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9th Grade Honors Geography Mid-Term (2020) Part 2

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Spain lost Cuba during the ____________ in 1898.

a)

Civil War

b)

Cuban Revolt

c)

Mexican Revolution

d)

Spanish-American War

2.

The capital of Cuba is . . .

a)

San José.

b)

Havana.

c)

Tijuana.

d)

Santo Domingo.

3.

The broad, grassy plains that cover over half of Colombia are the . . .

a)

Brazilian Highlands.

b)

Gran Chaco.

c)

Llanos.

d)

Mato Grosso Plateau.

4.

The highest waterfall in the world is . . .

a)

Angel Falls.

b)

Niagara Falls.

c)

Victoria Falls.

d)

Devil Falls.

5.

Tepuis are . . .

a)

people of mixed anecstry.

b)

Indian dwellings.

c)

huge block-shaped mountains.

d)

rebels.

6.

The Andes Mountains are . . .

a)

4,500 miles long.

b)

1,500 miles long.

c)

5,000 miles long.

d)

fairly short.

7.

Cotopaxi is . . .

a)

the highest mountain in South America.

b)

a canyon in Venezuela.

c)

a Chilean river.

d)

the highest active volcano in the world.

8.

José de San Martín was the great liberator of all the following except . . .

a)

Bolivia.

b)

Ecuador.

c)

Argentina.

d)

Chile.

9.

The most thoroughly European population in South America is in . . .

a)

Uruguay.

b)

Paraguay.

c)

Argentina.

d)

the Azores.

10.

A Uralic language is spoken in . . .

a)

Denmark.

b)

Finland.

c)

Norway.

d)

Sweden.

11.

What is the oldest parliamentary assembly in the world?

a)

the Althing

b)

British Parliament

c)

the Hekla

d)

Scottish Parliament

12.

What country fought France for control of the Alsace-Lorraine plateau?

a)

Britain

b)

Germany

c)

Luxembourg

d)

the Netherlands

13.

The national government of the Netherlands's constitutional monarchy meets in . . .

a)

Amsterdam.

b)

Brussels.

c)

The Hague.

d)

Rotterdam.

14.

Cantons are . ..

a)

bishops in the Orthodox Church.

b)

Swiss self-governing districts.

c)

French provincial governments.

d)

warm winds from the Alps.

15.

Brenner Pass is the . . .

a)

route of invaders from Germany into Italy through Austria.

b)

route through the Pyrenees from France into Spain.

c)

route of invaders from German into France.

d)

route between Switzerland and Germany.

16.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Home of Yale University

a)

Connecticut

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Kentucky

d)

Arkansas

e)

Louisiana

17.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Home of Independence Hall

a)

Connecticut

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Kentucky

d)

Arkansas

e)

Louisiana

18.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


The "Bluegrass State"

a)

Connecticut

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Kentucky

d)

Arkansas

e)

Louisiana

19.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Home of the Ozark Mountains

a)

Connecticut

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Kentucky

d)

Arkansas

e)

Louisiana

20.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Land of Cajuns and Creoles

a)

Connecticut

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Kentucky

d)

Arkansas

e)

Louisiana

21.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


The state with shorelines on four of the five Great Lakes

a)

Michigan

b)

Minnesota

c)

Missouri

d)

Nebraska

e)

Idaho

22.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


The "Land of Ten Thousand Lakes"

a)

Michigan

b)

Minnesota

c)

Missouri

d)

Nebraska

e)

Idaho

23.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


The "Gateway to the West"

a)

Michigan

b)

Minnesota

c)

Missouri

d)

Nebraska

e)

Idaho

24.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


The only state with a unicameral legislature

a)

Michigan

b)

Minnesota

c)

Missouri

d)

Nebraska

e)

Idaho

25.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


The state whose top crop is potatoes

a)

Michigan

b)

Minnesota

c)

Missouri

d)

Nebraska

e)

Idaho

26.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


The home of Hoover Dam and Lake Meade on the Colorado River

a)

Nevada

b)

Washington

c)

Alaska

d)

Hawaii

e)

Colorado

27.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


The home of Puget Sound and Mount Rainier

a)

Nevada

b)

Washington

c)

