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Basic Geography Review

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one of these is NOT a cardinal direction?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

Northeast

d)

South

2.

Which of these in NOT an intermediate direction?

a)

West

b)

Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Southwest

3.

Which is not a real direction?

a)

Northwest

b)

Southeast

c)

Northeast

d)

Northsouth

4.

Arizona is ___________ of New Mexico

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

5.

Arizona is _________ of California

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

6.

Arizona is ____________ of Mexico

a)

North

b)

south

c)

East

d)

West

7.

Arizona is _________ of Utah

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

8.

Nebraska is __________ of Missouri

a)

Northwest

b)

Northeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Southeast

9.

Nebraska is ___________ of Minnesota

a)

Northwest

b)

Northeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Southeast

10.

Nebraska is ____________ of Montana

a)

Northwest

b)

Northeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Southeast

11.

Nebraska is __________ of Colorado

a)

Northwest

b)

Northeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Southeast

12.

Which of these tool indicates direction on a map?

a)

GPS

b)

Compass

c)

Key

d)

Compass Rose

13.

Which of these is NOT a part of the study of geography?

a)

Dinosaurs

b)

Physical features of the Earth

c)

Human Activity

d)

Population and Resources

14.

What does a cartographer do?

a)

builds carts

b)

makes graphs

c)

makes maps

d)

studies geography

15.

A large landmass usually containing many countries is called a

a)

country

b)

state

c)

landform

d)

continent

16.

Which of these terms means half of a sphere

a)

stratosphere

b)

hemisphere

c)

atmosphere

d)

exosphere

17.

Which of these is an imaginary line that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemisphere?

a)

Arctic Circle

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Equator

18.

Which of these is an imaginary line that divides Earth into an eastern and western hemisphere?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Antarctic Circle

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

19.

What does GPS stand for?

a)

General Position Source

b)

Global Positioning System

c)

Geographic Positioning Source

d)

Global Property System

20.

A book full of maps is called a

a)

Encyclopedia

b)

Almanac

c)

Atlas

d)

Globe

21.

Which resource on a map is used to explain the map's symbols?

a)

Key or Legend

b)

Compass Rose

c)

Lines of Latitude and Longitude

d)

Equator

22.

Lines of Longitude run

a)

North and South

b)

East and West

c)

West and North

d)

East and South

23.

Lines of Latitude run

a)

South and East

b)

North and West

c)

North and South

d)

East and West

24.

Which tool on a map helps you determine the distance from one location to another?

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Map Scale

c)

Key or Legend

d)

Equator

25.

The furthest northern point on Earth is

a)

Alaska

b)

Arctic Circle

c)

North Pole

d)

Russia

26.

The furthest southern point on Earth is

a)

The South Pole

b)

The Antarctic Circle

c)

Antarctica

d)

Australia

27.

The Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn help scientists understand the

a)

Oceans

b)

Weather

c)

Continents

d)

Seasons