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basic geography

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is geography?

a)

study of earth and its people, places, and environments

b)

study of the sun

c)

study of just land

d)

study of water

2.

What are land forms?

a)

natural features found on land

b)

has nothing to do with land

c)

what somone has formed up

3.

example of a land form

a)

river

b)

mountains

c)

oceans

d)

peninsulas

4.

Landscapes can be

a)

viewed at one time at one location

b)

only viewed from the sky

c)

are not applicable to this study

d)

portions of the atmosphere

5.

To locate places on the Earth, we use,

a)

Grid view - both latitudes and longitudes

b)

Only latitudes

c)

Only longitudes

d)

None of the above

6.

The imaginary horizontal lines running parallel on the Earth is called

a)

Grid

b)

Latitude

c)

Longitude

d)

Heat zone

7.

Select correct statements.

a)

Latitudes are imaginary lines

b)

Latitudes are vertical lines

c)

Latitudes are point sized at the poles

d)

Latitudes are measured in degrees.

8.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
9.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
10.

What divides a globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

a)

Equator

b)

a line of longitude

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

International Date Line

11.

What divides a globe into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

a)

a line of latitude

b)

equator

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

12.

Which hemisphere is shown above the equator?

a)

Eastern Hemisphere

b)

Western Hemisphere

c)

Northern Hemisphere

13.

Which hemisphere is highlighted in blue?

a)

Western

b)

Eastern

c)

Southern

14.

It refers to the exact point where an object or place is.

a)

Absolute location

b)

Continental Location

c)

Maritime Location

d)

Relative Location

15.

What is the name of the tool that shows cardinal and intermediate directions?

a)

line of longitude

b)

compass rose

c)

map

d)

key

16.

What is this called?

a)

Map

b)

Map Key

c)

Globe

17.

What does a map key show?

a)

directions.

b)

things are located on a map by symbols.

c)

how far places are from one another.

18.

What do we use to find absolute location?

a)

latitude and longitude

b)

the equator and international dateline

c)

a GPS and an XLP

d)

landmarks and distances

19.
Popular music usually starts in one place and then spreads around the world through sources like the internet or radio stations. This is an example of what type of movement...
a)
Goods
b)
Human
c)
Ideas
d)
Animals
20.
What question does the theme: Human Environment Interaction ask?
a)
How do humans negatively impact the earth?
b)
What is the relationship between humans and the environment?  
c)
How are humans and their environment similar?