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Unit 1 Review

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When people leave one country for another one, this is called -

a)

Immigration

b)

Human Environment Interaction

c)

Movement

d)

Location

2.

What coordinates are closest to Denver, Colorado?

a)

40N, 105W

b)

35N, 100W

c)

35N, 120W

d)

30N, 90W

3.

What imaginary line divides our world into Eastern and Western hemispheres?

a)

Equator

b)

Parallel Lines

c)

Map Scale

d)

Prime Meridian

4.
The Red lines are showing what? 
a)
Longitude
b)
Latitude
c)
Prime Meridians
d)
Tropics
5.

What is GIS?

a)

Geographic Intelligence System

b)

Geological Information System

c)

Global Positioning System

d)

Geographic Information System

6.

Projection that attempts to balance several possible projection errors. It does not maintain completely accurate area, shape, distance, or direction, but it minimizes errors in each.

a)

Mercator projection

b)

Robinson projection

c)

Peters projection

7.

Maps that people create in their minds based on their experience and knowledge

a)

Imaginary map

b)

Mental map

c)

Thematic map

d)

Topographic map

8.

Which is primarily concerned with spatial analysis of the Earth’s natural phenomena.

a)

Physical Geography

b)

Human Geography

9.

A region that exists as an idea in someone's mind:

a)

formal region

b)

functional region

c)

perceptual (vernacular) region

10.

The scale of this map of the U.S. is:

a)

local

b)

national

c)

regional

d)

global

11.

The most important tool of the geographer:

a)

fieldwork

b)

GPS

c)

maps

d)

textbook

12.

How people, products, information, & ideas go from

one place to another

a)

region

b)

longitude

c)

movement

d)

human interaction

13.

According to the Thematic Map, which is a state where segregation was prohibited?

a)

Wyoming

b)

Florida

c)

Oklahoma

d)

Colorado

14.

Using the key of this Political Map, what is the capital of Ireland?

a)

Berlin

b)

Dublin

c)

London

d)

Ireland

15.

A description of Canada as "north of the United States" is an example of which location.

a)

absolute

b)

relative

16.

What is REGION?

a)

Region describes a location by physical and human features.

b)

Region is a group of places that share common physical or human characteristics or features.

c)

Region is where something is located.

d)

Location is the movement of ideas, people, and goods.

17.

Mental Map

a)

A map based on elevation.

b)

A map that displays a person's neighborhood.

c)

A map that shows density over a populated area.

d)

A map that is person's point-of-view perception of their area of interaction.

18.

An area where everyone shares 1 or more distinctive characteristics (Texas and their set of laws)

a)

Formal Region

b)

Functional Region

c)

Vernacular Region

19.

An area people believe exist as part of their culutral idenity and their informal sense of place

answer choices

a)

Formal Region

b)

Functional Region

c)

Vernacular Region

20.

Human geography is

a)

the study of cartography

b)

the study of spacial organization

c)

the study of the natural environment

d)

the study of the human imprint on natural landscapes

e)

the study of centralized patterns

21.

This compares spatial date by layering maps

a)

remote sensing

b)

geographic information systems

c)

generalized mapping

d)

friction of time

e)

global positioning systems

22.

Bible Belt is an example of

a)

formal region

b)

semi-formal region

c)

functional region

d)

perceptual region

e)

nodal region

23.
What is it called when you take a 3D image and put it onto a 2D surface?
a)
Cartogram
b)
Projection
c)
Globe
d)
Instagram
24.
Which of the following divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Hemisphere Line
c)
Equator
d)
Tropic of Capricorn
25.
Which type of map would show the boundaries of countries?
a)
vegetation map
b)
political map
c)
land-use map
d)
elevation map
26.
Places that share similar characteristics are called 
a)
human systems
b)
environments
c)
regions
d)
physical systems
27.
Which of the following is not a use of GPS?
a)
tracking airplanes
b)
determine when a volcano will erupt
c)
help farmers in their fields
d)
provide driving directions to a destination
28.
Which of the following shows places on the Earth's surface the most accurately?
a)
thematic maps
b)
globes
c)
general-purpose maps
d)
physical maps
29.
What are lines on a globe drawn in an east-west direction and measured in degrees?
a)
longitude
b)
latitude
c)
grid
d)
equator
30.

How many continents are found on Earth?

a)

3

b)

7

c)

9

d)

5

31.

Which is the most important line of latitude?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

32.

What is the most important line of Longitude?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Prime meridian

c)

Equator

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

33.

one-half of the earth

a)

Hemisphere

b)

Continent

c)

Equator

d)

Map Projection

e)

Distortion

34.

What is Geography?

a)

The study of Earth and it's people.

b)

The study of people in the United States.

c)

The study of Earth.

d)

The study of the United States.

35.

What are the two types of Geography?

a)

Physical

b)

Human

c)

Culture

d)

Religion

36.

Which of the following is a theme of Geography?

a)

Food

b)

Music

c)

Movement

d)

Religion

37.

What are the two types of location?

a)

Current and Past

b)

Absolute and Relative

c)

Near and Far

38.

What is the term for any of the earth's seven large landmasses?

a)

island

b)

continent

c)

ocean

d)

pole

39.

Name one of the five oceans.

(a)  

40.

What is the largest of the seven continents?

(a)  

41.

Which ocean borders our state, Virginia?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

42.
Boston is the capital of what state?
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Massachusetts
c)
Connecticut
d)
New Hamsphire
43.
Charleston is the capital of what state?
a)
Virginia
b)
Maryland
c)
Delaware
d)
West Virginia
44.

What is the name of this state?

a)

Illinois

b)

Georgia

c)

Idaho

d)

Oregon

45.

What is the name of this state?

a)

Maine

b)

Wyoming

c)

New York

d)

South Dakota

46.

What is the name of this state?

a)

Michigan

b)

Mississippi

c)

Maine

d)

Maryland

47.

What is the name of this state?

a)

Tennessee

b)

Nebraska

c)

Virginia

d)

Kentucky

48.

What is this state?

a)

Kansas

b)

Minnesota

c)

Montana

d)

Massachusetts

49.

Name the highlighted state.

a)

California

b)

Washington

c)

Arizona

d)

Texas

50.

Name the highlighted state.

a)

New Mexico

b)

Idaho

c)

Colorado

d)

Wyoming

51.

What state is highlighted in red?

a)

Texas

b)

Tennessee

c)

Kentucky

d)

Oklahoma

52.

What State is Red?

a)

Alaska

b)

Maine

c)

Hawaii

d)

Texas

53.

What state is this?

a)

Texas

b)

Colorado

c)

Nevada

d)

Alaska