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Unit 1 Test: Physical and Human Geography

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Scholar, did you study for this test?

a)

Yes. I did.

b)

No, I didn't.

2.

What is a continent?

a)

a large, unbroken landmass

b)

a chain of small islands

c)

a name of a tectonic plate

d)

a container of sorts

3.

How many tectonic plates in world are there?

a)

12

b)

100

c)

160

d)

16

4.

Which country is NOT a continent?

a)

North America

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

Indonesia

5.

Fill-in-the-Blank: A fault is where two _______ _________ grind against each other.

a)

Great friends

b)

relative locations

c)

prime meridians

d)

tectonic plates

6.

Choose all answers that apply: When we look at a country's culture we look at the set of _______, _______, and _________.

a)

Beliefs

b)

Behaviors

c)

Traits

d)

Food

7.

Which of the following is the smallest ice mass?

a)

Ice Sheets

b)

Glacier

c)

Ice Caps

d)

Ice Cubes

8.

How is dialect different from language?

a)

It's a smaller version of a main language.

b)

Dialect and language are both involve speech.

c)

Dialect is a regional variety of a language.

d)

Dialect and language are the same, there is no difference.

9.

Dialects have their own vocabulary, grammar and __________.

a)

words

b)

pronunciation

c)

customs

d)

beliefs

10.

Which definition best matches the term, democracy?

a)

A government in which one person has absolute power over everything.

b)

A government that is ruled by a king or queen.

c)

A government that is run by the people.

d)

A government where people elect leaders to represent them.

11.

Which definition best matches the term, monarchy?

a)

A government in which one person has absolute power over everything.

b)

A government that is ruled by a king or queen.

c)

A government that is run by the people.

d)

A government where people elect leaders to represent them.

12.

Which definition best matches the term, representative democracy?

a)

A government in which one person has absolute power over everything.

b)

A government that is ruled by a king or queen.

c)

A government that is run by the people.

d)

A government where people elect leaders to represent them.

13.

Which definition best matches the term, dictatorship?

a)

A government in which one person has absolute power over everything.

b)

A government that is ruled by a king or queen.

c)

A government that is run by the people.

d)

A government where people elect leaders to represent them.

14.

Which country is a representative democracy?

a)

Anartica

b)

Thailand

c)

Denmark

d)

United States

15.

What is Globalization?

a)

Maps shaped like the Earth.

b)

A system like GPS or Remote Sensing.

c)

When nations, cultures and economies become mixed.

d)

A step when you perform map projection.

16.

What background quality does NOT make up an ethinc group?

a)

Common national background

b)

Common tribal background

c)

Common religious background

d)

Common currency

17.

Which definition best matches “cultural region”?

a)

A geographic area in which people have certain traits in common.

b)

A city where people have common income.

c)

A country where everyone has the same nationality.

d)

A culture in an area in which no one has anything in common.

18.

Tectonic plates are parts of what layer of the Earth?

a)

Mantle

b)

Atmosphere

c)

Core

d)

Crust

19.

How is religion a part of culture?

a)

Religion influences how people see the world

b)

Religion and culture are unrelated.

c)

Religion is a culture.

d)

Cultures create religion.

20.

Do you have any questions about Midterm Exams?

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