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5th grade Geography Review s.s.

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are two of five themes of Geography?

a)

Place, Community

b)

Equator, Location

c)

Location, Place

d)

Society, Movement

2.

How many continents does the Earth have?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

9

d)

2

3.

Half way between the North Pole and the South Pole on a globe is a horizontal line called?

a)

Hemisphere

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Continent

d)

Equator

4.

Another line that runs vertical from North to South is the?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Continent

d)

Hemisphere

5.

What is a basin?

a)

Triangle-shaped area of land at the mouth of a river,

b)

level of the surfaces of an ocean or a sea

c)

Point of land that extends into water.

d)

Bowl-shaped area of land surrounded by higher land.

6.

When reading a map, what is the first thing I should look at?

a)

The key?

b)

The inset map

c)

The Title

d)

The scale

7.

What does a political map show?

a)

Cities, states, and countries.

b)

Shows parts of the world as they were in the past.

c)

Tells the subject of the map

d)

Shows kinds of land and bodies of water.

8.

What does a physical map show?

a)

The subject of the map

b)

Kinds of land and bodies of water.

c)

A smaller map within a larger one.

d)

Part of the world as they were in the past.

9.

What is a historical map?

a)

Shows kinds of land and bodies of water.

b)

Shows cities, states, and countries.

c)

Shows parts of the world as they were in the past.

d)

is a smaller map within a larger one.

10.

What does a map key tell us?

a)

The title

b)

explains the symbols on a map

c)

a direction marker

d)

shows parts of the world.

11.

What is a compass rose

a)

a smaller map

b)

tells the distance on a map

c)

shows direction

d)

shows where the place on the main map is on a larger one.

12.

The cardinal directions are?

a)

Norhtwest

b)

North

c)

South

d)

North, South, East, West

13.

The intermediate directions are?

a)

North, South, East, West

b)

Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest

c)

South, southwest

d)

North, north west!

14.

The kind of weather a place has over a long time is called

a)

coastal

b)

climate

c)

basin

d)

moutain

15.

The lines that circle Earth from West to East are called

a)

cross

b)

Meridian

c)

Parallels of longitude

d)

Parallels of latitude

16.

The lines that run from the North Pole to the South pole are called,,

a)

longitude

b)

lattitude

c)

Parrallel

d)

rain forest

17.

The United States is a region made up of...

a)

50 states

b)

48 states

c)

52 states

d)

49 states.

18.

What does contiguous mean?

a)

away from each other

b)

next to each other

c)

apart

d)

close

19.

How many contiguous states are in the U.S.

a)

50

b)

48

c)

52

d)

49

20.

What two states are separated from the U.S.?

a)

KENTUCKY and flordia

b)

Texas and Mexico

c)

Alaska and Hawaii

d)

Ohio and Hazard

21.

Why is Canada called our neighbor?

a)

It lives beside of us.

b)

Canada borders the UNITED states

c)

It is next to flordia.

d)

It is our friend.

22.

Which is a type of land form?

a)

Road

b)

Canyon

c)

Holler

d)

Street

23.

The kind of weather a place has over a long time is called the?

a)

Basin

b)

Interior

c)

Climate

d)

Mountains

24.

Name the five great lakes.

a)

Buckhorn lake, Huron, erie, ontario superior

b)

Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario

c)

Texas, Kentucky, Florida, Ohio, Maine

d)

Carfork, Buckhorn, Ohio, superior, maine.

25.

The climate of a place depends partly on its distance from the...

a)

The sun

b)

equator

c)

Prime meridian

d)

Ocean