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Year 8 Geography End of Year Quiz

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the line of latitude that goes around the centre of the Earth?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

The Equator

d)

The Equinox

2.

(a)   geography is the subject of anything to do with the natural environment.

3.

A volcanic eruption can cause:

a)

Pyroclastic Flow

b)

Lava bombs

c)

Lahars

d)

Tsunamis

4.

Which country has the largest economy in the world?

a)

China

b)

USA

c)

Russia

d)

Brazil

e)

UK

5.

Which tectonic plate boundary is where plates are moving apart from each other?

a)

Collision

b)

Convergent

c)

Divergent

d)

Conservative

6.

The (a)   tribe are a large tribe in Kenya, Africa

7.

In a stage 5 country (the richest countries in the world) why is the death rate increasing?

a)

Natural disasters

b)

Not having children

c)

Disease

d)

Elderly dependents start to die of old age

8.
Which of the following is a cardinal direction?
a)
northwest
b)
east
c)
southeast
d)
lake
9.
Which country in the world has the largest population?
a)
Russia
b)
United States
c)
China
d)
North Korea
10.

We live on which continent?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

11.

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

a)

Energy from the Sun

b)

Magnetic Pole Reversal

c)

Convection currents in the mantle

d)

Faults in Mountain Ranges

12.
What is the name of Haiti's capital city?
a)
Saint Marc
b)
Jacmel
c)
Port-au-Princess
d)
Port-au-Prince
13.
What physical feature is labeled on this map of China?
a)
Sahara Desert
b)
Ural Mountains
c)
Gobi Desert
d)
Himalaya Mountains
14.
Where is Haiti located?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Caribbean sea
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
North Sea
15.
What kind of government does China have?
a)
Democracy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Communism
d)
Anarchy
16.
How many continents are there in the world?
a)
4
b)
5
c)
6
d)
7
17.
How many oceans are there in the world?
a)
7
b)
6
c)
5
d)
4
18.
Which continent is located at #3?
a)
Australia
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
South America
19.
Which continent is home of the Sahara Desert and is considered the hottest?
a)
South America
b)
Europe
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
20.
This continent is covered by large rainforests and is the wettest.
a)
North America
b)
Asia
c)
South America
d)
Africa
21.
On this continent, you can find animal species such as penguins, seals and some birds. This is the coldest continent.
a)
North America
b)
Antarctica
c)
South America
d)
Europe
22.

What is meant by the term nomadic

a)

People who travel from place to place

b)

People who visit other countries for holidays

c)

People who move for business

d)

People who are very traditional.

23.

What is the biome found across most of north Africa

a)

Savannah

b)

Rainforest

c)

Desert

d)

Temperate forests

24.

What is the glacial landform that is a large circular bowl carved out of a mountain?

a)

Morraine

b)

Cirque

c)

Striation

d)

Aretes

25.

What ocean do you find cyclones in?

a)

Southern

b)

Pacific

c)

Atlantic

d)

Indian

26.

What do we mean by the term "development"

a)

Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations.

b)

The general measure of the quality of life that people face where they live. It can be measured in a range of ways, looking at economic, social, environmental and political standards

c)

How rich or poor countries are

d)

How well a country can access healthcare and jobs.

27.
Sub-Saharan Africa has all of the following problems, EXCEPT
a)
Corrupt and/or inefficient governments
b)
Low levels of female empowerment
c)
A lack of mineral resources
d)
A relatively uneducated populace
28.
Of the many sources of energy that are renewable and considered to be environmentally friendly and harness natural processes ______ is the exception. 
a)
Geothermal 
b)
Biomass
c)
Solar Power
d)
Nuclear Fusion 
29.
GE, Coca-cola, Nokia, Samsung, Pepsi, Walt-Disney represent the many 
a)
Back of Corporations
b)
World Trade Organizations
c)
Transnational Corporations
d)
Fairtrade Labeling Organizations 
30.

Countries with higher income are _____________ than others with less income.

a)

Less developed

b)

More developed

c)

Less stronger

d)

More organized

31.
In which continent is Egypt a part of?
a)
Australia
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
Africa
32.
This continent has three countries (Mexico, USA, Canada)
a)
South America
b)
Africa
c)
North America
d)
Asia
33.

This flag belongs to…

a)

Sweden

b)

Finland

c)

Norway

d)

Switzerland

34.

The city in this picture is…

a)

Sao Paulo

b)

Rio

c)

Recife

d)

Porto Alegre

35.

Explains what the symbols on a map stand for.

a)

Map legend (key)

b)

scale

c)

compass rose

d)

global grid

36.
Which is NOT a method of transportation?
a)
Abrasion
b)
Saltation
c)
Traction
d)
Suspension
37.
Where would you find a waterfall?
a)
Upper course
b)
Middle Course
c)
Lower Course
38.
What landform can you see in the picture?
a)
Floodplain
b)
Delta
c)
Waterfall
d)
Oxbow lake
39.
"Rocks rolled along the river bed" is what type of transportation?
a)
Saltation
b)
Suspension
c)
Traction
d)
Solution
40.
"When rocks scrape along the river bank and bed" is what type of erosion?
a)
Attrition
b)
Abrasion
c)
Solution
d)
Hydraulic Action
41.
"I am a smaller river joining a larger river" What am I?
a)
Confluence
b)
Tributary 
c)
Drainage Basin
d)
Watershed
42.
I am the land that gets flooded when the river overflows. What am I?
a)
Levee
b)
Delta
c)
Floodplain
d)
Meander
43.

A resource that can replenish itself is...

a)

Renewable

b)

Non-renewable

44.

Gas, oil and diesel are all examples of...

a)

Renewable resources

b)

Non-renewable resources

45.
What has happened to resource consumption in the last several hundred years?
a)
it has remained at the same level
b)
it has decreased dramatically
c)
it has decreased only slightly
d)
it has increased dramatically
46.

An accurate definition of Sustainability is

a)

meeting population needs

b)

meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to survive

c)

meeting the needs of the future without worrying about todays

d)

meeting the food needs of animals

47.
A glacier is __________
a)
series of frozen lakes that line up parallel to one another 
b)
series of frozen seas that rest in the interior of continents 
c)
o  large body of ice that does not move across the earth's surface 
d)
large body of ice and snow that shows evidence of movement 
48.
_____ is rock debris embedded in base of ice create polishing, grooves and striations.
a)
Plucking
b)
Abrasion
c)
Weathering
d)
Erosion
49.
_____ are parallel scratch marks on bedrock
a)
Plucking
b)
Abrasion
c)
Straitions
d)
Till
50.
_____ are are lines deposited at bottom or along sides of glaciers.
a)
Eskers
b)
Till
c)
Erratics
d)
Moraines
51.
_____ are enormous boulders transported and deposited by glaciers, often far from their source region.
a)
Till
b)
Erratics
c)
Moraines
d)
Fjords
52.

Name where the river starts

a)

source

b)

trubutary

c)

mouth

d)

delta

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