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Unit 1, 2, and 3!

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 2hrs 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the imaginary line on Earth that goes from east to west a show's a location's distance from the Equator?

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

c)

location

d)

prime meridian

2.

What is an imaginary line on Earth that goes from north to south and shows a location's distance from the Prime Meridian?

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

c)

location

d)

territory

3.
What is the exact location of a place called?
a)
absolute location
b)
relative location
c)
territory
d)
geography
4.
What is the location of a place in relation to other landmarks?
a)
relative location
b)
absolute location
c)
geography
d)
canyon
5.
What does climate mean?
a)
weather in an area over a long period of time
b)
the weather in your area yesterday
c)
a chart of weather and  temperature changes
d)
weather in an area during a month of time
6.

What is this?

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Map Key

c)

globe

d)

map symbols

7.

Which continent is pink on the map?

a)

Europe

b)

North America

c)

Africa

d)

Australia

8.

Which continent is orange on the map?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

South America

d)

Europe

9.

Which continent is tan on the map?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

10.

What does the word influence mean?

a)

having an effect or impact

b)

wide and deep for ships

c)

a document created after an event

d)

sharing an edge; touching

11.
Which of the following is a cardinal direction?
a)
northwest
b)
east
c)
southeast
d)
lake
12.
Map scale shows what?
a)
directions
b)
cities
c)
distance
d)
time
13.
We live on which continent?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Europe
d)
Australia
14.
If one inch is equivalent to five miles.  How many miles is ten inches?
a)
60
b)
20
c)
50
d)
100
15.
What is another name for agriculture?
a)
living
b)
sewing
c)
farming
d)
hunting
16.
What ocean do we live closest to?
a)
Arctic Ocean
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Atlantic Ocean
17.

30* 20" North Latitude and 81* 40' West Longitude is an expression of

a)

absolute location

b)

compass rose

c)

elevation

d)

relative location

18.

A "half sphere," used to refer to one-half of the globe when divided into North, South, East, and West.

a)

Scale

b)

Latitude

c)

Longitude

d)

Hemisphere

19.

What is the object shown in the image?

a)

compass rose

b)

legend

c)

map title

d)

scale

20.

What element is missing from this map?

a)

scale

b)

title

c)

legend

d)

compass rose

21.

Using the compass rose, what direction would you travel from Raleigh to Charleston

a)

Northwest

b)

Southwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Northeast

22.

Which continent is marked by the number "1"?

a)

Asia

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

Europe

23.

These two drawings of a globe show lines of longitude, or meridians, and lines of latitude, or parallels. Which kind of lines meet at the poles?

a)

both latitude and longitude

b)

neither latitude nor longitude

c)

latitude

d)

longitude

24.

What continent is pictured here?

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Asia

d)

Antarctica

25.

What continent is pictured here?

a)

Europe

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

26.

What continent is pictured here?

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

27.

What continent is pictured here?

a)

Antarctica

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

South America

28.

What continent is pictured here?

a)

Australia

b)

Antarctica

c)

Asia

d)

North America

29.

How many continents are there?

a)

7

b)

5

c)

12

d)

9

30.

What are the 5 Themes of Geography?

a)

Place, Location, Region, Movement, and Human/Environment Interactions

b)

Place, Area, Movement, Human/Environment Interactions, Location

c)

Ideas, Place, Location, Movement, Human/Environment Interactions

d)

Region, Movement, Landforms, Area, Location

31.

Which ocean is marked with an X on this picture?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

32.

Which ocean is marked with an X on this picture?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Southern Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

33.

Which ocean is marked with an X on this picture?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

34.

Which ocean is marked with an X on this picture?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Southern Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

35.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
36.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
37.
The equator breaks the Earth into what two hemispheres?
a)
Eastern and Southern
b)
Northern and Southern
c)
Western and Eastern
d)
Northern and Western
38.
The Prime Meridian separates the Earth into what two hemispheres?
a)
Northern and Southern
b)
Western and Eastern
c)
Northern and Eastern
d)
Southern and Western
39.
Antarctica, Australia, and most of South America are in what hemisphere? 
a)
Northern 
b)
Southern 
c)
Western 
d)
Eastern
40.
Asia and Australia are in what hemisphere?
a)
Northern
b)
Southern
c)
Western
d)
Eastern
41.
North and South America are in what hemisphere?
a)
Northern
b)
Southern
c)
Western
d)
Eastern
42.
Europe, Asia and North America are in what hemisphere?
a)
Northern
b)
Southern
c)
Western
d)
Eastern
43.

What is the name of the largest continent?

a)

Africa

b)

The United States

c)

Asia

d)

Europe

44.

Which ocean touches both Europe and South America?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

45.

Which continent is located in all 4 hemispheres?

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

North America

d)

Australia

46.
  1. a similarity between places
a)

geography

b)

geographic information system

c)

geographic pattern

d)

geographer

47.

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

48.

What do you use to find Absolute Location?

a)

Global Task Force

b)

Global Positioning System

c)

Global Information Systems

d)

Global Location Finder

49.
A __________ map shows landforms and other geographic features.
a)
Road
b)
Physical
c)
Political
d)
Locator
50.
Maps use ______ that stand for things that are drawn on a map.
a)
symbols
b)
scales
c)
routes
d)
titles
51.
What type of map shows borders between states and countries?
a)
Road Map
b)
Physical Map
c)
Time Zone Map
d)
Political Map
52.
One of 4 directions that are midway between the cardinal directions.
a)
Intermiddle directions
b)
Mediate directions
c)
Intermediate directions
d)
Cardinal directions
53.
Height of land above sea level
a)
Elevation
b)
Upper-land
c)
Population
d)
Climate
54.
A map showing the climate zones of North America is which type of map?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
d)
Nothing
55.

