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Regions of the World

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Name the region in green
a)
Eastern Europe
b)
Western Europe
c)
West Africa
d)
Europe
2.
Name the region in red
a)
Russia
b)
East Asia
c)
Asia
d)
Central Asia
3.

Identify Region #3

a)

Canada

b)

United States

c)

Caribbean

d)

North America

4.

Identify Region #5

a)

South America

b)

Latin America

c)

Brazil

d)

Portugal

5.

Identify Region #6

a)

Micronesia

b)

Melanesia

c)

Polynesia

d)

Hawai'i

6.

Identify Region #8

a)

Eastern Europe

b)

Western Europe

c)

Europe

d)

Russia

7.

Identify Region #13

a)

East Africa

b)

North Africa

c)

Middle East

d)

West Asia

8.
The French-speaking region of Europe is what type of region?
a)
Formal
b)
Functional
c)
Perceptual 
d)
Rescale
9.
Which type of region is defined by a particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it?
a)
Formal
b)
Functional
c)
Perception
d)
Rescale
10.
Which of the following is an example of a functional region?
a)
The city of Denver
b)
The Corn Belt
c)
South China Karst Region
d)
South Region
11.
Which of the following is a perceptual region?
a)
South China Karst Region
b)
City of Denver
c)
Southern United States
d)
French-speaking region in Europe
12.

Which of the following is a vernacular region?

a)

South China Karst Region

b)

City of Denver

c)

Southern United States

d)

French-speaking region in Europe

13.
The visible imprint put on the environment by people is called?
a)
Cultural Landscape
b)
Place
c)
Location
d)
Human Environment Interaction
14.
Places that share similar characteristics are called 
a)
human systems
b)
environments
c)
regions
d)
physical systems
15.
What makes up Human Features
a)
Culture
b)
Economics
c)
Government
d)
All of these
16.
Which of these is a PHYSICAL characteristic? 
a)
major cities
b)
desert climate
c)
farming
d)
population 
17.
A formal region is:
a)
derived from people's sense of identity and attachment to different areas.
b)
an area that possesses one or more unifying cultural or physical traits.
c)
nonexistent in developing nations.
d)
an area unified by a specific social, cultural, or economic activity.
18.
Which of these is NOT a type of region geographers use?
a)
Formal
b)
Functional
c)
Ecological
d)
Perceptual
19.
The South is established as a vernacular region of the United States by:
a)
high cotton production.
b)
low high school graduation rates.
c)
the prevalence of the Southern Baptist Church. 
d)
all of the above.
20.
Which is NOT an example of a functional region?
a)
the circulation area of a newspaper.
b)
the area of dominance of a local television station.
c)
the market area of a supermarket.
d)
the area dominated by a particular crop.
21.
The signal area of radio station WIVK is an example of which of kind of region?
a)
formal 
b)
functional
c)
vernacular
d)
perceptual
22.
A functional region is also known as a(n)
a)
perceptual region
b)
uniform region
c)
nodal region
d)
vernacular region
23.
The south is an example of which type of region?
a)
Perceptual
b)
nodal
c)
functional
d)
formal
24.
An area distinguished by one or more unique characteristics is a:
a)
biome.
b)
region.
c)
landscape.
d)
uniform unit.
25.
The division of the U.S. into nine regions by the Census Bureau is an example of a:
a)
climatic region.
b)
formal region.
c)
functional region.
d)
vernacular region.