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WorksheetsUnit 1 WG EOU SG Spring 2020
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 23mins
Which of the following best explains how elevation influences temperature?
Higher elevations experience varied temperatures depending on proximity to oceans.
Higher elevations experience very little temperature variation from lower elevations.
Higher elevations experience warmer temperatures compared to lower elevations.
Higher elevations experience cooler temperatures compared to lower elevations.
What types of regions are created by the man-made borders shown on the above map?
Vegetation regions
Climate regions
Cultural regions
Political regions
How does a Geographic Information System (GIS) function as a resource for businesses or government officials?
A GIS produces reports about geographic decisions that have been made before.
A GIS creates a variety of predictions about geographic patterns for consumers.
A GIS presents data in visual forms making it easier to see geographic patterns.
A GIS generates several surveys used to gather data about geographic patterns.
In which economic system is the protection of private property rights essential?
Command
Traditional
Market
Socialism
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?)
Command
Socialism
Market
Traditional
Based on the passage, East Germany's government planned to transform its economy from: Click the magnifying glass for a better view.
Traditional to mixed
Command to traditional
Market to mixed
Command to mixed
Which of the following best explains a mixed economy?
Private ownership of the factors of production and regulation of businesses by government
Market exchanges answer all three of the big economic questions
Family customs and traditions determine what and how to produce a good
Government answers all three of the big economic questions
In a __________________ economy, families, clans, or tribes make economic decisions based on generational customs and beliefs.
Mixed
Market
Traditional
Command
an economic system based on state and individual ownership of capital
Command Economy
Free Enterprise
Socialism
Social Darwinism
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
traditional politics
traditional economy
traditional people
traditional times
Imaginary east-west circles parallel to the Equator are called _____________________ lines
Compass Rose
Equator
Geography
Latitude
Longitude
Halfway between the North and the South poles, the _____________ circles the globe horizontally at 0 degrees.
Compass Rose
Equator
Geography
Latitude
Longitude
The study of the Earth is called
Compass Rose
Equator
Geography
Latitude
Longitude
The imaginary line that circles the globe from north to south at 0 degrees
Prime Meridian
Equator
Geography
Latitude
Longitude
Imaginary north-south lines parallel to the Prime Meridian that circle the globe vertically
Prime Meridian
Equator
Geography
Latitude
Longitude
Latitude and Longitude lines help geographers identify
Absolute location
The depths of oceans
The Earth's distance from the sun
The heights of mountains
Which theme would geographers use to study the consequences of people's actions?
Projection
Location
Movement
Human Environment Interaction
How would you describe the human features of a place?
You might discuss the moon and the stars and how they interact with earth
You might say that a place is hilly and hot or cold
You might discuss how many people live there, what types of work they do, and what they do for fun
You would discuss chemicals and chemical reactions
The human and physical features of a location are included in which theme?
location
region
place
movement
Which is an example of a physical feature?
the Atlantic Ocean
Northwestern Lehigh High School
Tiger Stadium
Route 78
Which is an example of how humans depend on the environment?
dumping waste into our rivers
cooling our buildings with air conditioning
plowing snowy roads
using land to grow crops (agriculture/farming)
Which geography theme helps us understand how people, goods, information, and ideas move from one place to another?
human environment interaction
regions
movement
location
What are the Five Themes of Geography?
movement, history, region, location, place
movement, region, HEI, location, place
geology, HEI, location, place, latitude
region, place, longitude, geography, movement
What are the different types of Movement?
adapt, modify, depend
absolute, relative
goods, ideas, people
human, physical
What is the definition of Region?
Way in which the places in an area are similar
Describes characteristics of an area
Where people and places are located on the surface of the Earth
Ways goods, ideas, and people move from place to place
Increasing interdependence of nations and peoples across the globe.
Infrastructure
Globalization
Interdependence
Specialization
The development of a worldwide economy where resources flow fairly freely across borders.
Globalization
Economy
GDP
Economic Independence
The total value of all final goods and services produced in the economy in a given year is known as:
Unemployment rate
Supply and Demand
Gross Domestic Product
Communism
Which of the following is the definition of religion?
Something that people do with their family
A place that followers go to worship
The eightfold path
A set of beliefs held by a group of people
_____________ is an important person in Christianity.
Buddha
Jesus
Abraham
Muhammad
_____________ is an important person in Islam.
Buddha
Jesus
Abraham
Muhammad
_____________ is an important person in Judaism.
Buddha
Jesus
Abraham
Muhammad
