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Unit 1 Review

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The study of natural features or processes on Earth is known as _____________

a)

Environmental Geography

b)

Animal Geography

c)

Intangible Geography

d)

Physical Geography

2.

Things related to the creation of human boundaries, divisions, and governments of countries are known as ___________

a)

Economics

b)

Political

c)

Sociological

d)

Psychological

3.

The study of how human activity affects or is influenced by the Earth (includes: cultural, economic, political, and other human activities on Earth)

a)

Human Economics

b)

Human Sociology

c)

Human Cartography

d)

Human Geography

4.

The study of the physical and human features on Earth is ______________

a)

Geology

b)

Geography

c)

Geolocation

d)

Geothermal

5.

__________________ :Relating to a physical space or place on earth

a)

Special

b)

Projection

c)

Spatial

d)

Longitudinal

6.

This element of a map shows how a unit of distance on the map relates to actual distance on the surface of the Earth.

a)

Map Orientation

b)

Map Scale

c)

Map Legend

d)

Map Title

7.

____________________ is a way of representing the spherical, round Earth onto a flat surface

a)

Map Orientation

b)

Map Title

c)

Map Scale

d)

Map Projection

8.

_________________ is the distance in degrees measured north and south from the equator (horizontal lines)

a)

Longitude

b)

Latitude

c)

Attitude

d)

Largitude

9.

__________________ is the distance in degrees measured east or west from the prime meridian (vertical lines aka meridians)

a)

Largitude

b)

Attitude

c)

Longitude

d)

Latitude

10.

The ___________________________ is at 0 degrees; the starting line from which longitude is measured

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Equator

11.
Imagine that one day you go hiking in a national park. After walking all day and then camping for the night, you realize that you are lost. Instead of becoming worried, you pull out a handheld device that provides your location, the time, and evens maps that you can use to guide yourself out of the park. What type of technology does this device use?
a)
Geographic Information System (GIS)  
b)
Global Positioning System (GPS)
c)
Hiking Location System (HLS)
d)
Park Assistance System (PAS)
12.
What type of maps focuses on the characteristics listed below?
country borders, state borders, capital cities, etc.
a)
Political Map
b)
Physical Map
c)
Special Purpose Map
13.
What geographic tool is represented in the picture above?
a)
Grid
b)
Scale
c)
Projection
d)
Legend (Key)
14.
What geographic concept does the picture above represent?
a)
Grid
b)
Scale
c)
Projection
d)
Legend (Key)
15.
What geographic tool is represented in the picture above?
a)
Grid
b)
Scale
c)
Projection
d)
Legend (Key)
16.
What geographic tool does the lines on the map above represent?
a)
Grid
b)
Scale
c)
Projection
d)
Legend (Key)
17.
Which option below is not a characteristic of physical geography?
a)
Landforms
b)
Bodies of Water
c)
Natural Resources
d)
Religion
18.
Which option below is not a characteristic of human geography?
a)
Landforms
b)
Government
c)
Language
d)
Religion
19.

According to the map, what Russian city is located at 60° N latitude/ 30° E longitude?

a)

Moscow

b)

Novgorod

c)

Rostov

d)

St. Petersburg

20.

Which of the following questions can be answered by this map?

a)

In what general location is most of the manufacturing located in the United States?

b)

Why is Hawaii a series of islands in the Pacific Ocean?

c)

In what kind of soil does commercial farming work best?

d)

How is trade accomplished between Canada and the United States?

21.

Which of the following is a term used for a mapmaker?

a)

Biographer

b)

cartographer

c)

oceanographer

d)

mapographer

22.

Which question is a geographer likely able to answer from reading a map regarding the location of interstate highways?

a)

How tall is it?

b)

Why is it there?

c)

When was it constructed

d)

What effects does it have on the environment?

23.

Professional geographers pose specific questions when studying features of Earth. One important geographic question is “What is significant about its location?”

One likely way geographers answer the question above is by -

a)

tracking changes of the moon and stars

b)

studying the history and economy of a local culture

c)

investigating possible treatments for a medical illness

d)

debating government officials about new environmental policies

24.

Professional geographers pose specific questions when studying features of Earth. One important geographic question is “Where is it located?”

One likely way geographers answer the question above is by —

a)

interviewing members of remote tribes

b)

excavating artifacts left by previous societies

c)

predicting the weather with computer models

d)

using an intersection of longitude and latitude

25.

Which physical geographic region is located at 0° latitude and 60°W longitude?

a)

Equator in South America

b)

High latitudes in North America

c)

Equator in Africa

d)

Middle latitudes in Europe

26.

