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Geography & Map Skills

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the largest areas of land on Earth called?

a)

mountain

b)

plain

c)

continent

d)

country

2.

What are pictures on a map called?

a)

symbols

b)

photos

c)

pixels

d)

signs

3.

What is the largest continent on Earth?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

4.

What is the smallest continent?

a)

Europe

b)

South America

c)

North America

d)

Australia

5.

Which type of map shows the borders between countries?

a)

physical

b)

political

c)

population

d)

elevation

6.

Which type of map shows where mountains and plains are located?

a)

physical

b)

political

c)

population

d)

elevation

7.

What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Western and Eastern hemispheres?

a)

longitude

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

equator

d)

Prime Meridian

8.

What is another name for a map key?

a)

graph

b)

ruler

c)

legend

d)

scale

9.

What kind of line is the equator?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Straight

d)

Hot

10.

What is another name for lines of latitude?

a)

meridians

b)

curves

c)

circles

d)

parallels

11.

Which direction do lines of longitude run?

a)

North to South

b)

East to West

c)

Left to Right

d)

Around and Around

12.

What is another name for lines of longitude?

a)

Meridians

b)

Curves

c)

Circles

d)

Parallels

13.

What ocean sits between North America and Europe?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Southern Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

14.
The five themes of geography are useful because...
a)
they teach us how to take notes about world events
b)
they help us organize information about our world
c)
they keep geographers employed
d)
they prepare us for social studies
15.
Absolute and relative are two ways of describing the theme of...
a)
regions
b)
movement
c)
location
d)
human environment interaction
16.
Which is NOT an example of absolute location?
a)
"Katie's Restaurant is near the high school"
b)
35°N, 52°W
c)
6636 Northwest Road
d)
61°4′S, 21°15′E
17.

The human and physical features of a location are included in which theme?

a)

location

b)

region

c)

place

d)

movement

18.
Which is an example of how humans modify the environment?
a)
we salt the roads when they get icy
b)
we wear warmer clothes in winter
c)
we wear sunscreen while outside in summer
d)
we use gasoline to power our vehicles
19.

Which is an example of how humans depend on the environment?

a)

dumping waste into our rivers

b)

cooling our buildings with air conditioning

c)

plowing snowy roads

d)

using land to grow crops (agriculture/farming)

20.

Which is NOT an example of movement of goods?

a)

students being transported to school on a school bus

b)

tractor trailers delivering products to a store

c)

delivery truck dropping milk products off at a restaurant

d)

cargo ship transporting items made in China to USA

21.
The theme that helps us understand one area in terms of a unifying feature that it shares in common with another area is...
a)
place
b)
region
c)
location
d)
movement
22.

Which theme is the following an example of?

a)

Place

b)

Region

c)

Location

d)

Movement

23.
Which theme groups areas by similiar characteristics?
a)
Place
b)
Movement
c)
Region
d)
Human/ Environment Interaction
24.
Bill moved to a beach house in Florida.  His new house is on stilts so that when it floods, the water will not damage the house.  This is an example of which type of Human/ Environment Interaction?
a)
Depend
b)
Adapt
c)
Modify
25.
Which theme is represented in the following statement?
a)
Human/ Environment Interaction
b)
Physical Place
c)
Human Place
d)
Movement
26.
Which theme is represented in the following statement?
a)
Absolute Location
b)
Relative Location
c)
Region
d)
Place
27.
Social media is one way that we...
a)
use GPS
b)
understand the unique characteristics of an area
c)
spread ideas around the world
28.
Which of the following is an example of absolute location?
a)
42.3314° N, 83.0458° W
b)
Two blocks south of HyVee
c)
Across the street from McDonald's
d)
NorthStar Elementary School
29.

Geography is...

a)

The study of Earth and how we, the people who live there, interact with it.

b)

The study of Earth and its atmosphere.

c)

The study of rocks, minerals, and all physical attributes of Earth

30.

Hemisphere is ...

a)

The study of the earth and how we, the people who live there, interact with it.

b)

A region created when the Earth is divided in half.

c)

An imaginary line going across the center of the earth.

31.

An example of relative location would be............

a)

37.02 degrees N, 96.2 degrees W

b)

10 miles south of Springfield on HWY 65

c)

Paris, France

32.
The Five Themes of Geography are the Following:
a)
Place, Region, Interaction, Land-forms, Movement
b)
Place, Region, Interaction, Location, Movement
c)
People, Race, Interaction, Location Movement
d)
Power, Region, Interaction, Location Movement
33.

Which continent is green?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Asia

d)

Antarctica

34.

What continents is dark yellow?

a)

United States

b)

South America

c)

North America

d)

Europe

35.

What continent is blue?

a)

Australia

b)

Antarctica

c)

North America

d)

Asia

36.

How many countries are on the continent of North America?

a)

50

b)

3

c)

7

d)

21

37.

What ocean is number 2?

a)

Pacific

b)

Indian

c)

Arctic

d)

Atlantic

38.

What ocean is number 1?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Southern (Antarctic)

d)

Indian

39.

Continents are divided into what?

a)

states

b)

oceans

c)

countries

d)

provinces

40.

What state do you live in?

a)

New York

b)

Alaska

c)

United States

d)

Queens

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