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WorksheetsGeography Ch 1: Geography Basics
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 33mins
Geography is
knowing where countries are and what their capitals are.
knowing physical landforms such as bays, deserts, and tundras.
being able to synthesize the natural/physical world and human activity.
all of these.
Which of these are not tools of geographers?
alien maps.
satellite imagery.
interviewing indigenous communities.
historical research.
Which of these is considered the father of geography?
ibn Battuta
Marco Polo
Eratosthenes
Harm de Blij
Absolute location
consists of information such as latitude and longitude and elevation.
tells us where a place is in relation to other places.
is often useful when giving directions to a normal person.
often changes with the physical landscape.
Which of these is not one of the five themes of geography?
location
place
human-environment interaction
finding your car keys
Of the countries with data, the European country with the lowest percentage of post-toilet handwashers is
France.
the UK.
the Netherlands.
Germany.
The most common computer-based geography technology is
Alexa.
GIS.
PlayStation 5
Samsung Galaxy Z.
Which of these is not one of the common distortion problems with maps?
area (how big places are)
direction (which way to go to get from one place to another)
distance (how far apart places are)
sound (how loud places are)
Raw materials are most often produced in the
core.
periphery.
semi-periphery.
haupstadt.
Finished consumer goods
are generally produced in core areas and flow to the periphery.
are widely produced in all areas.
are just as likely to be produced in the core as in the periphery.
are generally produced in the periphery and flow to core areas.
Development in nations
can be measured in any number of ways, from income to literacy to healthcare...and many others.
most often depends on military spending.
has a universally defined set of measurement criteria.
seems to be random.
Gross Domestic Product is a measure of
the total value of the officially recorded goods and services produced by those from a country in a given year.
the total value of the officially recorded goods and services produced by those in a country in a given year.
a measure of the monetary worth of what is produced within a country plus income received from investments outside a country.
the total value of both recorded and unrecorded goods and services produced by those from a country in a given year.
Generally speaking,
the higher-numbered an economic sector is, the more development it indicates.
the lower-numbered an economic sector is, the more development it indicates.
there is no relationship between economic sectors and national development.
economic sectors aren't real.
Least Developed Countries (LDC)
tend to rely heavily on secondary economic activities.
tend to have a varied economy, not favoring one economic sector over another.
tend to rely heavily on primary economic activities.
tend to not have economies of any sort.
Worldwide, the literacy rate
has been slowly falling since the end of WWII.
has risen sharply since the early 1900s.
has remained steady over the last 150 years.
has erratically risen and fallen over the last few decades.
The Brandt Line
divides the world into a wealthy economic north and a poor economic south.
separates nations based on whether they are a former British colony.
shows that countries with high levels of natural resources tend to have more economic development than those without.
is the shortest path for sailing around the world.
Measures of development such as the Human Development Index, literacy rate, birth rate, and availability of healthcare
generally indicate the same countries as being developed or developing.
usually point in opposite directions as to whether a country is developed or not.
are completely uncorrelated.
are not real.
Plate tectonics
is a method of creating dinnerware.
is a theory that the surface of the Earth is solid and in one piece.
explains how the continents move and why we have earthquakes and volcanoes.
explains what happened to the dinosaurs.
Topography
tells us which layers of the Earth are on top of others.
describes changes in elevation of the Earth's surface.
is a method of creating spinning children's toys.
is similar to typography.
Climate
is constant over time.
is an aggregation of weather observations.
taken over time, makes up weather.
has not changed since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
The total population of the planet
rose sharply until about 1950, when it began falling.
is evenly distributed across the continents.
is mostly rural in developed countries.
is between seven and eight billion people.
Most of the world's population
lives in polar regions.
lives in Asia.
travels I-4 each morning and afternoon.
lives in one of ten cities.
A country's birth rate
tends to increase as its economy improves.
is defined as the number of live births per 1,000 people in a year.
is often lower than its death rate.
tends to decrease as it becomes more rural.
A country's rate of natural increase
includes population increases from immigration.
is positive if the death rate is higher than the birth rate.
is unrelated to its birth and death rates.
is calculated as its birth rate minus its death rate.
If a country has a total fertility rate of exactly two,
its population will remain steady.
its population will double.
its population will divide in two.
we know nothing about what its population will do.
In recent years, the country with the highest Total Fertility Rate has been
China.
India.
Niger.
Brazil.
The Demographic Transition Model
describes a country's ethnic and racial development.
tells us about the political development of a culture.
contemplates that birth rates will always increase.
describes how birth and death rates change and impact a country's population pyramid.
The Baby Boom generation
is larger than the generation that came before it and the one that came after it.
is larger than the one that came before it, but smaller than the one that came after it.
is smaller than the one that came before it, but larger than the one that came after it.
is smaller than the generation that came before it and the one that came after it.
