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Unit 1 and Unit 2 Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This line is at 0 degrees and separates the world into eastern and western hemispheres

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

2.

This line is at 0 degrees and splits the world into northern and southern hemispheres

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

3.

A physical map shows

a)

political boundaries

b)

Land features

c)

vegetation zones

d)

population

4.

A map that shows economic activity is a type of

a)

physical map

b)

thematic map

c)

regional map

d)

weather map

5.

Which term means the pattern of weather over a long period of time?

a)

economics

b)

density

c)

weather

d)

climate

6.

What do geographers call an area with one or more features that set it apart from other areas?

a)

a landform

b)

a city

c)

a climate zone

d)

a region

7.
  1. a similarity between places
a)

geography

b)

geographic information system

c)

geographic pattern

d)

geographer

8.

thinking about the space onEarth's surface, including where places and why they are there

a)

landforms

b)

political map

c)

geographic information system

d)

spatial thinking

9.

Where is the exact point where a place is located?

a)

Location

b)

Patterns

c)

Absolute Location

d)

Relative Location

10.

Which theme of geography explains how humans affect the environment?

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Region

d)

Human-Environment Interaction

11.
The study of the earth, its features and its people is called
a)
Environment
b)
Cartography
c)
Geography
d)
Schoolology
12.
North, South, East, and West are all examples of _____________.
a)
cardinal directions
b)
intermediate directions
13.
Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, and Southwest are all examples of __________.
a)
cardinal directions
b)
intermediate directions
14.
What map feature can help you determine the approximate distance between two locations?
a)
map scale
b)
key
c)
title
d)
distance calculator
15.
The location of one place in relation to another is called __________.
a)
absolute location
b)
relative location
c)
directions
d)
map scale
16.

Pick the definition of place.

a)

The features of a location that distinguish it from other places.

b)

Position of something on earth's surface.

c)

The best way to show location.

d)

The way ideas, materials, and people get around.

17.

Places that are near each other and have something in common, either in a person's mind, or from defined borders are called _____.

a)

regions

b)

locations

c)

places

d)

states

18.

Human-environment interaction is the relationship between _____ and _____.

a)

people and the world

b)

people and the government

c)

people and other people

d)

People and farms

19.
Which maps divides boundaries or borders, and shows roads?
a)
Political map
b)
Physical map
c)
Vegetation map
d)
Historical map
20.
Which part of a map helps you find the cardinal point of a place.
a)
scale bar
b)
compass rose
c)
key
d)
title
21.
Which part of a map lets you know the symbology in it?
a)
compass rose
b)
capital
c)
scale bar
d)
key
22.
What is a scale bar for?
a)
to know the cardinal points
b)
to know the symbology of a map
c)
to know distances in a map
d)
to know the political divisions
23.
A __________ tells you what each symbol on the map stands for.
a)
legal
b)
lobster
c)
legend
d)
langoustine
24.
An imaginary line or meridian measuring east or west of the prime meridian.
a)
longitude
b)
langoustine
c)
latitude
d)
geogrpahy
25.
What does "geo" mean?
a)
earth
b)
water
c)
stone
d)
None of these
26.
A Map key, scale and title does what?
a)
get into somewhere
b)
Helps you to read and understand a map
c)
know how much you weigh
d)
get out of somewhere
27.

Which theme answers the question "What is it like there?"

a)

Place

b)

Human Environment Interaction

c)

Region

d)

Location

28.

Which theme answers the question "How do ideas travel in and out of this place?"

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Location

d)

Movement

29.

Which theme answer the question "Where is it?"

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Location

d)

Region

30.

Which theme answers the question "How have people adapted to the environment there?"

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Region

31.

Which theme answers the question "How can this place be divided into areas that have things in common?"

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Place

d)

Location

32.
What is a physical characteristic?
a)
Something humans have made.
b)
Something that nature has made.
c)
Something Mrs. Locke came up with.
d)
Something that is used to torture people.
33.
What is a human characteristic?
a)
Something that humans make.
b)
Something made by nature.
c)
Something that Mrs. Preston made up.
d)
Something that causes a lot of problems
34.
What is a natural resource?
a)
Resources we get from our house
b)
Resources we get from people
c)
Resources we get from nature
35.
__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.
a)
Renewable Energy Resource
b)
Nonrenewable Energy Resource
36.
__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.
a)
Renewable Energy Resource
b)
Nonrenewable Energy Resource
37.

