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World Geography

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Earth has two kinds of movements: orbit and rotation. The Earth's rotation explains the stations- spring, summer, fall, and winter.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

The combination of two numbers, one that indicates the position in the north or south direction, and in the other direction, east or west, is known as:

a)

Compass

b)

Geographic coordinates

c)

GPS

3.

What is latitude zero?

a)

The Equator

b)

Greenwich Meridian

c)

The Tropic of Capricorn

4.

What is longitude zero?

a)

The Equator

b)

The Greenwich Meridian

c)

The Tropic of Cancer

5.

For a long time, we have used maps for navigating. What do you call the science that studies and creates maps?

a)

Cartography

b)

Geography

c)

Geology

6.

What kind of map represents physical characteristics of Earth's surface such as mountains, valleys, coasts, river, seas, etc.?

a)

Physical map

b)

Political map

c)

Topographic map

d)

Thematic map

7.

What map represents the territorial limits or frontiers between countries?

a)

Physical map

b)

Political Map

c)

Topographic map

d)

Hydrographic map

8.

What map precisely represents the physical characteristics of a physical and sociocultural space such as the height of mountains, the extension of a body of water, the location of a region, etc.?

a)

Topographic map

b)

Thematic map

c)

Political map

d)

Physical map

9.

What kind of map represents a specific theme, such as population movement, the origin of food, etc.?

a)

Thematic map

b)

Historical map

c)

Topographic map

d)

Political map

10.

Joseph is reading a map and he sees some symbols. To understand what they mean, he has to:

a)

Identify the scale.

b)

Read the legend.

c)

Do a Google search.

11.

The set of atmospheric characteristics and conditions in a place, expressed as temperature, quantity of precipitation, level of humidity, etc., for an extended period is called:

a)

weather

b)

climate

c)

meteorology

12.

What factors influence climate?

a)

latitude

b)

relief

c)

bodies of water

d)

currents

13.

Aniela wants to visit a country in the temperate zone. Why one should she visit?

a)

Costa Rica

b)

Venezuela

c)

The Phillipines

d)

Canada

14.

The process of the wearing of Earth's surface caused by wind, water, and temperature is known as:

a)

Corrosion

b)

Erosion

c)

Contamination

15.

From a geologic perspective, there are four continents: the Afro-Eurasian continent, the American continent, Antarctic continent, and Oceania.

a)

True

b)

False