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Total questions: 79

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Name
Class
Date
1.
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.
2.
Recently a major forest was cut down in order to build homes. This process is known as what?
a)
Deforestation 
b)
Desertification 
c)
Urbanization 
d)
Human Environment 
3.

What theme of geography is represented in this picture?

a)

location

b)

human environment interaction

c)

place

d)

region

4.

What theme of geography is represented in this picture?

a)

human environment

b)

region

c)

movement

d)

place

5.

What theme of geography is represented in this picture?

a)

movement

b)

region

c)

place

d)

human environment interaction

6.

What theme of geography is represented in this picture?

a)

location

b)

movement

c)

human environment interaction

d)

place

7.

What theme of geography is represented in this picture?

a)

region

b)

movement

c)

place

d)

human environment interaction

8.
Which of the following is a human characteristic of a place?
a)
climate
b)
language
c)
landforms
d)
vegetation
9.
What does relative location tell you?
a)
a place's exact position on Earth
b)
a place's position in relation to other people and places
c)
how a place is similar to other places
d)
why people moved to a certain place
10.
How do people, goods, and ideas get around?
a)
human-environment interaction
b)
location
c)
movement
d)
region
11.

Which of the following is an example of modifying (changing) the environment?

a)

constructing (building) highways

b)

describing the absolute location

c)

farmers waiting for a flood

d)

wearing heavy coats in winter

12.

Plastic products (like water bottles) are made in the US and then shipped (sent) around the globe. What is the theme of geopgraphy?

a)

location

b)

movement

c)

place

d)

region

13.

Absolute and relative are words that describe...

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Region

14.
Which is NOT one of the Five Themes of Geography
a)
Location
b)
Movement
c)
Language
d)
Human-Environment Interaction
15.

360 E. 145th St, Bronx, New York 10454 is an example of what kind of location?

a)

Absolute

b)

Relative

16.
Place can be described by both physical and _____ characteristics.
a)
regional
b)
logistical
c)
human
d)
weather
17.
Places that are near each other and have something in common with each other are called _____.
a)
regions
b)
locations
c)
places
d)
states
18.

What is this?

a)

scale

b)

map

c)

compass rose

19.

What direction is on the number 6?

a)

north

b)

east

c)

south

d)

west

20.

What direction is on the number 2?

a)

north

b)

east

c)

south

d)

west

21.

What direction is on the number 4?

a)

north

b)

east

c)

south

d)

west

22.

What does "N" mean on a Compass Rose?

a)

Nice

b)

North

23.

What does "S" mean on a Compass Rose?

a)

South

b)

Seesaw

24.

What does "E" mean on a Compass Rose?

a)

Easy

b)

East

c)

Every

25.

What does "W" mean on a Compass Rose?

a)

West

b)

wiggle

26.

What direction do you need to travel to go from the ferris wheel to the Food Market?

a)

South

b)

North

c)

Northwest

d)

East

27.

What direction do you need to travel to get from the swing set to the food market?

a)

East

b)

North

c)

Southeast

d)

West

28.

North, East, South, West are what kind of directions?

a)

Cardinal Directions

b)

Intermediate Directions

29.

Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest are what kind of directions

a)

Cardinal Directions

b)

Intermediate Directions

30.

Use the map. If you fly from Australia to South America what direction did you fly?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

31.

Use the map. If you fly to Africa from Europe what direction did you go?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

32.

One half of the earth is called a...

a)

Quartersphere

b)

Sphere

c)

Half

d)

Hemisphere

33.

How many hemispheres does earth have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

34.

What line divides the earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

35.

What line divides the earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

36.

Use the map. What two hemispheres is Australia in?

a)

Southern & Eastern

b)

Southern & Western

c)

Northern & Southern

d)

Eastern & Western

37.

Use the map. What hemispheres is North America in?

a)

Northern & Southern

b)

Northern & Western

c)

Southern

d)

Eastern & Western

38.

Use the Map. What hemispheres is the Pacific Ocean in?

a)

Northern

b)

Northern & Eastern

c)

Northern & Eastern & Southern

d)

All 4 Hemispheres

39.

