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Unit 1 Test: Part 1

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which theme answer the question "Where is it?"

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Location

d)

Region

2.

Which theme answers the question "How do ideas travel in and out of this place?"

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Location

d)

Movement

3.

Which theme answers the question "What is it like there?"

a)

Place

b)

Human Environment Interaction

c)

Region

d)

Location

4.

Which theme answers the question "How have people adapted to the environment there?"

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Region

5.

Which theme answers the question "How can this place be divided into areas that have things in common?"

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Place

d)

Location

6.

The country is 34 degrees north and 127 degrees east.

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

Movement

7.

The ocean has become very polluted.

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Region

8.

California is part of the western United States.

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Region

9.

I called my friend to tell her what happened.

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Movement

c)

Location

d)

Place

10.

I received a present in the mail from my grandma.

a)

Movement

b)

Place

c)

Location

d)

Human Environment Interaction

11.

Which theme looks at what it's like to live somewhere including human and physical characteristics?

a)

Movement

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

Place

12.

Which theme involves the way people, goods, and ideas are shared?

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Location

13.

Which theme involves looking at certain areas that have something in common?

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

Movement

14.
What do we use to find absolute location?
a)
latitude and longitude
b)
the equator and international dateline
c)
a GPS and an XLP
d)
landmarks and distances
15.
What are flora and fauna?
a)
Birds and Deer
b)
Baby animals
c)
Plants and beasts
d)
Themes of Geography
16.
How do we modify the environment?
a)
We build irrigation ditches
b)
We build landfills
c)
We build dams
d)
All of the above
17.
Only people move.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
A cultural region might have a common tongue.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Regions can be based off more than one feature.
a)
True
b)
False
20.

Pick 2 Themes of Geography

a)

Place

b)

Climate

c)

Culture

d)

Countries

e)

Location

21.

Pick the definition for Location.

a)

The features of a location that distinguish it from other places.

b)

Position of something on earth's surface.

c)

The way ideas, materials, and people get around

d)

The best way to show location.

22.

Pick the definition of place.

a)

The features of a location that distinguish it from other places.

b)

Position of something on earth's surface.

c)

The best way to show location.

d)

The way ideas, materials, and people get around.

23.

Places that are near each other and have something in common, either in a person's mind, or from defined borders are called _____.

a)

regions

b)

locations

c)

places

d)

states

24.

Human-environment interaction is the relationship between _____ and _____.

a)

people and the world

b)

people and the government

c)

people and other people

d)

People and farms

25.

Farmers have to clear and water land so crops can grow.

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Region

d)

Movement

e)

Human-environment interaction

26.

What are the two types of location?

a)

Absolute and Relative

b)

Latitude and Relative

c)

GPS and Satellite

d)

General and Relative

27.

All of the following are examples of Human characteristics EXCEPT

a)

The Golden Gate Bridge

b)

The Pacific Ocean

c)

the Queen Mary 2

d)

Deira Islands

28.

True or false. Technology has made the movement of ideas easier.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

What is a compass rose?

a)

half of a circle that helps people find angles

b)

a drawing showing different directions on a map

c)

a device with a magnet that always points North

d)

a pretty flower on a map that is red

30.

What is a scale on a map?

a)

a tool that allows you to measure your body weight

b)

a way to balance the weights of the land and oceans

c)

a ratio of the distance on the map to the actual distance

d)

a piece of skin found on reptiles like snakes

31.

What does the title show on a map?

a)

shows the person who made the map

b)

attracts the reader's attention

c)

shows the purpose of the map

d)

shows important information about the size

32.

Which choice is the legend or key of a map?

a)
b)
c)
d)
33.

Which map is a 'political map'?

a)
b)
c)
d)
34.

What does the "N" on the compass rose stand for?

a)

North

b)

Napa

c)

Norway

d)

Nevada

35.
A way of showing the actual size compared to the size on the map
a)
legend/key
b)
cardinal directions
c)
compass rose
d)
map scale
36.
What direction would you travel in to get from Perth to Sydney
a)
North
b)
East
c)
South 
d)
West
37.
The fire dept. is ______ of the school.
a)
South
b)
East
c)
North
d)
West
38.
The school is ____ of the pet store.
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
39.
What directions would you travel to go from Catherine's house to the school?
a)
northeast
b)
northwest
c)
southeast
d)
southwest
40.

What direction does the red X represent?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

41.

What direction does the red X represent?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

42.

What is this part of the map?

a)

title

b)

key / legend

c)

compass

43.

What is a title?

a)

name of a map

b)

shows meaning of symbols on map

c)

shows directions

44.

What is this part of the map?

a)

title

b)

key / legend

c)

compass

45.

What is this part of the map?

a)

title

b)

key / legend

c)

compass

46.

What is a compass?

a)

name of a map

b)

shows meaning of symbols on map

c)

shows directions

47.

What is the title of the map?

a)

The Americas

b)

The World

c)

USA

48.

What is the title of the map?

a)

The Americas

b)

The World

c)

Natural Resources

49.

What do they show in the key?

a)

Map Skills

b)

N, S, E, W

c)

rivers, mountains, roads

50.

Look at the key: which symbols stands for the capital?

a)
b)
c)
51.

Imaginary lines that circle the Earth parallel to the Equator.

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Equator

d)

Projection

52.

Imaginary lines that circle the Earth from Pole to Pole, measuring distance east or west of the Prime Meridian.

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Scale

d)

Hemisphere

53.
A way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface.
a)
Map Projection
b)
Distortion
54.
The change in shape, size, or location of a place when shown on a map.
a)
Map Projection
b)
Distortion
55.
  1. What is a map?
a)

A very big hill

b)

A diagram of an area on a flat surface

c)

United States of America

d)

A river

56.

A person who draws maps is called..

a)

cartographer

b)

carpenter

c)

Cartoon artist

d)

Grasshopper

57.

All these things are shown in a map EXCEPT..

a)

forests

b)

your mother

c)

houses

d)

bridges

58.

The picture is an example of a ________________ map

a)

Topographic

b)

Climate

c)

Precipitation

d)

Circle Map