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GEOGRAPHY YEAR 9 BASELINE TEST

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a choropleth map?

a)

A map that uses colour to show data

b)

A globe

c)

A black and white map

d)

A map with no labels

2.

What does the term 'urban' refer to?

a)

The countryside

b)

The city/town

c)

The coast

d)

The residential areas

3.

When I'm asked to 'identify' something, I need to...

a)

Ask for ID

b)

Write an in depth paragraph on what it is

c)

Run away and hide

d)

Point out what it is

4.

In which hemisphere is Australia located?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

5.

On a choropleth map, the lightest colour usually represents...

a)

The smallest number in the data set

b)

The greatest number in the data set

c)

The prettiest colour in the rainbow

d)

The ocean

6.

What are the name of the factors that lead to the movement of people?

a)

Shove and grab factors

b)

Propel and yank factors

c)

Push and pull factors

d)

Heave-ho factors

7.

A factor that draws people into a location is called a (a)   factor?

8.

True or false: China has the largest population in the world

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What should all maps have?

a)

A title

b)

Colour

c)

A key/legend

d)

Clearly drawn borders

10.

True or false: agrarian refers to farming and cultivation practices

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What push factor did NOT influence the migration from rural to urban areas in China?

a)

Less job availability

b)

Poverty

c)

Wanting to step away from agrarian culture

d)

The angry mountain moose

12.

Which one of these is NOT a continent?

a)

China

b)

Australia

c)

Europe

d)

Antarctica

13.

When asked to 'compare' two things, I need to...

a)

Discuss the similarities and differences

b)

Say which I like more

c)

Describe them both

d)

Only talk about one of them

14.

To 'evaluate' something means to...

a)

Weigh it on a set of scales

b)

Stare at it intently

c)

Look at Google reviews on how good it is

d)

Give my opinion/verdict

15.

On satellite image, green represents...

a)

Mountains

b)

Rivers

c)

Grass/coastline areas

d)

The ocean

16.

When soluble particles are dissolved into the river it is called:

a)

Hydraulic Action

b)

Abrasion

c)

Saltation

d)

Solution

17.

Which process involves large boulders and rocks being rolled along the river bed?

a)

Saltation

b)

Traction

c)

Suspension

d)

Solution

18.

The load of the river is all the materials carried by the water

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What is the edge of the river basin called?

a)

waterside

b)

waterway

c)

watershed

d)

water

20.

Name where the river starts

a)

source

b)

trubutary

c)

mouth

d)

delta

21.

What is the name for the place where two rivers meet?

a)

Source

b)

Mouth

c)

Tributary

d)

Confluence

22.

What is the name for a smaller river that flows into a larger one?

a)

Source

b)

Mouth

c)

Tributary

d)

Confluence

23.

Identify the two human causes of flooding.

a)

Heavy rainfall

b)

Urbanisation

c)

Deforestation

d)

Snowmelt

e)

Impermeable rock

24.

What are these bends in a river called

a)

Meenders

b)

Menders

c)

Meanders

d)

River bends

25.

Name that coastal landform - Tall pillar of rock formed by wave action eroding a cliff

a)

Stack

b)

Beach

c)

Bay

d)

Cliff

26.

Name that coastal landform - Broad, curved indentation in the coastline

a)

Stack

b)

Beach

c)

Bay

d)

Cliff

27.

Name that coastal landform - Deposited rock particles – such as sand, gravel or pebbles – along the coastline

a)

Stack

b)

Beach

c)

Bay

d)

Cliff

28.

Name that coastal landform - Area of land surrounded by water

a)

Headland

b)

Island

c)

Spit

d)

Cave

29.

Name that coastal landform -

a)

Neck

b)

Blowhole

c)

Arch

d)

Tombolo

30.

What type of Plate boundary is this?

a)

Divergent

b)

Transform

c)

Convergent

d)

Subduction

31.

What type of Plate boundary is this?

a)

Divergent

b)

Transform

c)

Convergent

d)

Subduction

32.

What type of Plate boundary is this?

a)

Divergent

b)

Transform

c)

Convergent

d)

Subduction

33.

Of all the 7 continents, Asia has ___________.

a)

the largest landmass and second largest population.

b)

the largest landmass and greatest population.

c)

the greatest population and second largest landmass.

d)

the greatest population and smallest overall landmass.

34.

Landscape that receives less than 250 millimetres of rainfall per year

a)

Dessert

b)

Desert

c)

Semi Arid

d)

Tropical

35.

