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Geography Pretest

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is Geography?
a)
The study of the United States.
b)
The study of Dinosaurs.
c)
They study of Earth and its people.
d)
The study of the location.
2.

How many continents are there?

a)

4

b)

6

c)

5

d)

7

3.
What are the 7 continents?
a)
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctia, Europe, Australia
b)
Europe, Asia, Africa, United States, China, Germany, Australia 
c)
Columbia, Africa, Asia, Germany, Iceland, Six, Hopi
d)
United States, Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia
4.
What is this object known as?
a)
map symbol
b)
map key
c)
map scale
d)
compass rose
5.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
6.
What is the world's largest country?
a)
Russia
b)
China
c)
United States
d)
Canada
7.
Which letter represents east?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
D
d)
C
8.
Which letter represents west?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
9.
Which continent has the fewest people living on it?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Australia
d)
Antarctica
10.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
11.
What helps a geographer find distance on a map?
a)
Key
b)
Legend
c)
Scale
d)
Map Grid
12.
One of the halves into which the Earth can be divided  into is called a ______.
a)
sphere
b)
Rio Grande
c)
Hemisphere
d)
Appalachian
13.

The ___________________ identifies what all the symbols on the map mean, or represent?

a)

Compass

b)

Key/Legend

c)

Scale

d)

Inset

14.

Geography is the study of earths features including human and animal populations

a)

Yes, I agree

b)

No, its just about mountains and stuff

15.

Which of the following is a CONTINENT?

a)

United States

b)

Canada

c)

North America

d)

Mexico

16.

Which is bigger a city or a state?

a)

City

b)

State

17.

What direction should Point B be labeled?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

18.

What direction should Point A be labeled?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

19.

What direction should Point D be labeled?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

20.

What CONTINENT do we live on?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

North America