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Global Awareness Review Game

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What continent is purple in this picture?

a)

Europe

b)

Africa

c)

Australia

d)

North America

2.

Which social scientist is most concerned with groups of people or organizations?

a)

Historian

b)

Political Scientist

c)

Economist

d)

Sociologist

e)

Anthropologist

3.

Clinton Lakes is a community known for being struck by earthquakes. Although earthquakes can happen at any moment, we try our best to be prepared. We make strict rules for all structures built in our town and have a community stockpile of canned goods and water in case of emergency.


Using evidence from the text, decide if this city IS or IS NOT trying to avoid disaster.

a)

They are trying to avoid disaster.

b)

They are not trying to avoid disaster.

4.

​​Which social scientist is most concerned with time or things that have happened before or in the past?

a)

Historian

b)

Political Scientist

c)

Geographer

d)

Sociologist

e)

Anthropologist

5.

What three natural hazards are caused by movement of plate tectonics?

a)

Hurricane

b)

Earthquake

c)

Tsunami

d)

Sandstorm

e)

Volcanic Eruption

6.

Choose all the events that could be considered a global problem?

a)

pollution

b)

the long lines at Disney World

c)

Coronavirus

d)

poverty and hunger

e)

kids not doing their homework

7.

Which continent is yellow?

a)

South America

b)

Asia

c)

Australia

d)

Europe

8.

Which social scientist is most concerned with the government and its actions following an event?

a)

Economist

b)

Historian

c)

Political Scientist

d)

Sociologist

e)

Geographer

9.

Which social scientist is most concerned with location and where something is?

a)

Historian

b)

Geographer

c)

Anthropologist

d)

Economist

e)

Political Scientist

10.

Wyandot City can sometimes be hit by tornadoes. Still… we do not enforce building codes or encourage people to have stock piles of food or water. We do have alarms that get tested once a month, but evacuation routes need to be tested and we don’t have the time. We figure people will just know what to do if and when a tornado strikes.


Using evidence from the text, decide if this city IS or IS NOT trying to avoid disaster.

a)

They are trying to avoid disaster

b)

They are NOT trying to avoid disaster.

11.

In what climate zone might this place be? Tropical? Temperate? Or Polar?

a)

Tropical

b)

Temperate

c)

Polar

12.

Which social scientist is most concerned with people’s beliefs and their understanding of things?

a)

Anthropologists

b)

Economist

c)

Sociologist

d)

Political Scientist

e)

Geographer

13.

Which continent is red in this map?

a)

Asia

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Antarctica

14.

Climate graphs shows ________ and _______ for a location.

a)

population

b)

precipitation

c)

temperature

d)

weather

15.

Which social scientist is most concerned with money and business?

a)

Geographer

b)

Historian

c)

Economist

d)

Political Scientist

e)

Anthropologist

16.

True or False


On the Earth’s crust there are tectonic plates. Even though it is only by centimeters a year, the plates are constantly moving. The most problems happen when the plates collide. When plates move together, or apart, changes on our Earth occur and that could cause natural hazards.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Which continent is green on this map?

a)

Australia

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

Asia

18.

Which leads to more deaths and cost more money to repair?

a)

natural disaster

b)

natural hazard

19.

A global problem....

a)

affects the whole world.

b)

requires people/countries to work together to solve.

c)

requires war between countries to solve.

d)

affects a few people and is easily solved.