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G9 Geography - Unit 1 Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is geography?

a)

The study of rocks

b)

The study of places and how people change them

c)

The study of space

d)

Earth graph

2.

What is physical geography?

a)

The study of countries

b)

The study of people in countries

c)

The study of how people spend money

d)

The study of the land and oceans

3.

Which is NOT an example of physical geography?

a)

waterfalls

b)

walls between countries

c)

mountains

d)

forests

4.

What is a map projection?

a)

A way to show the globe on a map

b)

Putting a map on a wall

c)

Predicting how a map will change

d)

Putting light on a map

5.

What does GPS mean?

a)

Global Police Squad

b)

Good Price System

c)

Grab Play Store

d)

Global Positioning System

6.

Lines of longitude run ...

a)

east to west

b)

northwest to southeast

c)

very fast

d)

north to south

7.

What do we use to know your absolute location?

a)

The sky

b)

Longitude and latitude

c)

A landmark

d)

Mountains

8.

What is a relative location?

a)

A location described by using other locations

b)

Where your family lives

c)

Coordinates on a map

d)

A school

9.

What is an example of a region?

a)

The United States of America

b)

Polynesia

c)

Japan

d)

Vietnam

10.

Which one is NOT an example of topography?

a)

clouds

b)

valley

c)

lake

d)

river

11.

What does scale show on a map?

a)

How much a country weighs

b)

How strong the map is

c)

Inches compared to centimeters

d)

The distance on the map related to the distance on the Earth

12.

Which one an example of a symbol on a map?

a)

A triangle that shows were a mountain is

b)

The Pacific Ocean

c)

California

d)

Vietnam

13.

When lines of longitude and latitude meet, we can see ...

a)

a grid

b)

coordinates

c)

an absolute location

d)

all of the above