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6th grade Social Studies Midterm

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
Date
1.

The imaginary lines that circle around the globe are called:

a)

Tropics

b)

Rotation

c)

Lines of Latitude

d)

Lines of Longitude

2.

This line represents the _____________.

a)

Equator

b)

Arctic Circle

c)

Tropic of Capricorn

d)

Prime Meridian

3.

All of the surroundings and conditions that affect living things, such as water, soil, and air:

a)

projection

b)

environment

c)

compass rose

d)

revolution

4.

This line represents the ____________.

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Arctic Circle

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

5.

One Revolution of the Earth is equal to ___________.

a)

a little more than a year

b)

a day

c)

the seasons

d)

the weather

6.

This image represents a __________________.

a)

key

b)

grid

c)

scale

d)

compass rose

7.

A geographer called _________________ created a flat map to help sailors navigate long journeys around the globe.

a)

Arthur Robinson

b)

Robinson Crusoe

c)

Gerhardus Mercator

d)

Michael Collins

8.

What is geography?

a)

The study of the Earth

b)

The study of the Landforms

c)

The study of the Maps

d)

The study of the Seasons

9.

A map key is used to ______________.

a)

help locate places on the map using lines of latitude and longitude.

b)

indicate landmarks, such as roads, towns, important places by using symbols.

c)

compare the size of an area on a map with the area´s actual size.

d)

tell which direction is north, south, east, and west.

10.

The Prime Meridian separates the _________ hemispheres.

a)

Northern and Southern

b)

Eastern and Western

11.

The five themes of Geography are:

(You must write them in the order using¨MR HELP¨)

DO NOT use capital letters.

(a)  

12.

People that study the Earth are called:

a)

cartographers

b)

arqueologists

c)

geographers

d)

navigators

13.

A change in the accuracy of a maps shapes and distances is:

a)

a scale

b)

a projection

c)

a cardinal direction

d)

a distortion

14.

An Earth´s rotation results in ______________.

a)

a year

b)

winter and spring

c)

day and night

d)

summer and fall

15.

The theme of ____________ stresses how people affect their surroundings, and how it affects them.

a)

location

b)

region

c)

place

d)

human-environment interaction