YOUR THOUGHTS!!!


Why should we study geography? (answer in complete sentences)

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40.
How many continents are on the Earth?
a)
7
b)
4
c)
5
d)
2
41.
How many oceans are on the Earth?
a)
7
b)
4
c)
5
d)
2
42.
What is the name of the object by number 1?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
United States
d)
Europe 
43.
What is the name of the object by number 1?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
United States
d)
Europe 
44.
What is the name of the object by number 2?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
United States
d)
Europe 
45.
What is the name of the object by number 3?
a)
North America
b)
Antarctica 
c)
South Pole 
d)
Europe 
46.
What is the name of the object by number 4?
a)
North America
b)
Europe
c)
South Pole 
d)
Africa
47.
What is the name of the object by number 5?
a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
48.
What is the name of the object by number 6?
a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
49.
What is the name of the object by number 7?
a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
50.
What is the name of the smallest continent? 
a)
Africa
b)
China
c)
Australia  
d)
The Bahamas
51.
What is the name of the largest continent? 
a)
Africa
b)
China
c)
Asia 
d)
The Bahamas
52.
What is the southern most continent?
a)
Antarctica
b)
Asia
c)
None 
d)
Afica
53.

Which imaginary line runs horizontally (left and right) around the center of Earth?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Arctic Circle

d)

Antarctic Circle

54.

Which imaginary line runs vertically (up and down) between the North Pole and South Pole?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Arctic Circle

d)

Antarctic Circle

55.

What are the imaginary lines that we use to determine an absolute location on Earth called? (Choose 2)

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Hemispheres

d)

The Poles

56.

What is the general climate (temperatures) found near the equator?

a)

very cold climate

b)

moderate climate

c)

very hot climate

57.

What is the general climate (termperatures) found near the North or South Pole?

a)

very cold climate

b)

moderate climate

c)

very hot climate

58.

This picture most accurately shows a(n)

a)

bay

b)

harbor

c)

gulf

d)

delta

59.

A ______________ is a hill of sand created by the wind.

a)

dune

b)

delta

c)

sediment

60.
a)

Delta

b)

Glacier

c)

River

d)

Coastline

61.
What land form is this?
a)
valley
b)
plain
c)
volcano
d)
canyon
62.
What land form is this?
a)
valley
b)
canyon
c)
mountain
d)
plain
63.
What land form is this?
a)
plain
b)
valley
c)
mountain
d)
canyon
64.
What land form is this?
a)
valley
b)
canyon
c)
plain
d)
mountain
65.
What land form is this?
a)
island
b)
valley
c)
plain
d)
mountain
66.
What land form is this?
a)
valley
b)
plain
c)
volcano
d)
mountain
67.
a)
A. Desert
b)
B. Lake
c)
C. Plains
d)
D. River
68.
a)
A. Hills
b)
B. River
c)
C. Desert
d)
D. Mountains
69.
Name this body of water
a)
peninsula
b)
ocean
c)
hill
d)
volcano
70.
Name this landform
a)
volcano
b)
hill
c)
river
d)
island
71.

What are the natural shapes that make up the Earth's surface called?

a)

earthquakes

b)

volcanoes

c)

landforms

d)

erosion

72.
a)
hill
b)
mountain
c)
sinkhole
d)
cave
73.
a)
mountain
b)
ocean
c)
sinkhole
d)
river
74.

What is a peninsula?

a)

land with water touching 3 sides

b)

land that has water all around it

c)

land that borders the sea or ocean

d)

an area of flat land

75.

What is this called?

a)

Map

b)

Map Key

c)

Globe

76.

What is the name of the imaginary lines that run from east to west on the map of the world?

a)

Long lines

b)

Flat lines

c)

Latitude lines

d)

Longitude lines

77.
What is located in E5?
a)
Twizzles
b)
Ice Cream
c)
Chips
d)
Pizza Hut
78.
The hotel is ____________ of the zoo.
a)
North 
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
79.
The museum is ______________ of the school.
a)
Northeast
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Southwest