Which theme answer the question "Where is it?"

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Location

d)

Region

56.

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

57.

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

a)

Place

b)

Human Environment Interaction

c)

Region

d)

Location

58.

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

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Region

59.

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

60.

Energy that can be replenished at the same rate as it is used

a)

Natural Gas

b)

Alternative Energy

c)

Renewable Energy

d)

Nonrenewable Energy

61.

Energy that cannot be replaced in our lifetime

a)

Nonrenewable Energy

b)

Renewable Energy

c)

Geothermal

d)

Alternative Energy

62.

To use wisely to prevent waste; save

a)

Conservation

b)

Renewable Energy

c)

Solar

d)

Hydroelectric

63.

Coal is a renewable resource.

a)

True

b)

False

64.

Wind is a renewable resource.

a)

True

b)

False

65.

Oil is a renewable resource.

a)

True

b)

False

66.

Natural gas is a renewable resource.

a)

True

b)

False

67.
A formal region is:
a)
derived from people's sense of identity and attachment to different areas.
b)
an area that possesses one or more unifying cultural or physical traits.
c)
nonexistent in developing nations.
d)
an area unified by a specific social, cultural, or economic activity.
68.
An area distinguished by one or more unique characteristics is a:
a)
biome.
b)
region.
c)
landscape.
d)
uniform unit.
69.
Why do geographers make regions?
a)
They like the colors
b)
The president told them to
c)
To make it easier to study
70.

Area that shares a large number of cultural traits.

a)

Cultural diffusion/Culture borrowing

b)

Culture Region

c)

Fine Arts

d)

Economy

71.

How does culture spread?

a)

Language

b)

Government and economy

c)

War, trade, colonization and immigration

72.

Which continent see the least amount of cultural borrowing?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

Australia

d)

Antarctica

73.

What is a culture trait?

a)

Items that all social organizations have.

b)

Hair color

c)

Items that are specific to a group of people.

d)

Eye color

74.

Two important features of a culture are

a)

economy and climate

b)

natural resources and climate

c)

language and religious beliefs

d)

weather and writing

75.

Two important features of a culture are

a)

economy and climate

b)

natural resources and climate

c)

language and religious beliefs

d)

weather and writing

76.

In this Region, the major Religion is ISLAM

a)

Middle East & North Africa

b)

Europe

c)

Russia

77.

Bringing goods in from another country to sell.

a)

import

b)

export

78.

The development of a worldwide economy where resources flow fairly freely across borders.

a)

Globalization

b)

Economy

c)

GDP

d)

Economic Independence

79.

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

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

80.

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

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

81.

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

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

82.

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

a)

Geosphere/Lithosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

83.
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
84.
A year is measured 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
85.
What causes the seasons to change?
a)
The Earth's distance from the Sun
b)
The waming and cooling of Earth's core
c)
The Earth's tilt in relation to the sun
d)
The Earth rotation on its axis.
86.
How are winters in the Northern Hemisphere different from winters in the Southern Hemisphere?
a)
Winter days are short in the Northern Hemisphere, and long in the Southern Hemisphere
b)
Northern Hemisphere winters are cold, Southern Hemisphere winters are hot
c)
In the Northern Hemisphere, winter lasts from December to March; In the South, it lasts from June to September
d)
In the Northern Hemisphere winter lasts from June to Septermber. In the South it lasts from December to March.
87.
Which natural disaster uses the Richter scale to measure strength? 
a)
Earthquake
b)
Tornado
c)
Tsunami
d)
Hurricane
88.
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
89.

Which country has the longest recorded history of tsunamis

a)

Japan

b)

Indonesia

c)

Italy

d)

Lisbon

90.
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
91.

Where is the Ring of Fire located?

a)

Atlantic Plate

b)

Pacific Plate

c)

Japanese Plate

d)

North American Plate

92.

Before a natural disaster, I have to:

a)

Contact the authorities.

b)

Build an emergency kit.

c)

Stay away from windows.

93.

Global Positioning System (GPS)

a)

a database of geographic information used to create maps

b)

it is a physical feature on the earths surface

c)

it is a boundary that divides to continents

d)

system that uses satellite data to pinpoint exact locations

94.

Geographic Information System (GIS) –

a)

study of the earth's people

b)

database of geographic information used to create maps allowing for geographic analysis

c)

conditions that impact environment

d)

system that uses satellite data to pinpoint exact locations

95.

There are 3 Types of Regions, what are they? / Hay 3 tipos de regiones, ¿cuáles son?

a)

Proprioceptive, Osteoporosis, & Formal

b)

Formal, Functional, & Perceptual

c)

Formal, Evening Gown, & Interview

96.

What region is defined by people's feelings and attitudes about an area? / ¿Qué región se define por los sentimientos y actitudes de la gente sobre un área?

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Perceptual

97.

Which type of region does this image of a pizza delivery zone depict? / ¿Qué tipo de región representa esta imagen de una zona de reparto de pizzas?

a)

Functional

b)

Perceptual

c)

Formal

98.
What is the importance of Jerusalem to the Islamic faith?
a)
Jerusalem is where Jesus first began preaching about monotheism and social justice.
b)
It is the capital of the Islamic empire
c)
This is the place where Mohammed ascended into heaven with the Angel Gabriel.
d)
Jerusalem is where Abraham gave birth to Moses.  
99.

The belief in one god.

a)

polytheism

b)

deity

c)

monotheism

d)

holy

100.

After Muhammad’s death, the title given to Islam’s highest leaders was

a)

Sucessor

b)

Caliph

c)

Sultan

d)

Emperor

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