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Fall Semester Exam 2021

Total questions: 91

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the moon’s effect on the Earth?                     
a)
The moon influences the seasons by bombarding the Earth with lunar radiation.
b)
The moon reacts with the sun to block harmful radiation from reaching the Earth.
c)
The moon has no measurable effect on the Earth at all.
d)
The gravitational pull of the moon and sun cause the ocean tides to fluctuate.
2.
What is literacy?
a)
the ability to read and write
b)
the ability to read
c)
the ability to hear
d)
the ability to write
3.
Why is literacy important to people's success?
a)
Literacy is not important to people's success. 
b)
Literacy is important.
c)
If adults cannot read and write, they have to take lower paying jobs. 
4.
Countries with high literacy rates are generally wealthier.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
On which of the following regions would you most likely find good land for grazing animals such at cattle?
a)
Atlantic Coastal Plain
b)
Great Plains
c)
Canadian Shield
d)
Rocky Mountains
6.
Tallest mountain chain in North America
a)
Appalachians
b)
Coastal Range
c)
Rockies
d)
St. Lawrence
7.
This river is the longest in the U.S. It begins in Minnesota and ends as it empties in the Gulf of Mexico at New Orleans.
a)
Amazon
b)
Colorado
c)
Ohio
d)
Mississippi
8.
What large mountain range is pictured here?
a)
Catskill Moutains
b)
Rocky Moutanins
c)
Appalachian Mountains
9.
Which of the following leads to a decrease in birthrates among women?
a)
Higher Education
b)
High Infant Mortality Rate
c)
No Prenatal Care
d)
No contraceptives
10.
The average number of years an individual is predicted to live is called
a)
carrying capacity
b)
life expectancy
c)
growth rate
d)
demography
11.
The number of babies out of 1,000 that die during their first year of life is called
a)
infant mortality
b)
growth rate
c)
demography
12.
This sphere is composed of all the living things 
a)
Hydrosphere 
b)
Biosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Geosphere 
13.
The number of organisms in a population which die each year 
a)
Death Rate
b)
Birth Rate
c)
Immigration
d)
Emigration
14.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Plate
15.
Antarctica is cold all the time. What is it's climate?
a)
Tropical
b)
Polar
c)
Arid/Dry
d)
Temperate
16.
Which continent is labeled in Red 
a)
Africa 
b)
North America 
c)
Antarctica 
d)
Europe 
17.
What state is this?
a)
Oregon
b)
New Jersey
c)
Nevada
d)
Idaho
18.
What state is this?
a)
New York
b)
Pennsylvania 
c)
Maryland
d)
Connecticut 
19.
What state is this?
a)
Texas
b)
Arkansas
c)
Louisiana
d)
Ohio
20.
What state is this?
a)
Washington
b)
Oregon
c)
Idaho
d)
Montana
21.
What state is this?
a)
Arkansas
b)
Kansas
c)
Georgia
d)
Missouri
22.
What state is this?
a)
Utah
b)
Nevada
c)
California
d)
Alaska
23.
What is this state?
a)
Texas
b)
Louisiana
c)
Oklahoma
d)
New Mexico
24.
Large area of flat land with few trees
a)
Coast
b)
Desert
c)
Hurricane
d)
Plain
25.
Which of the following numbers is the BEST infant mortality rate?
a)
2
b)
37
c)
98
d)
15
26.

The economic problem is that

a)

resources are limited and wants are limited.

b)

resources are unlimited and wants are limited.

c)

resources are limited and wants are unlimited.

d)

resources are unlimited and wants are unlimited.

27.

In a ___________, you would expect to find common traits such as ways of making a living, traditions, and language.

a)

Cultural Diffusion

b)

Cultural Region

c)

Cultural Traits

d)

Cultural Enhancement

28.

What is the name of the yellow continent?

a)

Australia

b)

North America

c)

The United States

d)

Australia

29.

What is the name of the grey continent?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

30.

What is the name of the green continent?

a)

North America

b)

Brazil

c)

South America

d)

Africa

31.