Zero degrees latitude is known as
the Prime Meridian.
the Equator.
the North Pole.
the South Pole.
Florida is in the ___ hemisphere (two answers).
northern
southern
eastern
western
Which country is north of Chad?
Libya
Sudan
Niger
Central African Republic
Which ocean is west of the United States?
Atlantic
Arctic
Pacific
Indian
Which is known as the "Circle of Bears"?
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Arctic Circle
Antarctic Circle
Which of these is not a typical type of region?
formal
functional
dynastic
vernacular
Latitude is
the distance of a location east or west from the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees.
the distance of a location north or south from the Equator, measured in degrees.
an imaginary line connecting the north and south poles.
loosely correlated with time zones.
Which of these is most likely to be part of the informal economy?
Porschia uses her beautician's license to operate a salon in an extra room in her house.
Jakobe works at McDonald's a few hours each day after school.
Jaden delivers newspapers in his neighborhood.
Riley mows his neighbor's lawn for $20 cash each Saturday.
A convergent boundary is where
two plates move toward each other.
two plates move apart from each other.
two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate when they collide.
A divergent boundary is where
two plates move toward each other.
two plates move apart from each other.
two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate when they collide.
A transform boundary is where
two plates move toward each other.
two plates move apart from each other.
two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate when they collide.
A subduction boundary is where
two plates move toward each other.
two plates move apart from each other.
two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate when they collide.
Economic activities such as farming and fishing are considered part of the
primary economic sector.
secondary economic sector.
tertiary economic sector.
quaternary economic sector.
The United States, Canada, western Europe, Japan and Australia are generally considered part of the
Global Economic South.
Global Economic North.
Global Economic East.
Global Economic West.
The average measures of temperature, humidity, sunshine, wind, and precipitation over a long period of time is
weather.
climate.
barometer.
topography.
A bar graph indicating the age and sex of a population is
a population pyramid.
the Demographic Transition Model.
a relief map.
a scale.
Which of these is not a common measure of development in a nation?
literacy rate
retirement age
internet access
per capita income
life expectancy
When giving someone directions to a location, one would usually describe its
relative location.
absolute location.
echolocation.
relocation.
To find a country's rate of natural increase you would need the following information (choose more than one)
birth rate
life expectancy
death rate
fertility rate
This theme of geography looks at areas that share common characteristics.
movement
regions
human-environment interaction
place
location
This theme of geography explores how people use, adapt to, and modify their surroundings.
movement
regions
human-environment interaction
place
location
This theme of geography describes the features that make a site unique.
movement
regions
human-environment interaction
place
location
This theme of geography describes where something is.
movement
regions
human-environment interaction
place
location
In looking at a map or globe with a normal orientation, which of these are horizontal (left to right)?
latitude
longitude
topographical lines
GIS
In looking at a map or globe with a normal orientation, which of these are vertical (up and down)?
latitude
longitude
topographical lines
GIS
Areas with high levels of development tend to have ____ levels of their workforce employed in agriculture.
high
low
growing
highly educated
The Earth's surface
is one solid piece of rock that does not move.
is made up of plates that move relative to one another.
is mostly made up of magma.
has been in a constant position for the last 65 million years.
The world's population
is evenly distributed across the Earth's land area.
has been decreasing steadily since the end of the Industrial Revolution.
is unevenly distributed and mostly in an area including South and East Asia.
is mostly in rural areas.
Generally speaking, the more developed a country is,
the higher its birth rate.
the higher its death rate.
the higher its fertility rate.
the higher its GDP.
Formal regions are
areas with at least one common physical or human characteristic.
areas with a unitary form of government.
areas without common features but which act together as a region.
often poorly defined and based primarily on people's perceptions.
In the United States, "the South" is an example of a
formal region.
functional region.
vernacular region.
homogenous region.
Physical geography
include the study of population settlement patterns.
is all geography that doesn't involve humans, including plants, animals, rocks, dirt, water, and more.
does not include the long- and short-term studies of atmospheric conditions known as climate and weather.
includes the study of human activities.
The United States is an example of
a unitary system of government.
a federal system of government.
an informal region.
a vernacular region.
In the international sense, the word "state" means what we in the United States call
a unitary system of government.
a vernacular region.
a political subdivision of a country.
a country, or a nation.
The "social organization" element of culture
has to do with unofficial rules of a society.
includes the basic structure of family units as well as social classes.
refers to the official rules of a society.
includes essentially any sort of expression of human creativity.
The "customs and traditions" element of culture includes all of these except
common holidays and celebrations
types of clothing that are considered appropriate to wear in public
how people express ideas and communicate with one another
typical forms of greetings in a society.
Which of these is not one of the elements of culture?
religion
economics
region
government
