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Grade 8 End of Month Test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following best describes physical geography?

a)

The study of people and communities

b)

The study of rocks

c)

The study of water bodies

d)

The study of processes that shape the physical landscape

2.

Which of the following best defines geography?

a)

The study of the world

b)

The study of the human body

c)

The study of the earth and its people

d)

The study of rocks

3.

What are the two main branches of geography?

a)

Geology and Geomorphology

b)

Human and Physical

c)

Political and Human

d)

Physical and Political

4.

A person who studies the conditions of the atmosphere that causes weather.

a)

Geography Teacher

b)

Town Planner

c)

Meteorologist

d)

Architect

5.

A person who makes maps

a)

Cartography

b)

Astronomer

c)

Geologist

d)

Archaeologist

6.

What is this part of the map?

a)

title

b)

key / legend

c)

compass

7.

What is this part of the map?

a)

title

b)

key / legend

c)

compass

8.

What is this part of the map?

a)

title

b)

key / legend

c)

compass

9.

What is the title of the map?

a)

The Americas

b)

The World

c)

USA

10.

Look at the key: which symbols stands for the capital?

a)
b)
c)
11.

Look at the key: which symbol means bridge?

a)
b)
c)
12.

This part of a map helps us determine distance.

a)

Key/Legend

b)

Compass Rose

c)

Scale

d)

Title

13.

Andrea is doing a project on Tourism in Barbados. She uses this type of map that shows the major tourist resort areas on the island.

a)

Economic

b)

Population Density

c)

Political

d)

climatic

14.

Romaine wants to know the average weather conditions of Cuba so he consults this type of map

a)

weather map

b)

climatic map

c)

economic map

d)

political map

15.

Christine's group is doing a presentation on the population of Grenada. They include this type of map in their presentation.

a)

Economic map

b)

population density map

c)

weather map

d)

geological map

16.

Mr. Anderson is teaching his grade 8 class about Jamaica's mountains, rivers and plains so he displays this type of map on the chalkboard.

a)

physical map

b)

geological map

c)

climatic map

d)

geological map

17.

Ms. Whyte is helping her nephew with his homework about the parishes in Jamaica. She tell him to draw this type of map to show how Jamaica is divided.

a)

physical map

b)

economic map

c)

geological map

d)

political map

18.

Brandon's Geography book has a map that shows areas in Trinidad where oil is drilled. It is most likely to be this type of map

a)

geological

b)

political

c)

economic

d)

weather

19.

Justin wants to find out what the atmosphere will be like in his hometown tomorrow so he watches the nightly news report to see this type of map.

a)

political map

b)

geological map

c)

climatic map

d)

weather map

20.

Shanice wants to draw a map to show the administrative divisions in Guyana so she looks in her atlas for this type of map.

a)

weather

b)

relief

c)

political

d)

economic

21.

Andrew is a college student who is doing a project on the types of rocks in Puerto Rico. He is likely to consult this type of map.

a)

geological map

b)

physical map

c)

economic map

d)

weather map

22.

There is a map in Kimberly's classroom that represent the number of people in each parish capital in Jamaica, This type of map is a ______ map

a)

population

b)

weather

c)

physical

d)

geological

23.

What is a title?

a)

name of a map

b)

shows meaning of symbols on map

c)

shows directions

24.

What is a key?

a)

name of a map

b)

shows meaning of symbols on map

c)

shows directions

25.

Which of the following best describes economic geography?

a)

The study of the characteristics of human population

b)

The study of how humans use the earth's resources

c)

The study of the characteristics of cities

d)

The study of administrative divisions in a country