(_______________)- Land (Earth's core, mantle, mountains, sand, metals)

a)

Geosphere/Lithosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

38.

(_______________)- Water (oceans, lakes, rivers, groundwater, glaciers)

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

39.

(_______________)- Air (oxygen, nitrogen, water vapor, zone, wind)

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

40.

(_______________)- Life (plants, animals, insects, humans)

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

41.

People's occupations, their behavior, and their beliefs are a part of their

a)

culture

b)

technology

c)

government

d)

climate

42.

Area that shares a large number of cultural traits.

a)

Cultural diffusion/Culture borrowing

b)

Culture Region

c)

Fine Arts

d)

Economy

43.

Spreading cultural traits from one group to another is?

a)

Multiculturism

b)

Cultural Diffusion

c)

Culture

d)

Pluralism

44.

The interconnection of the world today is often referred to as

a)

Nationalism

b)

Communism

c)

Globalization

d)

Isolationism

45.
A biome is......
a)
Like a snowglobe that you shake and can see different types of animals.
b)
A large region of earth with a certain type of climate
c)
An area of earth only found in the United States.
d)
A community of living things.
46.
Which word describes the seasons at the North and South Poles?
a)
cold
b)
It receives the same amount of direct sunlight year round.
c)
extreme 
d)
mild
47.
Imaginary line through the center of the earth (from the north pole to south pole)
a)
axis
b)
orbit
c)
pole
d)
tilt
48.

What is climate?

a)

weather

b)

rain, sleet, snow, or hail

c)

average weather in a region over a long period of time

d)

the amount of ice cream available in a city

49.
Select the best answer- What is weather?
a)
Weather is what is happening in the atmosphere in a certain place at a certain time.
b)
Weather is the atmosphere.
c)
Weather is precipitation.
d)
Weather is wind.
50.
Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature year-round?
a)
It remains the same distance from the sun year round.
b)
It recieves the same amount of direct sunlight year round.
c)
Its days are more than 18 hours long year round
d)
The equator rotates slower than the poles
51.
Why are there 365 1/4 (365.25) days in a year?
a)
Earth's rotation takes this long.
b)
The tilt of the Earth.
c)
Earth's revolution takes this long.
d)
Our tilt is 23 degress.
52.
Day and night are caused by 
a)
Earth's revolution around the sun
b)
Earth's rotation on its axis
c)
the tilt of the earth
d)
Earth's involvement in eclipses
53.
Which natural disaster uses the Richter scale to measure strength? 
a)
Earthquake
b)
Tornado
c)
Tsunami
d)
Hurricane
54.
What is a flash flood?
a)
A sophisticated flood
b)
Power lines fallen in flood waters
c)
A deep flood
d)
A flood that happens fast with little warning
55.
A is a vegetated piece of land. B is a concrete piece of land. Is A or B more prone to flooding  / more likely to flood?
a)
A, because vegetation is LESS permeable = lower infiltration = more surface runoff = greater risk of flooding
b)
B, because concrete is LESS permeable = lower infiltration = more surface runoff = greater risk of flooding
c)
B, because concrete is MORE permeable = lower infiltration = more surface runoff = greater risk of flooding
d)
A, because vegetation is MORE permeable = lower infiltration = more surface runoff = greater risk of flooding
56.
Collectively, the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska, where tornadoes occur often, are all called
a)
Tornado towns
b)
Storm centers
c)
Tornado Alley
d)
Cyclone counties
57.
Tornadoes are measured using which type of scale?
a)
Richter scale
b)
Bathroom scale
c)
Fujita Scale
d)
Mercator Scale
58.

Select 2 other names for a hurricane.

a)

typhoon

b)

cyclone

c)

blizzard

d)

earthquake

59.

The scale used to measure the size of hurricanes is called the __________.

a)

Saffir-Simpson Scale

b)

Cal-Ripkin Scale

c)

Richter Scale

d)

Bart-Simpson Scale

60.

Where is the Ring of Fire located?

a)

Atlantic Plate

b)

Pacific Plate

c)

Japanese Plate

d)

North American Plate

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