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Geography Review

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The imaginary line around the middle of the Earth.

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Atlas

c)

Southern Hemisphere

d)

Equator

2.

The line of longitude located at zero degrees.

a)

Southern Hemisphere

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Equator

d)

Northern Hemisphere

3.

The surface of the earth SOUTH of the equator

a)

south pole

b)

northern hemisphere

c)

Sothern ocean

d)

southern hemisphere

4.

The surface of the Earth North of the equator.

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Northern Hemisphere

c)

Southern Hemisphere

d)

Where Santa Lives

5.

Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What splits the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

7.

What splits the Earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

8.

North, South, East, and West are what type of directions?

a)

cardinal directions

b)

intermediate directions

9.

Northeast and Southwest are examples of what type of directions?

a)

cardinal directions

b)

intermediate directions

10.

How is latitude and longitude measured?

a)

inches

b)

degrees

c)

hemispheres

d)

feet

11.

What lines run East to West (parallel to the Equator), but measure degrees North and South?

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

12.

What lines run North to South (from pole to pole), but measure degrees East and West?

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

13.

4. Which important map feature is found in the bottom left that shows the cardinal directions?

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Scale

c)

Title

d)

Legend

14.

5. Which important map feature is found in the bottom left that explains how large the area on the map is

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Scale

c)

Title

d)

Legend

15.

Which ocean is highlighted in blue?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Arctic

d)

Southern

16.

Which continent is circled?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

17.

Which ocean is highlighted in blue?

a)

Indian

b)

Southern

c)

Arctic

d)

Pacific

18.

Which continent is circled?

a)

North America

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

19.

Which ocean is highlighted in blue?

a)

Southern

b)

Arctic

c)

Atlantic

d)

Pacific

20.

Which continent is circled?

a)

Asia

b)

Antarctica

c)

Australia

d)

Africa

21.

Which ocean is highlighted in blue?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Southern

22.

Which ocean is highlighted in blue?

a)

Arctic

b)

Pacific

c)

Atlantic

d)

Indian

23.

Which continent is circled?

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

24.

What line is highlighted in green?

a)

Arctic Circle

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Equator

25.

What line is highlighted in green?

a)

Arctic Circle

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Equator

26.

Which continent is highlighted in green?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Antarctica

d)

Australia

27.
What is half of the Earth or half of a round object?
a)
Longitude
b)
Latitude
c)
Half
d)
Hemisphere
28.

Which map tool is best used to measure distance on a map?

a)

latitude/longitude

b)

a ruler

c)

map key

d)

map scale

29.

What map tool is represented by the photo?

a)

compass

b)

map key

c)

map scale

d)

map legend

30.

What map tool is pictured?

a)

Map scale

b)

Map Legend

c)

Map Key

d)

Compass

31.
Which letter would you find at 15oS, 60oW?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
L
d)
H
32.
Which letter would you find at 30oS, 30oE?
a)
A
b)
D
c)
K
d)
E
33.
Which of these continents does the equator go through?
a)
North America
b)
Europe
c)
Australia
d)
Africa
34.
What is the approximate location of G?
a)
100oW, 40oN
b)
40oN, 100oW
c)
40oS, 100oW
d)
40oN, 100oE
35.

1.) To locate exact places on the earth, one must look at

a)

The lines of latitude only

b)

The lines of longitude only

c)

A neighboring area to describe the location

d)

The intersecting lines of latitude and longitude

36.
A set of degrees of latitude and longitude that help you locate a place on a map.
a)
coordinates
b)
positions
c)
hemispheres
d)
locations
37.

What is the cardinal direction for number 2?

a)

South

b)

West

c)

East

d)

Northeast