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Intro to Geography Chapter 1

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the most important line of latitude?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

2.

What is the most important line of Longitude?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Prime meridian

c)

Equator

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

3.

What degrees do lines of latitude and longitude start?

a)

25°

b)

90°

c)

45°

d)

e)

180°

4.

What are lines of latitude also known as?

a)

Meridians

b)

parallels

c)

Semi-circles

d)

Equator

5.

one-half of the earth

a)

Hemisphere

b)

Continent

c)

Equator

d)

Map Projection

e)

Distortion

6.

Imaginary line that divides the earth into two halves

a)

Equator

b)

Map Projection

c)

Distortion

d)

Continent

7.

Change to the shape or appearance of an object after being altered

a)

Equator

b)

Map Projection

c)

Distortion

8.

What are the two types of location?

a)

Current and Past

b)

Absolute and Relative

c)

Near and Far

9.

N, S, E, W (north, south, east, west)

a)

The way the wind blows

b)

Intermediate directions

c)

Can't tell if I'm coming or going

d)

Cardinal directions

10.

What are the directions in between N,S,E,and W called?

a)

Intermediate directions

b)

Important directions

c)

Cardinal directions

d)

Crossing guard directions

11.

What is the title of the map?

a)

Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park

b)

Paved Road

c)

Gold Discovery Site

d)

Old Colma Theater

12.

How many picnic benches are there on the map?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

13.

What trail can you fine at F1?

a)

Monument Trail

b)

Monument Rd

c)

Mt. Murphy Rd

d)

Monroe Ridge Trail

14.

What is the name of the parallel at 66 1/2˚north latitude?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Arctic Circle

d)

Antarctic Circle

15.

What city is located at 47˚N, 71˚W?

a)

Quebec City

b)

Mombassa

c)

Melbourne

d)

Chicago

16.
this location tells you were something is in relation to something else
a)
absolute location
b)
relative location
17.
What do geographers use to indicate the absolute location of any place on earth?
a)
a global grid
b)
a map scale
c)
a map legend
d)
a compass rose
18.

What is the name of the line of longitude that is 180º?

a)

International date line

b)

Prime meridian

c)

Equator

d)

Arctic Circle

19.

What part of a map shows the reader what the symbols mean?

a)

Scale

b)

Title

c)

Key/Legend

d)

Grid

20.
What continent is in blue?
a)
Asia 
b)
Africa 
c)
Europe 
d)
Australia 
21.
What continent is in orange?
a)
South America 
b)
North America 
c)
Antarctica 
d)
Africa 
22.
What continent is in red?
a)
Asia 
b)
Africa 
c)
Australia 
d)
Antarctica 
23.

Which Continent is this?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

24.

Which continent is this?

a)

Africa

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

North America

25.

What continent?

a)

Africa

b)

Pandora

c)

Australia

d)

Asia

26.

What ocean is this?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Southern

d)

Indian

27.

What ocean is this?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Arctic

d)

Southern

28.

What ocean is this?

a)

Indian

b)

Pacific

c)

Atlantic

d)

Arctic

29.
What is the function of lines of latitude and lines of longitude?
a)
To help us study Earth over time.
b)
To allow us to find an exact location on Earth.
c)
To make things confusing.
30.

What is the only continent that lies entirely in the Southern and Eastern continent?

a)

North America

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Australia