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Geography Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What divides the earth into four distinct halves?

a)

Cardinal Directions

b)

Hemispheres

c)

Intermediate Directions

d)

Latitude Lines

2.

What group of lines run horizontally around the world?

a)

Longitutde

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Latitude

d)

Tropic of Cancer

3.

Continent Number 5?

a)

United States

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Anatartica

e)

Central America

4.

Select all the Cardinal Directions.

a)

South

b)

Northwest

c)

West

d)

Southwest

e)

East

5.

Continent Number 1?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

Antarctica

6.

If you are wanting to find governmental boundaries of countries, states, and counties, the location of major cities what type of map would you use?

a)

Physical

b)

Population

c)

Political

d)

Country

7.

What group of lines run vertically around the world?

a)

Equator

b)

Longitude

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Latitude

8.

If you are wanting to find land forms like deserts, mountains and plains what type of map would you use?

a)

Land

b)

Physical

c)

Land Form

d)

Political

9.

What type of map is shown?

a)

Physical

b)

Country

c)

Governmental

d)

Political

10.

What type of map is shown?

a)

Land Form

b)

Political

c)

Elevation

d)

Physical

11.

Continent Number 7?

a)

Asia

b)

Eruope

c)

Africa

d)

South America

12.

What is used to show the true size of what is on the map?

a)

Scale Bar

b)

Ruler

c)

Size Measure

d)

Perception Scale

13.

What ocean lies between Asia and the North/South America?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Arctic

c)

Pacific

d)

Baltic

14.

What are the following things are almost always going to be shown on a Political Map?

a)

Major Cities

b)

All Cities

c)

Country Boundaries

d)

Capitals

e)

Land Forms

15.

What are the following things are almost always going to be shown on a Physical Map?

a)

Capitals

b)

Mountains

c)

Country Boundaries

d)

Rivers

e)

Lakes

16.

What displays the height to which

something is above a point of reference,

typically sea level?

a)

Height Differential

b)

Sea Level Bar

c)

Mountain Scale

d)

Elevation Scale

17.

Continent Number 4?

a)

South America

b)

Australia

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

18.

What ocean lies between Africa and North/south America?

a)

Pacific

b)

Indian

c)

Atlantic

d)

Arctic

19.

The Contiguous United States contains how many states?

a)

51

b)

48

c)

46

d)

50

20.

Continent Number 6?

a)

Australia

b)

North America

c)

Asia

d)

South America

21.

What two states are not included in the Contiguous US?

a)

Alaska

b)

Washington DC

c)

Hawaii

d)

Florida

e)

Washington

22.

What type of map is this?

a)

Antarctica Political Map

b)

Africa Political Map

c)

Australia Physical Map

d)

South American Physical Map

e)

Australia Political Map

23.

What state is not included in the Continental United States?

a)

Alaska

b)

Hawaii

c)

Florida

d)

New Mexico

24.

What is the western most country in Europe?

a)

Russia

b)

Iceland

c)

Portugal

d)

Turkey

25.

What country is directly East of Chad?

a)

Niger

b)

Libya

c)

Angola

d)

Sudan