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Geography Study Guide

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The study of the Earth, its physical features and the way living things use the Earth.

a)

equator

b)

symbols

c)

distortion

d)

geography

2.

_ is the largest continent.

(a)  

3.

What is the smallest continent on Earth?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Australia

d)

Antarctia

4.

What continent is the United States a part of?

a)

Europe

b)

Australia

c)

South America

d)

North America

5.

Why have geographers named five oceans on earth?

a)

Because there are five separate sections of water.

b)

Because there were five geographers who discovered the oceans.

c)

Because five was the favorite number of the geographer who named the oceans.

d)

Because geographers gave different names to sections of water separated by land.

6.

The Prime Meridian is a line of _?_.

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

7.

Lines of latitude are also called _?_.

a)

longitude

b)

meridians

c)

parallels

8.

_?_ is the change in the shape and size of an object.

a)

distortion

b)

map

c)

equator

d)

hemisphere

9.

_?_ is a half of a sphere.

a)

basketball

b)

hemisphere

c)

halosphere

d)

melon

10.

Which of the following is a problem with a map?

a)

it is the same shape as a globe

b)

it is flat and easy to carry

c)

It can only show big objects

d)

some places are distorted

11.

This is an example of _?_.

a)

map key

b)

scale

c)

coordinate grid

d)

compass rose

12.

Give one example of a cardinal direction.

(a)  

13.

NW, SW, NE and SE are examples of:

a)

cardinal directions

b)

intermediate directions

14.

What type of map is this?

a)

political

b)

physical

c)

climate

d)

elevation

15.

What type of map is this?

a)

climate

b)

physical

c)

elevation

d)

population

16.

What type of map shows geographic features, such as bodies of water, mountains and landforms?

a)

climate

b)

political

c)

physical

d)

elevation

17.

Which type of map shows how many people live in an area?

a)

climate

b)

population

c)

physical

d)

elevation

18.

What does the title on a map show?

a)

shows the person who made the map

b)

shows the purpose of the map

c)

attracts the readers attention

d)

shows important information about the size

19.

Which continent is found at the southern most point of the world?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Antarctica

20.

What continent is in purple?

a)

Europe

b)

South America

c)

Australia

d)

Antarctica

21.

North America is in the _?_ hemisphere.

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

22.

The _?_ is a line of latitude that splits the Earth in half.

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian