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Geo Unit 1 Vocab

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is the study of Earth and its peoples, places, and environments.

a)

History

b)

Ecology

c)

Geography

d)

Oceanography

2.

What is absolute location?

a)

The approximate location of something.

b)

The exact location of something.

c)

Bikini Bottom.

d)

Locations that compare two places.

3.

This term describes where a place is when compared to another place.

a)

absolute location

b)

certain location

c)

relative location

d)

all locations

4.

This is a line of latitude that runs around the middle of the Earth.

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

longitude

d)

spatial

5.

This line of longitude is the starting point for measuring longitude.

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

latitude

d)

spatial

6.

These lines run east to west on a map (like a ladder).

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

latitude

d)

longitude

7.

These lines run north to south on a map.

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

latitude

d)

longitude

8.

What part of a map shows what the symbols mean?

a)

map key

b)

political map

c)

physical map

d)

compass rose

9.

What continent is shown in yellow?

a)

Australia

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Africa

10.

What continenet is shown in purple?

a)

Australia

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

South America

11.

What continent is shown in Green?

a)

Egypt

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

12.

What continent is shown in red?

a)

Australia

b)

Canada

c)

North America

d)

Asia

13.

What continent is shown in orange?

a)

Europe

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Asia

14.

What is this map element called?

a)

Legend

b)

Star Guide

c)

Cardinal Diamond

d)

Compass Rose

15.

What is the area above the equator called?

a)

Northern Hemisphere

b)

Southern Hemisphere

c)

Eastern Hemisphere

d)

Western Hemisphere

16.

What ocean is to the west of North America?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Southern

d)

Indian

17.

What ocean is located off the East Coast of America?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Southern

18.

What type of map is shown?

a)

Population Map

b)

Climate Map

c)

Physical Map

d)

Political Map

19.

What type of map is shown?

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

c)

Climate Map

d)

Population Map

20.

A sphere that represents the Earth is called:

a)

A continent

b)

A countour map

c)

A globe

d)

A map

21.

What map is shown above?

a)

Political Map

b)

Physical Map

c)

Special Purpose Map

d)

Cartogram

22.

What type of map is shown?

a)

Cartogram

b)

Physical Map

c)

Special Purpose Map

d)

Political Map

23.

What type of map is shown?

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

c)

Special Purpose Map

d)

Cartogram

24.

What type of map is shown?

a)

Political Map

b)

Physical Map

c)

Special Purpose Map

d)

Cartogram

25.

What type of map is shown?

a)

Political Map

b)

Physical Map

c)

Special Purpose Map

d)

Cartogram

26.

What type of map is shown?

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

c)

Special Purpose Map

d)

Cartogram

27.
Climate refers to....
a)
the weather at any given time
b)
how wet is was last night
c)
what weather is like over a long period of time
d)
how warm it will be this weekend
28.
What will a political map tell you?
a)
Physical features 
b)
Political boundaries
c)
Landforms
d)
Planetary locations
29.
A device used to tell cardinal directions on a map.
a)
Scale
b)
Key
c)
Legend
d)
Compass rose
30.
Imaginary line that divides the Earth between North and South.
a)
Parallels
b)
Equator
c)
Meridians
d)
Prime Meridian
31.
Imaginary line that divides the Earth between East and West.
a)
Parallels
b)
Equator
c)
Meridians
d)
Prime Meridian
32.

The height above sea level

a)

Elevation

b)

Miles

c)

Feet

d)

Inches

33.
What is the purpose of a map scale?
a)
To weigh the political power of the states
b)
To show where things are located on the map
c)
Compare the distance measured on the map to the actual distance on Earth
d)
To show how large the map is
34.

Out of the given options, which area qualifies as an 'urban' area?

a)

Village

b)

City

c)

Tehsil

d)

None of the above

35.
Which definition best matches the term population density?
a)
human beings in general
b)
number of people in a particular area
c)
A measurement of people for a specific area
d)
All the inhabitants of a particular area
36.
What is another name for a city?
a)
rural area
b)
urban area
c)
suburban area
37.

When the word capita means this when we talk about the economy:

a)

Sofia

b)

A capital

c)

People

d)

I don't know

38.

When I say Gross Domestic Product what am I talking about?

a)

Disgusting Home Things

b)

Total value of goods and services produced by a country

c)

Big measure of stuff made in the world

d)

I don't know

39.

The way a country handles it money

a)

culture

b)

economy

c)

principles

40.
Import means
a)
buying goods from another country
b)
selling goods to another country
c)
only making one kind of product
41.
Export means
a)
buying goods from another country
b)
selling goods to another country
c)
only making one kind of product
42.

Import or Export:

US sells medical equipment to China

a)

Import

b)

Export

43.

Import or Export:

Machines made in NY are sold to Mexico

a)

Import

b)

Export

44.

Import or Export:

US buys toys that are made in China

a)

Import

b)

Export

45.

Import or Export:

The United States buys cotton fabrics from Brazil

a)

Import

b)

Export

46.

Import or Export:

A child in the United States buys shoes made in Mexico

a)

Import

b)

Export

47.

Import or Export:

The US sells gold to Canada

a)

Import

b)

Export

48.
Where is it?
a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Movement
d)
Region
49.
What is it like?
a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Human Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
50.
Where is it exactly on the Earth?
a)
Place
b)
Perfect Location
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Relative Location
51.
Where is it in relation to other areas or things?
a)
Place
b)
Perfect Location
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Relative Location
52.
How do people, plants, animals, and ideas move through out time and place?
a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Region
d)
Movement
53.
In what ways do people adapt to their environment, or change their environment in order to meet their needs.
a)
Human Environment Interaction
b)
Place
c)
Location
d)
Region
54.
How are areas similar or united (physically, politically, or culturally) to other areas around them?
a)
Movement
b)
Absolute Location
c)
Region
d)
Place
55.
The winters are cold and long in Russia.
a)
Place
b)
Region
c)
Location
d)
Movement
56.
Virginia is north of North Carolina
a)
Place
b)
Absolute Location
c)
Region
d)
Relative Location
57.
Washington D.C. is at 38.8 North Latitude and 77 West Longitude
a)
Relative Location
b)
Place
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Region
58.
Florida has very hot and humid summers.
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Movement.

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