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WorksheetsTerm 1 Exam
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 51mins
The 5 Themes of Geography are:
Location, longitude, rain forest, place, and rivers
Location, place, human environment, movement, region
Location, region, absolute, relative, equator
Location, place, help, taco inn, Lincoln High
Which is an example of absolute location?
Across from McDonald's
North of the Rio Grande
1020 Mall Lane
Near Gateway Mall
Which is an example of Relative location?
Lincoln High is across the street from McDonald's
Lincoln High is located at 40 degrees N, 96 degrees W
The U.S. Capitol is 38° 53′ 35″ N, 77° 00′ 32″ W
4055 Mockingbird Court
What is PLACE?
Place describes a location by physical and human features.
Place is where something is located.
Place is the movement of people and goods from one place to another.
Place is when a group of places share common physical and human characteristics.
What is REGION?
Region describes a location by physical and human features.
Region is a group of places that share common physical or human characteristics or features.
Region is where something is located.
Location is the movement of ideas, people, and goods.
Human Environment Interaction is:
HEI is where a place is.
HEI is the movement of ideas, goods, and people.
HEI is how people and their environment affect each other.
HEI is a group of places that share a common human or physical characteristic.
Movement is:
Movement is the movement of people, goods, and/or ideas from place to place.
Movement is a group of places that share common physical and human characteristics.
Movement is where something is.
Movement is how people and their environment affect each other.
Which of the following are examples of movement:
People fleeing Syria for safety in another country.
Galveston builds houses on stilts.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Rio Grande River
What do we use to find absolute location?
latitude and longitude
the equator and international dateline
a GPS and an XLP
landmarks and distances
A cultural region might have a common language.
True
False
What is the name of a person who makes a map?
Cartographer
Geologist
Scientist
Oceanographer
This map is an example of a . . .
Political Map
Physical Map
Population Map
Road Map
A map showing boundaries of countries is what type of map?
Political
Physical
Population
Climate
What type of map is this?
Physical
Political
Resource
Topographic
This is a...
political map
physical map
elevation map
thematic map
A piece of land that extends into a body of water and is surrounded on three sides, but connected to a larger body of land
Peninsula
Archipelago
Plateau
Isthmus
A group or chain of islands
Peninsula
Archipelago
Plateau
Isthmus
A large area of flat land that is higher than the surrounding land with at least one steep side. It's larger than a butte or mesa.
Plateau
Isthmus
Cape
Atoll
A piece of land that extends into water and comes to a point
plateau
cape
peninsula
atoll
A low area between hills or mountains often with a river running through it.
valley
atoll
mesa
plateau
What is this landform ?
island
mountain
plain
What is this landform ?
volcano
desert
canyon
what is this landform?
volcano
desert
mountain
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land
Isthmus
Cape
Atoll
Strait
Seafloor Spreading occurs at a
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform boundary
continental boundary
The San Andres Fault is an example of a
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform boundary
subduction zone
What type of plate boundary is shown in this picture
a convergent oceanic-oceanic boundary
a divergent oceanic-oceanic boundary
a convergent oceanic-continental boundary
a divergent oceanic-continental boundary
This picture shows
a transform boundary where one continental crust is sliding past another continental crust
a convergent boundary where one continental crust is moving towards another continental crust and mountains are forming
a divergent boundary, where one oceanic crust is moving away from another oceanic crust
a convergent boundary where one oceanic crust is moving toward a continental crust
What is the Theory of Continental Drift?
New continents are continually being created
and destroyed.
The layout of the continents is the same today
as it has always been
The continents have always been separate but
may one day drift together to form a single
continent
All the continents were once one continent that
broke up and drifted apart over hundreds of
millions of years
What is responsible for the volcanoes and mountain ranges?
Weathering
Super-nocturnal tides
Hurricanes
Plate Tectonics
Continents to continent plate boundaries produce what feature when they collide?
Rift Valleys
Mid-ocean ridges
Tall mountain ranges
Deep-sea trenches
What was the name of the super continent that existed 250 million years ago?
Pangea
Eurasia
Wegenerland
Disneyland
What is the term for a heavier, denser plate sliding under a less dense plate?
submersion
plate boundary
acceleration
subduction
Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______
convection.
continental drift.
subduction.
conduction.
