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Unit 1-Study guide-Physical and Human Geography

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 2hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Water makes up more than 70% of the earth's surface. There are oceans, seas, gulfs, rivers and lakes. How many oceans are on Earth?


(TEKS used for this assessment- 3A -15A -15B -19B -3B -3D -4B -22A -22C)

a)

A. 7

b)

B. 5

c)

C. 50

d)

D. 13

2.

What large body of salt water borders Texas to the south?

a)

A. Pacific Ocean

b)

B. Indian Ocean

c)

C. Mississippi River

d)

D. Gulf of Mexico

3.

Which of the following is an element of culture?

a)

A. Literature

b)

B. Fun

c)

C. Vacation

d)

D. Games

4.

What is the largest ocean in the world?

a)

A. Pacific

b)

B. Atlantic

c)

C. Southern

d)

D. Arctic

5.

How many states are in the United States?

a)

A. 52

b)

B. 13

c)

C. 7

d)

D. 50

6.

What does a political map show?

a)

A. land

b)

B. population

c)

C. borders of countries and states

d)

D. climate

7.

What does a physical map show?

a)

A. landforms

b)

B. borders

c)

C. climate

d)

D. population

8.

Two important features of a culture are

a)

A. economy and climate

b)

B. natural resources and climate

c)

C. language and religious beliefs

d)

D. weather and writing

9.

What is the part of a map that represents distance?

a)

A. Compass Rose

b)

B. Scale

c)

C. Key/Legend

10.

How many continents are on Earth?

a)

A. 195

b)

B. 7

c)

C. 5

d)

D. 50

11.

What is the part of a map that shows directions?

a)

A, Legend

b)

B. Symbols

c)

C. Scale

d)

D. Compass Rose

12.

What do you call something passed down from generation to generation?

a)

A. Art

b)

B. Literature

c)

C. Tradition

d)

D. Culture

13.

Does this globe show the direction of latitude or longitude?

(Hint: the lines are vertical)

a)

A. latitude

b)

B. longitude

14.

Does this globe show the direction of latitude or longitude?

(Hint: the lines are horizontal)

a)

A. latitude

b)

B. longitude

15.

What state do you live in?

a)

A. Dayton

b)

B. Texas

c)

C. United States

d)

D. North America

16.

What are the 4 directions called?

a)

Cardinal Directions

b)

Directions

c)

Points

d)

Scale

17.

What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemisphere?

a)

equator

b)

longitude

c)

prime meridian

18.

People's occupations, their behavior, and their beliefs are a part of their

a)

culture

b)

technology

c)

government

d)

climate

19.

What continent is the United States a part of?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Texas

d)

Europe

20.

When geographers study human-environment interaction, they learn

a)

how the climate changes

b)

how war happens

c)

how people and their environment impact each other

d)

how schools decide snow days

21.

An advanced culture with cities and a system of writing

a)

cultural landscape

b)

acculturation

c)

civilization

d)

institution

22.

An organization or custom with social, educational, or religious purposes

a)

institution

b)

culture shock

c)

cultural diffusion

d)

civilization

23.

A group of people that share a culture is known as a

a)

cultural landscape

b)

culture shock

c)

social structure

d)

society

24.

What country do you live in?

a)

Texas

b)

Dayton

c)

United States

d)

North America

25.

This polytheistic religion is primarily practiced in India and has close to a billion followers.

a)

Christianity

b)

Judaism

c)

Islam

d)

Hinduism

26.

Historians refer to the time when people went from hunting and gathering their foods to relying on farming and herding as

a)

The Agricultural Revolution

b)

The Industrial Revolution

c)

The Age of Reason

d)

The Age of Discovery

27.

This monotheistic religion was founded on the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad.

a)

Buddhism

b)

Islam

c)

Christianity

d)

Hinduism

28.

Which of the following has the largest amount of followers worldwide?

a)

Islam

b)

Judaism

c)

Christianity

d)

Buddhism

29.

It is illegal to go 100 miles an hour on Dundee Road, is an example of a:

a)

law

b)

custom

c)

suggestion

d)

cultural landscape

30.

The pattern of organized relationships among groups of people within a society.

a)

nuclear family

b)

extended family

c)

social structure

d)

acculturation

31.

The feeling a person may have when experiencing a cultural norm that is outside of their cultural background.

a)

culture shock

b)

acculturation

c)

cultural diffusion

d)

society

32.

An example of non-material culture

a)

house

b)

American flag

c)

religious belief

d)

basketball

33.

What continent is Central/Latin America (south of Mexico) a part of?

a)

North America

b)

South America

34.

Select the continent of NORTH AMERICA.

a)

6

b)

3

c)

1

d)

4

35.

Select the continent of AFRICA.

a)

7

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

36.

Select the continent of ASIA.

a)

1

b)

6

c)

7

d)

3

37.

Select the continent of AUSTRALIA.

a)

7

b)

1

c)

2

d)

4

38.

A PHYSICAL MAP shows what the land looks like in a country. Select the picture of a PHYSICAL MAP.

a)
b)
39.

A POLITICAL MAP shows the boundaries between each country. Select the POLITICAL MAP.

a)
b)
40.

What percentage of the Earth is covered by water from OCEANS?

a)

70%

b)

50%

c)

100%

d)

25%

41.

What continent do you live on?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Asia

42.

Which continent would you find the largest Deseret in the world?

a)

South America

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

43.

Select the continent of EUROPE.

a)

1

b)

4

c)

7

d)

2

44.

What is the name of the largest ocean in the world?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

45.
All of the following are basic elements that make up a culture except....
a)
Literature
b)
Animals
c)
Beliefs
d)
Art