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Geography & Thinking Like A Historian

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a continent?

a)

Small area of land

b)

peninsula

c)

large area of land visible from space

d)

island

2.

The Prime Meridian is a line of _______________________

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

3.

The Equator is a line of ______________________________

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

4.

A Compass Rose is used for

a)

providing cardinal and intermediate directions

b)

providing flowers for travelers

c)

providing relative location

d)

to show distance on a map

5.

Is this a primary or secondary source?

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

both

d)

neither one

6.

Is this a primary or secondary source?

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

7.

Is this a primary or secondary source?

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

8.

What is the name of the ocean on the South Carolina coast?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

9.

What is the correct order to label this compass beginning at the top and moving to the right, then bottom and then left?

a)

North, South, East, West

b)

West, East, North, South

c)

North, East, South, West

d)

West, North, South, East

10.

What is geography?

a)

distance north or south of Equator

b)

an object made by a human being

c)

study of places and relationships between people and the world

d)

study of human history and prehistory

11.

What is a primary source?

a)

original source of information that comes directly from the person or event

b)

source created by someone who did not participate in the original event

12.

What is archeology?

a)

distance of a place east or west of the Prime Meridian

b)

study of human history and prehistory

c)

imaginary line dividing the Earth into northern and southern hemisphere

13.

What is the Equator?

a)

distance of a place east or west of the Prime Meridian

b)

list of symbols and their meanings found on a map

c)

imaginary line that divides the Earth into northern and southern hemisphere

14.

What is an object made by a human being?

a)

map key

b)

archeology

c)

artifact

d)

Equator

15.

What is a list of symbols and their meanings found on a map?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

artifact

c)

map key

d)

map scale

16.

What is the distance of a place east or west of the Prime Meridian?

a)

latitude

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Equator

d)

longitude

17.

What tells the story of a place, event, issue, trend, or pattern in a geographic context?

a)

storyteller

b)

map

c)

artifact

d)

archeologist

18.

Which continent is this?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

North America

d)

South America

19.

What continent is this?

a)

South America

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

North America

20.

What continent is this?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

21.

What continent is this?

a)

Europe

b)

Australia

c)

Africa

d)

North America

22.

What continent is this?

a)

Australia

b)

South America

c)

Antarctica

d)

Europe

23.

What continent is colored red on this map at the bottom of the world?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Antarctica

24.

What ocean is by Africa, Asia, and Australia?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

25.

What ocean is between South America, North America, Africa and Europe?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Southern

d)

Indian

26.

What ocean is on the west side of the North America and South America?

a)

Indian

b)

Artic

c)

Pacific

d)

Atlantic

27.

Is this a latitude line or a longitude line?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

28.

Is this latitude lines or longitude lines?

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

29.

What is a map scale used for in real life?

a)

following directions

b)

talking to the teacher

c)

measuring distance

d)

to explain the symbols on a map

30.

What tells a story in geography?

a)

map key

b)

map scale

c)

compass rose

d)

map