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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is just one of many skills used by geographers.

a)

unlocking doors

b)

tying their shoes

c)

eating spaghetti

d)

reading a map

2.

This is the study of Earth and its peoples, places, and environments.

a)

History

b)

Ecology

c)

Geography

d)

Oceanography

3.

People and the environment can have an affect on one another.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Geographers study how places __________.

a)

glow

b)

eat

c)

swim

d)

change

5.

This word describes weather conditions in a place over a long period of time.

a)

population

b)

climate

c)

economic activity

d)

land use

6.

Which of these is NOT a land form?

a)

car

b)

mountain

c)

valley

d)

cliff

7.

This is a line of latitude that runs around the middle of the Earth.

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

longitude

d)

spatial

8.

The study of human activity around the world and the way the people and places are distributed across the surface of the Earth is called

a)

Physical geography

b)

Human Geography

c)

Environmental Geography

d)

None of the above

9.

The study of the condition of the Earth and its influence on man and the impact of man on his environment is called

a)

Physical geography

b)

Human geography

c)

Environmental geography

d)

None of the above

10.

The study of geography is important because

a)

It tells us about day and night

b)

It tells us about the different seasons

c)

It tells us about the different natural disasters

d)

All of the above

11.

The word geography is derived from Latin with 'geo' meaning _________ and graphein meaning _________.

a)

Earth; to write or describe

b)

surface; to work

c)

air; to draw

d)

water; to explain

12.

North, South, East, and West are called

a)

scales

b)

map key

c)

cardinal directions

d)

hemispheres

13.

What is Geography?

a)

The study of the Earth's surface, its land masses, oceans, climate and populations.

b)

Geography is the study of history, civics, American History and biographies.

c)

Geography is the study of chemistry, the periodic table and substances.

d)

Geography is the study of sports, music, instruments and the performing arts.

14.

The layer of the Earth that contains water.

a)

Ecosphere

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Atmosphere

15.

The layer that consists of the gases that surround the Earth.

a)

atmosphere

b)

biosphere

c)

lithosphere

d)

hydrosphere

16.

The layer of the Earth that support life.

a)

atmosphere

b)

hydrosphere

c)

lithosphere

d)

biosphere

17.

The layer of the Earth that is mostly rock.

a)

hydrosphere

b)

biosphere

c)

atmosphere

d)

lithosphere

18.

A synonym for Geosphere

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Ecosphere

d)

Atmosphere

19.

The ocean surrounding Sri Lanka

(a)  

20.

Japan belongs to the _________ continent

a)

Pacific

b)

Asian

c)

Oceanic

d)

Australian