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Geography

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a Globe?

a)

flat surface drawing of Earth

b)

small round model of earth

c)

solid surface of earth

2.

What is a map?

a)

small round model of Earth

b)

solid surface of Earth

c)

drawing of what places look like from above

d)

picture of you house

3.

Land is a solid surface of Earth.

a)

true

b)

false

4.

What is a map title for?

a)

to tell you what the map will be about

b)

To tell you what ocean you are by

c)

to help you find your keys

5.

What is a Map Key

a)

a key you use to get in the door

b)

a list of symbols used on a map

c)

cardinal directions

6.

Compass

(a)  

7.

What are the Cardinal Directions?

a)

Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest

b)

North, East, South, West

8.

What are the Intermediate Directions?

a)

Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest

b)

North, East, South, West

9.

A Map Grid is the lines on a map.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

Map Grids can make it harder to find places.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

Why do people make maps?

a)

To help people be able to locate locations more easily

b)

So people can use them if they get lost and have no internet connection

c)

To show change

d)

All are correct

12.

Maps can show what?

a)

Change

b)

past and present

c)

hills, mountains, valley's, Islands

d)

rivers, lakes, ponds, oceans

e)

All are correct

13.

How many continents are there?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

9

d)

8

14.

How many oceans are there?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

7

d)

6

15.

What continent do we live on?

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

16.

What are the two imaginary lines on a map called that separate the Hemispheres?

a)

Cardinal and Intermediate

b)

Equator and Prime Meridian

17.

What are the 4 hemispheres called

a)

Northern

b)

Eastern

c)

Western

d)

Southern

e)

Northeastern

18.

Natural parts of the land like mountains, sandy soil, oceans, cold winters

a)

Physical Characteristics

b)

Human Characteristic

19.

Are things people have added to a place and ways people have changed the environment. Like roads and building

a)

Physical Characteristics

b)

Human Characteristics

20.

Physical and human characteristics can affect jobs

a)

true

b)

false

21.

Few people live in this area and usually are farmers

a)

Urban Area

b)

Rural Area

22.

Area where lots of people live and usually where there are more goods sold and more services provided

a)

Rural Area

b)

Urban Area

23.

What are examples of people modifying the environment?

a)

Cutting down trees

b)

Building houses

c)

Manmade lakes

d)

All are correct

24.

What are some consequences of change? (Consequence is something that happens as a result of an action or event.)

a)

dams can destroy animal homes

b)

farmland may be destroyed in order to build highways

c)

tree's being cut down can destroy animal homes

d)

all are correct