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review for Geographers Toolbox test

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

The study of geography is .

a)

Land, water, natural resources, and population flow.

b)

The history and development of the earth’s physical features

c)

The measurement and physical descriptions of places, regions, areas and landmasses.

d)

Where the Earth’s physical and human features are and why they are there

2.

Latitude and longitude may be used to determine which of the following?

a)

The site features of a place.

b)

The absolute location of a place.

c)

The situation of a place.

d)

The relative location of a place.

3.

What physical geographic feature do points, A, B, C, and D share?

a)

They are all regions in the Western Hemisphere

b)

They are all peninsulas

c)

They all have high population densities

d)

They are all areas with high mountain ranges

4.

The earth was a super-continent known as______________.

a)

continental drift

b)

Pangaea

c)

Topography

d)

Continental divide

5.

___________________ is a system that creates specialized maps from digital map information stored in a databank.

a)

satellite

b)

GIS (geographic Information system)

c)

map projection

d)

survey

6.

Which of the following will you find on a map that shows physical features?

a)

Businesses

b)

Landforms

c)

Population

d)

Vegetation

7.

Moving pieces under the earth’s surface that form the earth’s crust are called:

a)

Landforms

b)

Epicenters

c)

Internal Forces

d)

Tectonic plates

8.

When weathering takes place, smaller pieces of rock are left behind. What will a geographer will call this rock?

a)

Pebbles

b)

Quartz

c)

Sediment

d)

Delta

9.

What do geographers call weathered material that is moved by the actions of wind, water, ice, or gravity?

a)

Erosion

b)

Weathering

c)

Hail

d)

The end of the World

10.

Of the four systems of geography which one contains lakes, rivers, oceans, streams and precipitation?

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Atmosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Biosphere

11.

Your friend is struggling on a homework assignment. She needs help locating mountains, lakes and streams on a map of the United States. What map would you recommend that she use?

a)

A Physical Map of the United States.

b)

A Political Map of the United States.

c)

A Nautical Map of the United States

12.

When tourist view a manmade structure, like the Hoover dam, they are looking at the effects of which one of the five themes of geography?

a)

Movement

b)

Human Environment Interaction

c)

Region

d)

Place

13.

In what year did the deadliest tornado strike the United States?

a)

1840

b)

1925

c)

1926

d)

1890

14.

What is true about the tornadoes that hit Tupelo, Mississippi and Gainesville, Georgia in 1936?

a)

both killed 255 people

b)

Both killed 203 people

c)

Both hit on April 5, 1936

d)

They hit within one day of each other

15.

What do the two tornadoes that hit Texas have in common?

a)

Both struck the city of Waco

b)

Both struck in 1902

c)

Both killed 114 people

d)

Both killed 98 people

16.

Of the following, which one best exemplifies a formal region?

a)

Tornado Alley

b)

Alvin,Texas

c)

The Midwest

d)

Australia

17.

Which two continents are entirely within the southern hemisphere?

a)

Antarctica and Africa

b)

Europe and Africa

c)

Australia and Antarctica

18.

The layer of gases immediately surrounding the earth is the

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Atmosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Biosphere

19.

The Grand Canyon was slowly created by what kind of external force?

a)

Water erosion

b)

Glacial movement

c)

Wind erosion

d)

Rock erosion

20.

Which statement explains why we have four seasons on Earth?

a)

the gravitational pull of the moon

b)

the distance between the Earth and sun

c)

the tilt of the earth on its axis as it revolves around the sun

d)

the effect of tectonic plate movement on Earth’s seasons

21.

Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 major parts of the earth?

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Biosphere

d)

Stratosphere

22.

A region which contains similar plants and animals is called

a)

A biome

b)

An environment

c)

An ecosystem

d)

a Tundra

23.

What do many scientists believe about the earth’s continents?

a)

They were pulled apart over a period of one or two centuries

b)

They were pushed together over millions of years.

c)

They were once joined in a single massive super-continent.

d)

They look the same today as they did millions of years ago

24.

What are the three layers of the earth?

a)

ground, air and water

b)

core, mantle and crust

c)

rivers, lakes and oceans

d)

core, mantle and air

25.

Weathering is the wearing away of the Earth’s

a)

Inner core by tectonic activity

b)

Surface by wind, glaciers, moving water, and gravity.

c)

Mantle by the forces of magma

d)

Crust by the pull of the sun and the moon.

26.

A giant ocean wave that is sometimes caused by an earthquake is called

a)

A tsunami

b)

A high tide

c)

An epicenter

d)

A ring of Fire