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Mixed Geography and Core Concepts

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
the term for one-half of a globe or one-half of the planet Earth
a)
Sphere
b)
Legend
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Hemisphere
2.
Largest continent in the world
a)
Africa
b)
United States
c)
Asia
d)
Europe
3.
body of land surrounded by water on three sides
a)
Island
b)
Isthmus
c)
Peninsula
d)
Bay
4.
imaginary line found at zero degrees longitude
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
Longitude
d)
Latitude
5.
Latitude and Longitude are measured in ________.
a)
inches
b)
Feet
c)
Degrees
d)
Grams
6.
What is the continent that is red?
a)
North America
b)
Europe
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
7.
What is geography?
a)
the study of Earth
b)
the study of fossils
c)
the study of people
d)
the study of history
8.
What does a compass rose show?
a)
Key
b)
Distance
c)
Directions
d)
States
9.

What continent do you live on?

a)

America

b)

California

c)

North America

d)

Asia

10.

What city is our school in?

a)

Richmond Hill

b)

America

c)

Ozone Park

d)

New York

11.
imaginary line found at zero degrees latitude
a)
Isthmus
b)
Border
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Equator
12.
The invisible lines that run east-west and north-south to form an imaginary grid over the planet earth which are used for finding locations
a)
Cartography
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
Latitude and Longitude Lines
d)
Geography Lines
13.
When we use latitude and longitude lines to find a place's exact position on earth it is called this.
a)
Intermediate Directions
b)
Equator
c)
Mapquest
d)
Absolute Location
14.
Location, Place, Movement, Regions, and Human Environment Interaction
a)
Geology
b)
Physical Geography
c)
Political Geography
d)
Five Themes of Geography
15.
The science of studying ancient history or prehistory
a)
Geography
b)
Archaeology
c)
Biology
d)
Zoology
16.
The science of studying the earth and all of its features (such as landforms, bodies of water, cultures of people, and how people interact with their environment)
a)
Geography
b)
Radiocarbon Dating
c)
Degrees
d)
Biology
17.
Global Positioning System used for navigation (e.g. in our cars and even on our phones)
a)
Compass Rose
b)
Distortion
c)
GPS
d)
XYZ
18.

If I were to get on a plane in Miami, Florida and I traveled to New York City which direction did I go?

a)

South

b)

West

c)

East

d)

North

19.
A line marked off with a series of events and dates.
a)
number line
b)
sentence
c)
timeline
d)
calendar
20.
People who study events of the past.
a)
professors
b)
historians
c)
surgeons
d)
old people
21.
A list of events in the order in which they occurred.  
a)
time order
b)
"If you ain't first ur last"  
c)
chronology
d)
oldest to newest
22.
History is divided between history and ____________.  
a)
the future
b)
prehistory
c)
jurassic park
d)
now
23.
Years after Jesus's birth are labeled A.D. meaning anno Domini which means:
a)
"in the year of our Lord"
b)
After Death
c)
Common Era
d)
Before the Common Era
24.
A decade is
a)
10 years
b)
50 years
c)
100 years
d)
1000 years
25.
A century is
a)
10 years
b)
50 years
c)
100 years
d)
1000 years
26.

Vocab-information that comes directly from a person who experienced an event:

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

c)

Web Source

d)

Third Source

27.

Which historical source am I? Ms. Marone's personal diary...

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

28.

An unfair preference or dislike of something

a)

Bias

b)

Reliabiltiy

c)

Primary Source

d)

Secondary Source

29.

The location of a place in relation to another place

a)

Absolute location

b)

Relative location

c)

Geographic location

d)

Choropleth

30.

The study of human and non-human features of the Earth is called.....

a)

Geology

b)

Geography

c)

Meteorology

d)

History

31.

Adaptation means that--

a)

People change or adjust themselves to cope with environment

b)

People change the environment permanently

32.

Climate is-

a)

how crowded an area is

b)

an inner city area, with high population density.

c)

the average weather of a certain place.

d)

a countryside area with lower population density

33.

time period “before Christ,” the time before the birthdate of Jesus Christ

a)

AD

b)

BC

c)

CE

34.

a person who studies events of the past

a)

historian

b)

prehistory

c)

AD

35.

44 BC happened EARLIER in history than 23 BC.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

before common era (also B.C.)

a)

AD

b)

CE

c)

BCE

37.

____________ uses latitude and longitude to describe the exact place an item is located.

a)

Relative Location

b)

Absolute Location

c)

North Hemisphere

d)

South Hemisphere

38.
In what country do you live?
a)
Lehigh
b)
North America
c)
United States of America
d)
Harrisburg
39.
Name the line that divides the globe into northern and southern hemispheres.
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
40.
The five geography themes are helpful because they give us a way to ___________ information about our world.
a)
define
b)
sequence
c)
organize
41.

How people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another is...

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Location

e)

Place

42.

The exact or relative ____________ of a place

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Location

e)

Place

43.

One of the ancient civilizations we will study this year are (select all that apply)

a)

Ancient South America

b)

Ancient Australia

c)

Ancient Greece

d)

Ancient England

44.

An opinion supported by evidence is:

a)

Bias

b)

Claim

c)

Point of View

d)

Reliability

45.

When humans change their environment, they are ______ upon the environment

a)

modifying

b)

adapting

c)

depending

d)

relying

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