WorksheetsGeography Exam Study
Total questions: 83
Worksheet time: 7hrs 55mins
Type your answer: The Prime Meridian passes through where and is designated at what degree?
(a)
On a Mercator map the farther one moves from the equator, the _______distorted areas and distances become.
Less
More
Type your answer: What is the unique calling of God to humankind to exercise dominion over the earth?
(a)
Type you answer: In which book and verse of the Bible is the Creation Mandate found?
(a)
Type your answer: What is the distance North or South
of the equator measured in degrees?
(a)
Type your answer: What is the distance East or West of the equator measured in degrees?
(a)
What are the 12 strips that cover a globe?
Paper strips
Gores
None of these
Map pieces
What are the system of customs, traditions, and habits that a group of people uses to make something of their world.
Religion
Tribes
Customs
Culture
What is the detailed study of the earth and the ways people relate to the earth and one another.
Earth Science
History
Geography
Geometry
Type your answer: What is the basic tool of geography?
(a)
Type your answer: What are the 2 main branches of geography?
(a)
Type your answer: What is the main problem map makers face when creating FLAT maps?
(a)
Type your answer: Who’s map projection do we mainly use today?
(a)
What is the imaginary line that divides the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Latitude
Equator
Prime Meridian
Longitude
What is the human response to God and His revelation?
Human geography
Culture
Religion
Faith
Select ALL that apply: What are the 4 features used to compare River systems
Length
Width
Discharge
Drainage basin
Navigability
Type your answer: What are deep cracks in the earths surface where 2 pieces of land have moved in different directions
(a)
What REFERS to the breakdown of rocks by water, plant roots, and temp changes
Weathering
Erosion
What IS the process of wearing away rock and TRANSPORTING sediments?
Erosion
Weathering
What is the most powerful form of erosion?
Wind
Running water
Temperature
Chemical
What process created fjords?
Cataclysm
Faulting
Continental Drift
Glaciation
What is a violent change or upheaval in the earth’s crust?
Cataclysm
Earth Quake
Fault
Sinkhole
Type your answer: Where is the majority of earths fresh water located?
(a)
How much of earths fresh water is found in Polar Icecaps?
4/5
2/3
1/3
4/6
Type your answer: What are rivers that feed on other rivers?
(a)
Be able to compare and contrast Weather and Climate
How they are the same: It takes daily weather to know the climate of a specific area
How they are different: We know what the climate is in our area all the time, but we cannot predict the weather months in the future
Type your answer: What is the condition in the atmosphere at any given time or place?
(a)
Type your answer: what is the average weather in an area over an extended period of time?
(a)
What is the earths (a) at a 23 1/2° angle and turns 360° every 24 hours; the most obvious motion on earth
What is the one year trip around the sun that the earth takes
(a)
True or False: Polar regions receive only a small amount of sunlight in the winter
True
False
What are the 5 elements of weather?
Temp, sunlight, rain, wind, water
Temp, atmosphere of pressure, wind, precipitation, humidity
Humidity, ice, fire, land, sun
Water, fire, earth, ice, wind
A sudden_________ in temperature causes water vapor to __________, lose energy, and fall to the earth as snow,_______, or hail
Rise; Fall; Ice
Plunge; fall; ice
Drop; Freeze; Sleet
What is composed of the sun, planets, small system bodies, and other objects orbiting the sun
(a)
What is the primary means for transmitting culture?
(a)
What term is used to describe where people chose to live
Population Distribution
Home
Settlement
Population Organization
What is the art of negotiating agreement between nations
Act
Diplomacy
Deal
Contract
What is the study of human populations?
Taxonomy
Human Geography
Demography
Physiology
What is the most extreme form of socialism?
(a)
True or False: Just as diversity characterizes the geography of the US, it also describes the American people.
True
False
What type of government does the US have?
(a)
Which state is separated from the rest of the US by Canada?
(a)
What is the longest river in the US?
(a)
How long is the Missouri River?
1000 miles
4,562 miles
2,340 miles
1,429 miles
The Atlantic and Gulf coasts are susceptible to what kind of natural disaster?
(a)
What is the southern third of the US from the Carolinas to California?
Sunbelt
South
Industrial belt
Manufacturing belt
In the industrial revolution these areas were located in the Northwest and Great lakes region
Sunbelt
Manufacturing belt
Industrial belt
None of these
Where is the Mormon headquarters located
Phoenix, Arizona
Salt Lake City, Utah
Chicago, Illinois
Orlando, Florida
List the 4 core values of the US
(a)
The majority of Americans live in what kind of areas?
(a)
What percent of Americans live in urban areas
82.3%
72.3%
65.3%
87%
What is the solid mass of rock that covers most of Canada?
(a)
Most Canadians live within how many miles of the US-Canada border?
200
300
100
Canada is one of the world leading producers of what?
(a)
The Bay of Fundy has the_________ ________ in the world
Highest waves
Highest tides
Highest Elevation
What is Canadas capital?
(a)
In what providence is Ottawa located?
(a)
Who is the executive of the Canadian government
Prime Minister
Prime Leader
President
Queen
Canadas Prime minister is responsible for choosing the what?
Representatives
Jury
Judge
Senators
Be able to list the 10 providences of Canada and the 3 territories- Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon Territory, Northwest territory, Nunavut (territory)
What does Canada claim about the Arctic Ocean?
It belongs to no one
It is part of their national/territorial waters
What are Canadas political divisions called?
(a)
What religion combined west African ancestor worship, magic, and Roman Catholicism
(a)
Which country is most developed out of the other Central America countries
Bahamas
Mexico
Turks and cacos
Cuba
What is used to help save ships thousands of miles when transporting goods from the Atlantic to pacific
(a)
Name a country that’s near clusters of coral islands north of the Greater Antilles
(a)
Select all that apply: What is in the Greater Antilles?
Cuba
Hispaniola (Hati and Dom. Rep.)
Puerto Rico
Jamaica
What was the country that adopted the first communist government in the Western Hemisphere?
(a)
What is when a political and economic system that seeks to create a classless society in which the major means of production, such as mines and factories, are owned and controlled by the public.
Federal Government
Dictatorships
Monarchy
Communist Government
What is the financial center of Mexico?
(a)
What is the importance of ecotourism?
(a)
Select all that apply: What are the 2 Latin American subregions?
Central America
North America
South America
Central American countries: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama
20 out of 21 nations on Central America have what types of government?
(a)
There is no trust in Mexicos government and most crimes go unreported.
True or False: Though Mexico has a high birth rate, it has a very meager growth rate.
True
False
Select all that apply: What 2 oceans does the Panama Canal connect?
Pacific
Arctic
Atlantic
Indian
What is the largest city in a country and is significantly larger that all the other cities on that country
Capital
Primate City
What type of economy does Mexico have?
(a)
What is the total amount of monetary value of all finished goods and services on a country?
(a)
What is the most predominant religion observed in Mexico?
(a)
