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Geography and Culture

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of Culture?

a)

A way of life shared by a group of people

b)

Learned behaviors that is specific to just you

c)

Ways of living that is not common

d)

Moving from one country to the next

2.
Which statement is the best definition of a region?
a)
A region is an area in which people speak the same language.
b)
A region is an area that has common characteristics that distinguish it from neighboring areas.
c)
A region is an area set off from other areas by mountain ranges.
d)
A region is determined by an area's closeness to bodies of water.
3.
Why is the Middle East considered a cultural region by most geographers
a)
Its climate is warm and dry.
b)
It has an abundance of fertile valleys.
c)
It has many deserts and mountain areas.
d)
Its people share a common history and heritage.
4.
When would a geographer use absolute location?
a)
To identify the exact location of a place.
b)
To describe the physical features of an area.
c)
To locate a place by identifying what areas it is near.
d)
To show what the cultural characteristics of a place are.
5.
My house is near E.P. Clarke.  This is an example of a _______.
a)
region
b)
absolute location
c)
address
d)
relative location
6.
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.
7.

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.

8.
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.
9.
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.
10.
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.
11.

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

12.

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

13.

What is located at number 1

a)

Great Lakes

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Rocky Mountains

14.

What is located at number 3?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

James River

15.

what is located at number 5?

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

James River

d)

Virginia

16.
What is the name of the mountain range located on the west side of the United States?
a)
Atlas Mountains
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Sierra Madre
d)
Appalachian
17.

Which body of water is on NY's northern border?

a)

lake ontario

b)

atlantic

c)

finger lakes

d)

hudson river

18.

What country borders the US to the north?

a)

Canada

b)

Mexico

c)

Africa

d)

England

19.

Which great lake borders New York to the West?

a)

Lake Huron

b)

Lake Erie

c)

Lake Michigan

d)

Lake Champlain

20.
This is home was common among Native Americans from what region?
a)
The Great Plains
b)
The Southwest
c)
The Pacific Northwest
d)
The Eastern Woodlands
21.
What was important to the way of life for all Native Americans?
a)
Fishing
b)
Hunting
c)
Whaling
d)
Nature
22.
Which word means a portable house made of buffalo skin, used for hunting trips?
a)
Tepee
b)
Longhouse
c)
Igloo
d)
Lodge
23.
Word used to describe people who move from place to place during different seasons to find available food. 
a)
cultural regions
b)
artifacts
c)
nomadic
d)
cultures
24.
The Plains region had flat and grassy land. Which animal do you think they hunted most based on their geography?
a)
Fish
b)
Buffalo
c)
Squirrles
d)
Mountain Lions
25.

To move from one place to another is to ___.

a)

migrate

b)

stay

c)

walk

26.

Someone who travels from place to place and takes their shelter with them is a ___.

a)

nomad

b)

hiker

c)

adventurer

27.

The belief that the first Americans walked from Asia over the frozen Bering Strait is called the ____ ____ ____.

a)

Land Bridge Theory

b)

Ice Bridge Theory

c)

Frozen Ice Theory

28.
What is the best title for the above map, which shows how the New World could have been settled over 10,000 years ago?
a)
The Transcontinental Railroad
b)
The Middle Passage 
c)
The Columbian Exchange 
d)
The Landbridge Theory 
29.
What two continents were connected by Beringia?
a)
Africa and Asia 
b)
Asia and North America
c)
Asia and Australia 
d)
South America and North America
30.
How did the land bridge form?
a)
Low temperatures, low water levels and freezing led to exposed land
b)
The Natives built a bridge
c)
Asia and North America floated together 
31.
Why did the Native Americans migrate to and from their homeland to North America?
a)
The Native Americans were forced out of their homes by Europeans
b)
The Native Americans decided it was time to move because of weather
c)
The Native Americans were following herds of animals
d)
The Native Americans were looking for a new area to build their tepees
32.
What is the definition of Movement?
a)
Areas of the world that have similar characteristics
b)
The way goods, people, and ideas travel from place to place
c)
The way humans interact with their environment
d)
where something is on the surface of the Earth
33.
What are the different types of Movement?
a)
adapt, modify, depend
b)
human, physical
c)
absolute, relative
d)
goods, ideas, people
34.
What is the definition of Region?
a)
Way in which the places in an area are similar
b)
Ways goods, ideas, and people move from place to place 
c)
Where people and places are located on the surface of the Earth
d)
Describes characteristics of an area
35.
What is the definition of location?
a)
Describes where a place is located on the surface of the Earth
b)
Describes characteristics of a place
c)
Describes characteristics places have in common
d)
Describes the ways people, goods, and ideas get from place to place
36.
Relative location is:
a)
the use of latitude and longitude coordinates
b)
Given by GPS
c)
a general location using cardinal directions
d)
a specific place
37.
What is the definition of Place?
a)
The way people, goods, and ideas get from place to place
b)
The way humans interact with their environment
c)
Describing where a place is located on the surface of the Earth
d)
Describes characteristics of an area
38.
What are the two types of location?
a)
Absolute and Relative
b)
Latitude and Relative
c)
GPS and Satellite
d)
General and Relative
39.

A group of people having a way of life such traditions and beliefs can be defined as?

a)

Cultural Diffusion

b)

Multiculturism

c)

Culture

d)

Religion

40.

Which of the following are the three determinants of culture?

a)

Geography, history, and technology

b)

Place, region, and interaction

c)

Iroquois, Sioux, and Inuit

d)

ELA, Math and Science

41.

What ocean borders in the United States on the WEST?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Gulf of Mexico

42.

What country borders the United State on the SOUTH?

a)

Canada

b)

Mexico

c)

England

d)

China

43.

The land bridge theory says humans arrived in North America from what continent?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

South America

44.

Which region of Native Americans used buffalo skins to make teepees?

a)

Southwest

b)

Northeast

c)

Arctic

d)

Plains

45.

Which Native Americans were nomadic and moved from place to place?

a)

Northwest Coast

b)

Southwest

c)

Plains

d)

Southeast

46.

What is one reason groups of Native Americans often developed different cultures?

a)

They adapted to their environment in different ways

b)

They came to America from different parts of the world.

c)

They wanted to be different from other groups.

d)

All Native American groups were the same .

47.
Made up of a people's beliefs customs, art etc.
a)
resources
b)
geography
c)
climate
d)
culture
48.

Where was the Land Bridge located?

a)

Between Northern Europe and Canada

b)

Between Russia and Alaska

c)

The Atlantic Ocean

d)

Between Africa and Asia

49.

Which two continents were connected by the land bridge?

a)

North America and Europe

b)

South America and North America

c)

Asia and North America

d)

Africa and Europe

50.

Pathway created by the frozen water in the Bering Strait

a)

theory

b)

nomads

c)

land bridge

d)

Bering Strait

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