Increase in the proportion of people living in an urban area

a)

Slums

b)

Urban growth

c)

Urbanisation

d)

Urban dwellers

36.

Movement of people as a result of agricultural cycles

a)

Seasonal

b)

Cyclical

c)

Optional

d)

Farmers

37.

Unrestricted growth of people into productive farmland

a)

Urban crawl

b)

Urban sprawl

c)

Urban lifestyle

d)

Urban landscape

38.

What type of landscape is this?

a)

Karst

b)

Mountain

c)

Arid

d)

Coastal

39.

Which is NOT a coastal landform?

a)

Sand dune

b)

Bay

c)

Sea stack

d)

Plateau

40.

What is this landform?

a)

Valley

b)

Glacier

c)

Plateau

d)

Mountain

41.

What does coastline mean?

a)

Where the land meets the sea

b)

Where the land meets the sea, it is a forever changing line

c)

Where there is a beach

d)

Where the sea is

42.

What is meant by transportation?

a)

The wearing away of the landscape

b)

When eroded rock is moved to another place by the sea

c)

When transported material is dropped by the sea

d)

The breaking down of rock

43.

What process causes a scene like this?

a)

Weathering

b)

Longshore drift

c)

Solution

d)

Suspension

44.

Which process is 'the dropping of material by the sea'?

a)

Erosion

b)

Transportation

c)

Weathering

d)

Deposition

45.

Population density is defined as...

a)

The amount of people living in a geographical location

b)

The spatial distribution of people

c)

The number of people living within one square kilometre of land

d)

Amount of brain cells in an ant

46.

Population distribution is defined as...

a)

Cost of living in an urban area

b)

The pattern of where people live

c)

A high density region of a city

d)

A social factor in a rural area

47.

Define a megacity...

a)

A city with a population over 10 million

b)

Has a cultural significance

c)

Is a capital city

d)

Located in Asia

48.

Define a World City...

a)

Larger than a megacity

b)

A city that has developed into a centre of global significance

c)

Has a population greater than 10 million

d)

Contains lots of culture

49.

A push factor is defined as...

a)

Something that attracts people to an area

b)

A type of dance move

c)

Something that drives people out of an area

d)

Someone that pushes people away

50.

A social attraction which brings people to a city is...

a)

Museum

b)

Isolation

c)

Crime

d)

Stress

51.

This graph shows...

a)

Urbanisation decreasing

b)

A straight and dotted line intersecting

c)

People living in urban areas increasing

d)

People in rural areas increasing

52.

A social impact if the trend continues...

a)

More people living in urban areas

b)

Greater urban density

c)

Less people living in rural areas

d)

All of the above

53.

A negative environmental impact if the trend continues...

a)

Greater environmental destruction

b)

Increase of pollution in urban areas

c)

Negative impact on food production

d)

All of the above

54.

Internal migration is defined as...

a)

Only happens in China

b)

People leaving a country

c)

People moving within a country

d)

Socially driven

55.

An impact of rapid urbanisation in China is...

a)

Industrial wastewater and household sewage have contaminated rivers and coastlines

b)

Water shortages and water pollution are becoming real threats

c)

Air pollution has the potential of becoming the main cause of death in China

d)

All of the above

56.

A Less Economically Developed Country (LEDC) is located in...

a)

Latin America

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

All of the above

57.

definition of a favela is..

a)

Located near the coastline

b)

A type of food

c)

An unregulated housing district

d)

A economic centre of a South American city

58.

What is the geographic name for rain and snow?

a)

Purcipitation

b)

Rain and snow

c)

Precipitation

d)

Rainfall

59.

Waterfalls create a what in the landscape?

a)

Valley

b)

Gorge

c)

Water

d)

Scar

60.

What type of valleys do rivers typically form in?

a)

U-Shaped Valleys

b)

O-Shaped Valleys

c)

W-Shaped Valleys

d)

V-Shaped Valleys

61.

A river starts at the...

a)

Mouth

b)

Source

c)

Start

d)

Top

62.

An area of land drained by the river and it's tributary's is a...

a)

River

b)

Watershed

c)

Groundwater

d)

Drainage Basin

63.

The neck of the river pinches inwards due to what process?

a)

erosion

b)

transportation

c)

dropping material

d)

taking away material

64.

The fastest flow of a meander occurs where?

a)

The curve in the river

b)

The inside bend of the river

c)

The outside bend of the river

d)

The straight part of the river