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Chapter 1 Test

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Lines on a map than measure location in terms of north and south?
a)
Latitude
b)
Longitude
2.
Lines on a map that indicate location east and west
a)
Latitude
b)
Longitude
3.
Divides the globe into the northern and southern hemispheres
a)
equator
b)
prime meridian
4.
Divides the globe into the eastern and western hemispheres
a)
equator
b)
prime meridian 
c)
Arctic Circle
5.
a spherical representation of the Earth's surface
a)
globe
b)
map
6.
Location, place, movement, region and human environment interaction are known as...
a)
The Five Themes of Geography
b)
Dance moves from Dance, Dance, Dance
c)
Yoga exercises
d)
5 Themes of Geology
7.

What are the seven continents on Earth?

a)

Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America

b)

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Iceland, South America and the United States

c)

Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and Central America

d)

Antarctica, Africa, Australia, China, Europe, South America and North America

8.

Please identify number 5

a)

Australia

b)

Africa

c)

China

d)

Europe

9.

Which Hemisphere is shaded?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Eastern

d)

Western

10.

Which Hemisphere is shaded?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Eastern

d)

Western

11.

North, south, east, and west are examples of...

a)

cardinal directions

b)

intermediate directions

c)

scale

d)

compass rose

12.
Water is 
a)
renewable
b)
nonrenewable
13.

What are the five oceans

a)

Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, Southern

b)

Africa, Atlantic, America, Indian, Mexico

c)

Ocean, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, North Pole

d)

South Pole, Southern, Atlantic, Indian, Brazil

14.

What type of government allows the citizens to vote in elections for its leaders?

a)

democracy

b)

monarchy

c)

dictatorship

d)

oligarchy

15.

What is a government?

a)

an organization that keeps order, sets rules, and provides services for a society

b)

adding territory to a country

c)

a society with a culture

d)

a system where people produce, sell and buy goods

16.

What type of government is ruled by a single person who has total control of all aspects of the citizens' lives?

a)

democracy

b)

monarchy

c)

dictatorship

d)

oligarchy

17.

What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

a)

the Ten Commandments

b)

the Federalist Papers

c)

the Bill of Rights

d)

the Original Rights

18.

How often do we elect a president?

a)

every two years

b)

every six years

c)

every four years

d)

every eight years

19.
A flat projection of the Earth's surface
a)
map
b)
globe
20.

Please identify number 12

a)

Asia

b)

Antarctica

c)

Atlantic ocean

d)

Europe

21.

The average weather of a place over many years is known as

a)

climate

b)

weather

c)

altitude

d)

Latitude

22.
A way of life shared by a group of people.
a)
culture
b)
history
c)
artifact
d)
Dodger Baseball
23.
Either of two halves of Earth, as marked by the Equator or the Prime Meridian.
a)
Tropic of Cancer
b)
Tropic of Capricorn
c)
hemisphere
d)
continent
24.
what word goes with this definition- a measurement of a persons or a groups education, housing, health and nutrition  
a)
oasis
b)
nonrenewable resources 
c)
standard of living 
d)
petroleum 
25.

the amount of goods or services that a producer wants to sell

a)

supply

b)

demand

26.

a good sent from one country to another in trade

a)

import

b)

export

27.

What are three types of trade barriers?

a)

embargoes

b)

tariffs

c)

quotas

d)

all of the above

28.

What is a producer?

a)

a person who gives goods away

b)

things people would like to have

c)

the exchanged of goods and services without the use of money

d)

a person, company, or country that makes grows, or supplies goods for sale

29.

What is a consumer?

a)

a person who takes things

b)

a person who purchases goods and services for personal use

c)

a person who takes good away

d)

the economic factors affecting the price, demand, and availability of a commodity

30.

_________ is the exchange of goods and services.

a)

productivity

b)

analyze

c)

Trade

d)

visual

31.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
32.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
33.

What is naturalization?

a)

The illegal process of becoming a citizen

b)

The quick way to become a citizen

c)

The legal process of becoming a citizen

d)

The process of getting your citizenship

34.

_____________is the amount of goods and services produced given the amount of resources used.

a)

Comparative advantage

b)

trade

c)

Productivity

d)

tax

35.

Please identify number 1

a)

Europe

b)

South America

c)

Australia

d)

Africa

36.

Choose the two factors that affect climate.

a)

Weathering

b)

Temperature

c)

Erosion

d)

Precipitation

37.
Energy sources that cannot be replaced once they are used up
a)
Renewable Energy Sources
b)
Non Renewable Energy Sources
38.
Something that is renewable is
a)
something that can be used over again
b)
something that cannot be used over again
c)
something that is natural
39.

How long is a decade?

a)

1 year

b)

10 years

c)

100 years

d)

1000 years

40.

How long is a century?

a)

1 year

b)

10 years

c)

100 years

d)

1000 years

41.
The total knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by members of a group.
a)
Culture
b)
society
c)
ethnic group
d)
innovation
42.
What is this object known as?
a)
Map symbol
b)
Map key
c)
Map scale
d)
Compass rose
43.
Which letter would you find at 15oS, 60oW?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
L
d)
H
44.

What is the name of the imaginary line on the globe that runs north to south, and separates the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Latitude

d)

Longitude

45.

Which physical feature allows ships to pass easily through the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Panama Canal

c)

Great Lakes

d)

Atlantic Ocean

46.

What natural disaster occurs when blocks of Earth's crust slide against one another, often at plate boundaries?

a)

tsunami

b)

volcanic eruption

c)

earthquake

d)

Git Up challenge

47.

Choose 2: Which of the following are responsibilities of U.S. citizens?

a)

Running for a political office

b)

serving on a jury

c)

paying taxes

d)

peaceful protesting

48.
How much people want something
a)
supply
b)
demand
49.
The making, buying and selling of goods and services
a)
economics
b)
inflation
c)
market
d)
barter
50.

The Earth is made up of three layers: What are they?

a)

core, crust, mantle

b)

mantle, core, crust

c)

core, mantle, crust

d)

mantle, crust, core