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5 Themes of Geography and Map Skills Too

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The United States is in what hemisphere?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

2.

The study of Earth’s surface and the people, environments and resources that shape it is what Social Science

a)

Historian

b)

Economist

c)

Geography

d)

Anthropology

3.

Usually how we describe where we are in every day conversation

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Relative Location

c)

Generic Location

4.

Where are we is which theme of Geography?

a)

Region

b)

Human Environment Interaction

c)

Movement

d)

Location

5.

How do HUMANS and the ENVIRONMENT affect each other is which theme of Geography?

a)

Location

b)

Human Environment Interaction

c)

Place

d)

Movement

6.

What’s it like there is which theme of Geography?

a)

Location

b)

Movement

c)

Place

d)

Region

7.

What links where we are to the places around us is which theme of Geography?

a)

Place

b)

Movement

c)

Location

d)

Region

8.

Lines of latitude are Imaginary horizontal lines around the globe. They are also called?

a)

Parallels

b)

Meridians

c)

Angles

d)

Rays

9.

Lines of Longitude are imaginary vertical lines around the globe. They are also called

a)

Parallels

b)

Meridians

c)

Angles

d)

Rays

10.

This shows you where on the globe the area of the map is located

a)

Scale

b)

Key

c)

Compass Rose

d)

Locator Map

11.

Shows you direction. (North, South, East, West)

a)

Scale

b)

Key

c)

Compass Rose

d)

Locator Map

12.

Shows you the symbols and colors used on the map, and what each one means

a)

Scale

b)

Key

c)

Compass Rose

d)

Locator Map

13.

Helps you find the actual distances between points shown on the map

a)

Scale

b)

Key

c)

Compass Rose

d)

Locator Map

14.

This type of map shows borders between countries, continents, states.

a)

Physical

b)

Topographic

c)

Political

d)

Climate

15.

Maps represent what a region looks like by showing its major physical features, such as hills and plains.

a)

Physical

b)

Topographic

c)

Political

d)

Climate

16.

This is an example of what kind of map?

a)

Physical

b)

Topographic

c)

Political

d)

Climate

17.

This is an example of what kind of map?

a)

Physical

b)

Topographic

c)

Political

d)

Climate

18.

The purple continent is called what?

a)

Europe

b)

North America

c)

Australia

d)

Africa

19.

Which document would be considered a primary source?

a)

Time magazine article on the Civil War

b)

Dictionary of English words from Greek

c)

George Washington's Diary

d)

Modern novel about the Golden Age of Islam

20.

Which social scientists are best known for studying the physical artifacts of a culture?

a)

Archaeologists

b)

Geographers

c)

Sociologists

d)

Economists