Alaska

d)

Hawaii

e)

Colorado

28.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


More than twice the size of Texas

a)

Nevada

b)

Washington

c)

Alaska

d)

Hawaii

e)

Colorado

29.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Twenty-four hundred miles from the mainland

a)

Nevada

b)

Washington

c)

Alaska

d)

Hawaii

e)

Colorado

30.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


Sweden

a)

A

b)

J

c)

M

d)

C

e)

Q

31.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


Switzerland

a)

A

b)

J

c)

M

d)

C

e)

Q

32.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


Iberian Peninsula

a)

A

b)

J

c)

M

d)

C

e)

Q

33.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


Northern Ireland

a)

A

b)

J

c)

M

d)

C

e)

Q

34.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


Peloponnesus

a)

A

b)

J

c)

M

d)

C

e)

Q

35.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


Sicily

a)

P

b)

N

c)

B

d)

L

e)

K

36.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


Lisbon

a)

P

b)

N

c)

B

d)

L

e)

K

37.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


Oslo

a)

P

b)

N

c)

B

d)

L

e)

K

38.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


Apennine Mountains

a)

P

b)

N

c)

B

d)

L

e)

K

39.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


Pyrenees Mountains

a)

P

b)

N

c)

B

d)

L

e)

K

40.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


Pennine Mountains

a)

E

b)

L

c)

K

d)

M

e)

C

41.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


Baltic Sea

a)

D

b)

H

c)

I

d)

G

e)

R

42.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


Danube River

a)

D

b)

H

c)

I

d)

G

e)

R

43.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


English Channel

a)

D

b)

H

c)

I

d)

G

e)

R

44.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


Mediterranean Sea

a)

D

b)

H

c)

I

d)

G

e)

R

45.

Match the following places and geographic features with the correct letters from the map.


North Sea

a)

D

b)

H

c)

I

d)

G

e)

R

46.

How many rivers flowed from the Garden of Eden?

(a)  

47.

Why is it difficult to draw a flat map of the earth, and what distortions are probable?

(a)  

48.

When you are giving verbal directions to someone and not using a visible map or drawing, what kind of map are you using?

(a)  

49.

What are the three parts of the earth's surface as God divided it?

(a)  

50.

What is the saltiest lake in the world?

(a)  

51.

What term best describes useful substances found in and extracted from the earth?

(a)  

52.

What are products that generally last less than a year?

(a)  

53.

What is another name for service industries?

(a)  

54.

What term means the average value of goods or services produced by each person in a country?

(a)  

55.

What trade agreement was approved in 1993 among Canada, Mexico, and the United States?

(a)  

56.

What word is used to describe North Korea's forced reverence of its dictator?

(a)  

57.

When one nation conquers another nation beyond its borders, what is created?

(a)  

58.

The (a)   has the highest tides in the world.

59.

Name one of the two foods that are grown on plantations in Hawaii.

(a)  

60.

To which region of the country was historian W. J. Cash referring when he said it was essentially a

nation within a nation, not quite separate but still different enough from the rest of the country to be

considered in its own right?

(a)  

61.

Which southern river flows from Knoxville into northern Alabama and then north through Kentucky to empty in the Ohio River?

(a)  

62.

Into what two sections is South Carolina divided?

(a)  

63.

Which two cities are called the "Twin Cities"?

(a)  

64.

What is the most famous geyser in Yellowstone National Park?

(a)  

65.

Who formed the first Communist government in the Western Hemisphere?

(a)  

66.

Honduras has earned the nickname (a)   because its economy is dependent on one crop.

67.

Middle America forms a (a)   between North and South America.

68.

Who was considered the greatest hero of Latin America an was "the Liberator" of many areas of South America?

(a)  

69.

What are the two dominant geographic features in South America?

(a)  

70.

Who was the most famous caudillo in Argentina?

(a)  

71.

The largest lake in South America is (a)   .

72.

What is another name for the Humboldt Current, which flows from the Antarctic, bringing cold and dry air?

(a)  

73.

This administrative capital of Bolivia is the world's highest capital.

(a)  

74.

What is the capital of Paraguay?

(a)  

75.

The narrowest paint in the English Channel is the (a)   .