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Geography

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Geography?

a)

scientists who study the earth's physical features

b)

the largest areas of water on earth

c)

the study of the Earth and its physical features

d)

the largest continent

2.

What are oceans?

a)

the largest areas of water on earth

b)

large areas of land separated by physical features

c)

lakes, rivers, and streams

d)

the small areas of water on earth

3.

What are Geographers?

a)

the study of the earth and its physical features

b)

the study of rocks and land forms

c)

scientists who study rocks and land forms

d)

scientists who study the earths physical features

4.

What are continents?

a)

the largest areas of water on earth

b)

the land down under

c)

a large area of land separated from other areas by water, mountains, or other natural features

d)

formations in the sky

5.

What are the five oceans?

a)

Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, and Superior

b)

Arctic, Southern, Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific

c)

Southern, Northern, Eastern, Western, and North Eastern

d)

Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario

6.

What are the seven continents of the world?

a)

Asia, Europe, Australia, North America, South America, Africa, and Antarctica

b)

North Pole, South Pole, Equator, Prime Meridian, Latitude, Longitude, and Hemisphere

c)

Asia, Russia, England, America, Japan, Africa, and Mexico

d)

Canada, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and Russia

7.

Which is the largest continent?

a)

Africa

b)

North America

c)

Austraila

d)

Asia

8.

Which is the world's second smallest continent?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

South America

9.

Which is the world's second largest continent?

a)

Austraila

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

North America

10.

Which is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent?

a)

Austraila

b)

North America

c)

Antarctica

d)

Europe

11.

Which is the only continent that has every kind of climate? (hint: we live on this continent)

a)

Africa

b)

Antarctica

c)

Asia

d)

North America

12.

Which continent is home to the world's largest rainforest?

a)

Africa

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Antarctica

13.

Which continent is also a large island referred to as "the land down under"?

a)

North America

b)

Austraila

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

14.

The title of a map tells...

a)

what the map is about

b)

the cardinal directions

c)

what the symbols on the map mean

d)

the distance between two locations

15.

The compass rose shows...

a)

population

b)

direction

c)

landforms

d)

water

16.

What are the four main cardinal directions

a)

Up, Down, Right, Left

b)

Over, Under, Above, Below

c)

North, South, East, West

d)

Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western

17.

What are the intermediate directions?

a)

North, South, East, West

b)

Up, Down, Over, Under

c)

Left, Right, Up, Down

d)

Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest

18.

What are symbols on a map?

a)

pictures that stand for something in the real world

b)

coordinate grids to help you find places quickly

c)

latitude and longitude lines

d)

scales to show distance between cities

19.

What is the imaginary line on a globe that divides the world into a top half and bottom half?

a)

the prime meridian

b)

the equator

c)

the south pole

d)

the north pole

20.

What is the imaginary line on a globe that divides the earth into two hemispheres?

a)

the prime meridian

b)

the equator

c)

the north pole

d)

the south pole