Which country’s national capital is located near 40°N and 75°W?

a)

Canada

b)

India

c)

Chile

d)

United States

27.

Which set of coordinates is the absolute location of H?

a)

15°S, 100°W

b)

15°S, 75°E

c)

45°S, 75°W

d)

15°N, 100°W

28.

What is the relative location of B from D?

a)

southwest

b)

southeast

c)

northwest

d)

northeast

29.

In what region is New York?

a)

Midwest

b)

Southwest

c)

Northeast

d)

West

30.

Hemisphere is ...

a)

The study of the earth and how we, the people who live there, interact with it.

b)

A region created when the Earth is divided in half.

c)

An imaginary line going across the center of the earth.

31.

Equator is ...

a)

An imaginary line going across the center of Earth that separates the eastern and western hemisphere.

b)

A region created when the Earth is divided in half.

c)

An imaginary line going across the center of Earth that separates the north and south hemisphere.

32.
Movement is ...
a)
The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
b)
The way people and the environment affect each other.
c)
Where a place is on Earth.
33.

Regions are ...

a)

Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.

b)

An absolute location on Earth.

c)

The physical and human characteristics of a place.

34.
Human and Environment Interactions are ...
a)
The way people and the environment affect each other.
b)
Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
c)
The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
35.
A place is...
a)
The physical and human characteristics of a place.
b)
The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
c)
Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
36.
Location is ...
a)
The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
b)
Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
c)
Where a place is on Earth.
37.

An example of an absolute location would be.........

a)

37.02 degrees N, 93.20 degrees W

b)

United States of America

c)

The South

38.

An example of relative location would be............

a)

37.02 degrees N, 96.2 degrees W

b)

10 miles south of Springfield on HWY 65

c)

Paris, France

39.

What part of the map is used to tell what the symbols and pictures mean?

a)

scale

b)

grid

c)

map legend

d)

title

40.

What are the cardinal directions?

a)

left, right, up, down

b)

north, south, east, left

c)

south, north, east, west

d)

west, left, south, right

41.

The intermediate directions are _______.

a)

north, east, south, west

b)

northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest

c)

northern, eastern, southern, western

42.

What type of map is this?

a)

climate map

b)

economic resource map

c)

physical map

d)

political map

e)

topographic map

43.

What type of map is this?

a)

climate map

b)

economic resource map

c)

physical map

d)

political map

e)

topographic map

44.
Which of the following means of transportation uses a renewable resource for its energy source?
a)
solar powered car
b)
coal powered steam train
c)
natural gas car
d)
gasoline truck
45.
A farmer decides that he is going to produce his own energy on the farm by using a type of renewable energy. The renewable energy could come from--
a)
setting up wind turbines
b)
having a coal furnace
c)
using natural gas
d)
burning oil
46.
Which of the following is a way a person could conserve natural resources?
a)
recycling waste materials like plastic, glass, paper, and aluminum
b)
limiting water use when showering, brushing teeth, and shaving
c)
using rechargeable batteries
d)
all of the above are good conservation practices
47.
Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?
a)
Water
b)
Animals
c)
Natural gas
d)
Wind
48.
What does conserving resources mean?
a)
Use as much of the resources as you can
b)
Only use the resources at school
c)
Protecting the resource so it does not run out
49.

Some factories that burn coal produce smoke with harmful chemicals, such as sulfur. Scrubbers are devices that are attached to the smokestacks to reduce the amount of sulfur put into the atmosphere. To evaluate the effectiveness of these devices, what data would need to be collected?

a)

The average amount of sulfur in a certain amount of coal

b)

The amount of coal a factory burns each year and how much sulfur it emits (produces)

c)

The increase in the use of scrubbers by factories that burn coal

d)

The amount of sulfur emitted (produced) by a smokestack before and after the scrubber is attached

50.

Ths graph presents data from a city showing the amount of land used to bury solid waste each year. From 1990 to 1999, the amount of space needed to bury waste increased by 1 to 2 square kilometers per year. In the year 2000, the city started a recycling program to slow the increase of land needed for this burying this solid waste. The city claims that since this recycling program started, the amount of land needed for burying solid waste has decreased.

Which evidence would support this claim?

a)

Data showing that by the year 2010, more than 40% of the citizens were participating in the recycling program

b)

Data showing that the land used for burying solid waste in 2010 was less than 22 square kilometers

c)

Data showing that by the year 2010, there was five times more solid waste being buried than being recycled

d)

Data showing that the land used to build a recycling facility is greater than the amount of land used to bury solid waste

51.

The _____________ the human population, the ______________ the amount of resources being used.

a)

greater, greater

b)

greater, least

c)

least, greater

d)

least, least