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Geography Alive Ch 1 Test Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An example of absolute location.

a)

20 degrees 30" north latitude and 68 degrees 30' west longitude

b)

Piedmont Lakes MS

c)

Lake Minnetonka is one mile from my house

d)

Prime Meridan

2.

What is the scale bar used to measure?

a)

to size of the cardinal directions

b)

the absolute location of a place

c)

the distance between two points on a map

d)

latitude and longitude points on a map

3.

Which ocean would you cross if you left Europe for North America?

a)

Indian

b)

Atlantic

c)

Southern

d)

Pacific

4.

In which hemisphere is the United States located?

a)

Northeast

b)

Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Southwest

5.

1. Which statement about climate zones is most correct?

a)

The further away you go from the equator, the warmer it gets (more tropical)

b)

The further away you go from the equator, the colder it gets (more polar)

c)

The further away you go from the equator, the dryer it gets

d)

The further away you go from the equator, the wetter it gets

6.

3. If it is winter in the southern hemisphere, then it is _________ in the northern hemisphere.

a)

Fall

b)

Winter

c)

Spring

d)

Summer

7.

Letter D is pointing to?

a)

Global Grid

b)

Map Legend or Key

c)

Map Scale

d)

Map Title

8.

What is the name given to lines on a map that run North pole to South?

a)

International Date Line

b)

Latitude Lines

c)

Line of Capricorn

d)

Longitude Lines

9.

What information does a map title give us?

a)

Map Projection

b)

Subject of the map

c)

The size of the map

d)

Who drew the map

10.

What are the lines on a map that run east to west?

a)

International Date Line

b)

Equatorial Lines

c)

Lines of Latitude

d)

Lines of Longitude

11.

What does a map legend or key tells us?

a)

How far one city is from another

b)

Cardinal Directions

c)

What symbols stand for or represent

d)

How old the map is

12.

What is it called when the shapes and sizes of continents and oceans are inaccurate on a flat map?

a)

Relative Location

b)

Map Projection

c)

Distortion

d)

Longitude Change

13.

An example of relative location

a)

3235 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis

b)

75°N and 45°W

c)

Around St. Paul, Minnesota

d)

Ridgedale Mall is 1/4 mile north of highway 394

14.

What divides the world into the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

International Date Line

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

15.

What is D on the compass rose?

a)

West

b)

East

c)

North

d)

South

16.

What is C on the compass rose?

a)

West

b)

East

c)

North

d)

South

17.

What is number 6?

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

South America

18.

What is number 3? Watch your spelling!

(a)  

19.

What is number 7? Watch your spelling!

(a)  

20.

What is the red line?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Arctic Circle

d)

Tropic of Cancer

21.

Use the Cities Around the World map on p.17 of the textbook. What city has the coordinates 46°N and 71°W?

a)

London

b)

Melbourne

c)

Tokyo

d)

Quebec City

22.

Use the Cities Around the World map on p.17 of the textbook. What is the only city north of 55°N?

a)

St. Petersburg

b)

London

c)

Antarctica

d)

Quebec City

23.

Use the Cities Around the World map on p.17 of the textbook. True or False: Jakarta is in the Temperate Climate Zone.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Use the Cities Around the World map on p.17 of the textbook. Which city has the coordinates 35°N and 51°E?

a)

Istanbul

b)

Dakar

c)

Tehran

d)

Mumbai

25.

Use the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park map on p.15 of the textbook. What does the black rectangle represent?

a)

Gold

b)

Historical Monument

c)

Park Building

d)

Bathroom

26.

Use the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park map on p.15 of the textbook. If you are at the Mill Site, which direction is the Gold Discovery Museum?

a)

South

b)

North

c)

Northeast

d)

West

27.

Use the Cities Around the World map on p.17 of the textbook. What are the coordinates of Santiago, Chile?

a)

33°S and 70°W

b)

33°N and 70°E

c)

43°S and 70°E

d)

27°S and 70°W

28.

How long does it take the Earth to orbit the Sun? (make a complete trip around the sun)

a)

365 days

b)

24 hours

c)

365.25 days

d)

24 days

29.

What is NOT an example of a way we use maps and mapping?

a)

to get from one place to another

b)

to study climates around the world

c)

to study why people choose to live in different areas

d)

to write a geometry proof in math class

30.

What is the best thing about MME?

a)

Passing time

b)

Lunch

c)

The morning show

d)

Ms. Schultz's class