What is the name of the blue continent?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Australia

d)

Orange

32.

Which continent is East of Europe?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

North America

d)

Australia

33.

Which of the following countries is in North America?

a)

Canada

b)

Chile

c)

Greece

d)

Japan

34.

Every place has unique physical characteristics, some examples are:

a)

Dams, bridges and highways

b)

Rivers, deserts, mountains

c)

languages, buildings, people

35.

Something we desire but that is not necessary for survival

a)

Want

b)

Need

c)

Good

d)

Service

36.

Something essential for survival

a)

Want

b)

Need

c)

Good

d)

Service

37.

Physical objects that someone produces

a)

Want

b)

Need

c)

Good

d)

Service

38.

An action or activity that one person performs for another

a)

Want

b)

Need

c)

Good

d)

Service

39.

Natural features of the Earth's Surface

a)

Climates

b)

physical features

c)

Deserts

d)

Latitude Lines

40.

True or False: Mexico is a country in South America

a)

True

b)

False

41.

What is a group of places that are close to one another and that share some characteristics?

a)

Hemisphere

b)

Region

c)

Continent

d)

Environment

42.

What is a natural feature found on land?

a)

Environment

b)

Region

c)

Landform

d)

Absolute Location

43.

What is the average weather in an area over a long period of time known as?

a)

Environment

b)

Landform

c)

Climate

d)

Geography

44.

What is each half of Earth?

a)

Hemisphere

b)

Continent

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

45.

What is the measurement of how much above or below sea level a place is?

a)

Elevation

b)

Erosion

c)

Landform

d)

Continent

46.

What is the long, narrow band of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Ring of Fire

b)

Landform

c)

Continent

d)

Tectonic Plates

47.

How many continents are there in the world?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

10

d)

1 Giant Continent

48.

How many oceans are there on the Earth?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

7

d)

5

49.

What do you call land surrounded by water on 3 sides?

a)

island

b)

continent

c)

tributary

d)

peninsula

50.

How many hemispheres are there in the world?

a)

4

b)

1

c)

14

d)

100

51.

The directions North, South, East, and West are called the

a)

Reverse directions

b)

Intermediate directions

c)

Cardinal directions

d)

Compass directions

52.

What is this direction finder called?

a)

Briar Rose

b)

Yellow Rose

c)

Compass Rose

d)

Rose Bowl

53.

What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth East and West?

a)

Equator

b)

Dividing Line

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Axis

54.

What imaginary line divides the Earth North to South?

a)

Axis

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Equator

d)

Compass Rose

55.

What 2 oceans border the USA?

a)

Atlantic and Arctic

b)

Arctic and Pacific

c)

Atlantic and Pacific

d)

Atlantic and Southern

56.

What is the largest ocean?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

57.

Which continent is the largest?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Antarctica

d)

Russia

58.

What continent would you find the United States on?

a)

Asia

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Africa

59.

Who is America's neighbor to the South?

a)

America

b)

Canada

c)

England

d)

Mexico

60.

The seasons are caused by___________?

a)

The tilt of Earth on its axis, and the yearly revolution around the sun

b)

Tropical Storms

c)

Changes in the moon

d)

The Earth's rotation on its axis

61.

The economic system of communist countries is most closely related to which of the following:

a)

Command

b)

Market

c)

Traditional

d)

Mixed

62.

What type of economic activity is a fisherman?

a)

Agricultural

b)

Manufacturing

c)

Service

63.

The Mississippi River starts in Minnesota and ends in Louisiana at what body of water?

a)

Hudson Bay

b)

Gulf of Bothnia

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Caribbean Sea

64.

Most of the world's population lives in which climate zone?

a)

Tropical

b)

Arid

c)

Arctic

d)

Temperate

65.

The 5 Themes of Geography are...

a)

Place, Region, Interaction, Movement, Environment

b)

Place, Religion, Interaction, Monuments, Economics

c)

People, Region, Inclusion, Movement, Engineering

d)

People, Religion, Interaction, Monuments, Economics

66.

