location, place

b)

movement, region, HEI, location, place

c)

geology, HEI, location, place, latitude

d)

region, place, longitude, geography, movement

33.

What are the different types of Movement?

a)

adapt, modify, depend

b)

absolute, relative

c)

goods, ideas, people

d)

human, physical

34.

What is the definition of Region?

a)

Way in which the places in an area are similar

b)

Describes characteristics of an area

c)

Where people and places are located on the surface of the Earth

d)

Ways goods, ideas, and people move from place to place

35.

Increasing interdependence of nations and peoples across the globe.

a)

Infrastructure

b)

Globalization

c)

Interdependence

d)

Specialization

36.
A large company that has operations in more than one country.
a)
Domestic Corporation
b)
Multinational Corporation
c)
Foreign Corporation
d)
State Corporation
37.

The development of a worldwide economy where resources flow fairly freely across borders.

a)

Globalization

b)

Economy

c)

GDP

d)

Economic Independence

38.

The total value of all final goods and services produced in the economy in a given year is known as:

a)

Unemployment rate

b)

Supply and Demand

c)

Gross Domestic Product

d)

Communism

39.

Which of the following is the definition of religion?

a)

Something that people do with their family

b)

A place that followers go to worship

c)

The eightfold path

d)

A set of beliefs held by a group of people

40.

_____________ is an important person in Christianity.

a)

Buddha

b)

Jesus

c)

Abraham

d)

Muhammad

41.

_____________ is an important person in Islam.

a)

Buddha

b)

Jesus

c)

Abraham

d)

Muhammad

42.

_____________ is an important person in Judaism.

a)

Buddha

b)

Jesus

c)

Abraham

d)

Muhammad