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Review - Thinking Like a Historian

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What best defines the theme of movement?

a)

It explains where something is

b)

It describes both the physical and human features of a place

c)

It is a group of places with a common feature

d)

It is how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another

2.

People who come to live in a new country with the intent to live there permanently or for a long period of time are called:

a)

newcomers

b)

immigrants

c)

travelers

d)

strangers

3.

Which of the following can influence the movement of people?

a)

war and disease

b)

natural disasters

c)

religion and politics (government)

d)

all of these choices

4.

What theme of geography refers to where something is?

a)

region

b)

place

c)

location

d)

movement

5.

What theme of geography refers to how people use and affect the environment?

a)

human environmental interaction

b)

location

c)

region

d)

place

6.

When someone moves to a new place due to a positive opportunity, such as an education or a job, it is called a:

a)

Push factor

b)

Pull factor

7.

When a person moves to a new place due to a negative factor, such as escaping war or a natural disaster, it is called a:

a)

Push factor

b)

Pull factor

8.

Latitude and longitude coordinates can be used to determine:

a)

an absolute location

b)

a relative location

c)

the human characteristics of a place

d)

the physical characteristics of a place

9.

A first hand account by someone who experienced or witnessed and event is called:

a)

a secondary source

b)

a primary source

c)

a collaborative source

d)

a newspaper article

10.

Which would be described in most recent years on a timeline?

a)

AD or CE

b)

BC or BCE

11.

It is believed that the first humans lived on what continent?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

North America

d)

Africa

12.

How many continents are there?

a)

5

b)

8

c)

7

d)

9

13.

Which of the following is NOT one of the world's oceans?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Arctic

d)

Siberian

14.

Records of events created by people who were not directly involved in or present at the events are called:

a)

primary sources

b)

secondary sources

15.

If you cut down a tree in your yard how are you interacting with your environment?

a)

adapting to the environment

b)

modifying the environment

c)

depending on the environment

16.

The Research Triangle in NC, composed of several major research universities and biotech companies, is an example of a:

a)

region

b)

human environmental interaction

c)

movement

d)

absolute location