A "pull factor" is something that...

a)

makes you want to stay in your home country

b)

discourages you from migrating to another country

c)

makes you want to migrate to another country

d)

forces you to relocate to a different country

67.

The number of people living in each unit of area (like a square mile) is called...

a)

Settlement Patterns

b)

Population Density

c)

Demographics

d)

Refugees

68.

The location of something in relationship to something else is called...(ex. the store is west of the school)

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Relative Location

c)

Cardinal Directions

d)

Intermediate Directions

69.

A "push factor" is something that...

a)

makes you want to stay in your home country

b)

forces you leave your home country

c)

attracts you to go to a different country

d)

none of the above

70.

All of these are examples of Human Features of Settlement except?

a)

rivers

b)

Towns

c)

Railroad

d)

borders

71.

"A college student in Dehli, India believes that the education system in America is better than in India. He also believes he will get a higher paying job when he graduates from an American university."

Is the an example of a push or pull factor? Which factor of migration does this represent?

a)

Push/Environmental

b)

Pull/Political

c)

Push/Social

d)

Pull/Economic

72.

dictatorship

a)

government has total control, unlimited power for gov

b)

people have the power, limited power for gov, human rights exist here

c)

a King or Queen rules, unlimited power for gov

73.

Why is the US one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world?

a)

most immigrants came from the same region of the world

b)

there is no immigration to the US from other countries

c)

Immigrants from all over the world have settled in the US

d)

most immigrants speak English before they move to the US

74.

Democracy

a)

government has total control, unlimited power for government

b)

people have the power, limited power for gov, human rights exist here

c)

rule by a King or Queen, unlimited power for gov

75.

Monarchy

a)

government has total control, unlimited power for gov

b)

people have the power, limited power for gov, human rights exist here

c)

rule by a King or Queen, unlimited power for gov

76.

The wearing away of soil or rock by wind or water over time is called...?

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

d)

none of the above

77.

The equator is found at

a)

0 degrees North

b)

0 degrees West

c)

10 degrees South

d)

10 degrees East

78.

Canals are useful because

a)

they increase trade, travel and transport of people and goods

b)

they decrease disease

c)

they decrease trade, travel, and transport

d)

they increase human rights

79.

Isthmus

a)

a small strip of LAND with water on two sides

b)

a small strip of WATER with land on two sides

80.

The scientific study of populations is called...?

a)

Sociology

b)

Demography

c)

Anthropology

d)

Archeology

81.

What are the 3 types of regions?

a)

Functional, Cultural, and Informal

b)

Political, Physical, Formal

c)

Formal, Functional, Perceptual

d)

Seasonal, Natural, Cyclical

82.

Economics: Free Enterprise (Market Economy)

a)

businesses choose what they make

b)

the government tells businesses what to make

c)

a person makes what their family has always made

83.

Economics: Command:

a)

businesses choose what they make

b)

the government tells businesses what to make

c)

a person makes what their family has always made

84.

Economics: Traditional Economy

a)

businesses choose what they want to make

b)

the government tells businesses what to make

c)

a person makes what their family has always made

85.

GDP per capita

a)

how long a person can expect to live

b)

how much a person can be expected to earn in a year on average

c)

percentage of people who can read

86.

Literacy rate

a)

how long a person can expect to live

b)

how much money a person can expect to make in a year

c)

percentage of people who can read

87.

Religion: Islam

a)

monotheism (believe in one god)

b)

polytheism (believe in many gods)

88.

Religion: Judaism

a)

monotheism (believe in one god)

b)

polytheism (believe in many gods)

89.

The _____________ climate helps the rainforest grow.

a)

tropical

b)

desert

c)

arctic

d)

arid

90.

deforestation

a)

cutting down trees to use the land for something else

b)

saving the trees

91.

deforestation can cause

a)

plants and animals to go extinct

b)

increase in medicines

c)

loss of farming and ranching

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