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WorksheetsWorld Geography Unit 5
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
1. Growing crops to feed people best describes:
population
agriculture
culture
environment
2. Which statement BEST describes the 1st Agricultural Revolution?
People hunted animals and found food
People created farming and irrigation
People used machines to help farm
People began to use science for crops
3. Which statement BEST describes the 2nd Agricultural Revolution?
a. People hunted animals and found food
b. People created farming and irrigation
c. People used machines to help farm
d. People began to use science for crops
4. Which statement BEST describes the 3rd Agricultural Revolution?
a. People hunted animals and found food
b. People created farming and irrigation
c. People used machines to help farm
d. People began to use science for crops
5. Which statement BEST describes GMOs?
a. A method of creating rivers
b. A method of rotating crops
c. A method of growing crops with science
d. A method of finding wild food
6. How does technology change with agriculture?
a. People find less ways to use technology in agriculture
b. People create new technology to grow more food
c. People do not want to use technology with farming
d. People prefer to use older technology for farming
7. What causes there to be LESS water in an area?
a. Smaller populations
b. Wasteful water use
c. Reliable government
d. New water technology
8. What could happen if there are small amounts of water in a country (No lakes or rivers)?
a. People use more water for daily activities
b. Countries may fight over access to freshwater
c. Governments will let people make decisions
d. People simply wait for drought to end
9. In the 1960s, the Soviet Union dammed up the rivers that led to the Aral Sea. Now the Aral Sea has dried up. Why is it hard for the area to recover?
a. People use too much of the water left there
b. Water resources went to the mining industry
c. A natural disaster prevents the area from recovering
d. The area is too dry and salty for the land to return back
10. A country discovered many new natural resources and has invested in factories to become more industrialized, which will make more money for its citizens. This would MOSTLY help the:
a. Economy
b. Society
c. Politics
d. Environment
11. Why would deforestation be NEGATIVE for a country?
a. It helps to make money in the lumber industry
b. It helps to create jobs for people looking for them
c. It causes environmental damage such as soil erosion
d. It causes land to be cleared to make room for farms
12. What is a POSITIVE impact damming can have on an area?
a. Locations downstream have less water
b. New lakes are created to obtain more water
c. It can potentially harm the natural wildlife
d. Damming can occasionally lead to flooding
13. All of the following are NEGATIVE impacts of strip mining EXCEPT
a. It provides valuable resources to a country
b. It can cause pollution to nearby rivers
c. It can destroy native habitats to wild animals
d. It can destroy the land through soil erosion
14. Which of the following is an ECONOMIC impact of fracking?
a. Oil can contaminate water sources
b. Fracking can increase the chances of earthquakes
c. Oil and gas prices have decreased
d. People are forced off their land
15. Which of the following is a local government’s POSITIVE response to a natural disaster?
a. Haiti is too poor to help its citizens after a natural disaster
b. The United States did not prepare well for Hurricane Katrina
c. Japan unable to predict the destructive force of a tsunami
d. Australia evacuating people and providing shelter after wildfires
16. Which of the following is an example of international response to natural disasters?
a. Helping to evacuate small communities after a natural disaster
b. Demanding bigger governments help with relief efforts
c. Supplying areas with aid from the damaged country
d. Sending in major relief efforts from different countries
17. Which of these is an example of sustainable development?
a. Fracking
b. Fish farms
c. Deforestation
d. Strip Mining
18. How can sustainable activities help the environment?
a. They preserve nature
b. They help make products cheaper to buy
c. They give people access to jobs
d. They allow a government to make more money
19. Why would a country choose to use sustainable activities?
a. It costs too much money to do so
b. They wish to avoid political problems
c. They want to help maintain their ecosystem
d. It decreases the amount of jobs in a country
20. Why would a country choose NOT to use sustainable activities?
a. It costs too much money to do so
b. They wish to avoid political problems
c. They want to help maintain their ecosystem
d. It decreases the amount of jobs in a country
