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Geographers Tool Kit

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Shows the cardinal directions on a map

a)

key

b)

scale bar

c)

title

d)

compass rose

2.

This shows how distances on a map compare to actual distances on land

a)

compass rose

b)

scale

c)

key

d)

title

3.

This section of a map explains the symbols and colors on the map

a)

scale

b)

key or legend

c)

topographic

d)

compass rose

4.

A computer based system that uses satellite positioning to show your exact location on Earth

a)

Geographic Information System

b)

Scale System

c)

Global Positioning System

5.

Type of map that shows natural features such as rivers, lakes, and oceans.

a)

political map

b)

population density map

c)

physical map

d)

topographic map

6.

Type of map that shows borders that divide nations from one another as well as cities

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

population map

d)

climate map

7.

What does GIS stand for?

a)

Geography is Super

b)

Geographic Information System

c)

Geographic Position System

d)

Remote Sensing

8.

What line divides the Earth into a Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

International Date Line

d)

Fine Line

9.
The study of the world's landforms, bodies of water, and other natural features is...
a)
physical geography 
b)
human geography 
10.
The study of the world's people, communities, and landscapes is...
a)
physical geography 
b)
human geography
11.
The statement that Japan is east of China refers to Japan's
a)
relative place 
b)
relative location 
c)
absolute location 
d)
region
12.
A general description of where a place lies is called its ____________ location.
a)
relative 
b)
absolute 
13.
Which continent is this? 
a)
North America 
b)
Europe 
c)
Asia 
d)
Australia 
14.
The following lines on this globe represent
a)
latitude lines
b)
longitude lines
15.
The following lines on this map represent 
a)
latitude lines 
b)
longitude lines
16.

The earth can be divided into four halves known as _____.

a)

fractions

b)

semaphores

c)

moieties

d)

hemispheres

17.

There are 3 Types of Regions, what are they?

a)

Proprioceptive, Osteoporosis, & Formal

b)

Formal, Functional, & Perceptual

c)

Formal, Evening Gown, & Interview

18.

Formal regions are defined by legal borders such as a city limits or what?

a)

Stereotype, like "The South"

b)

State border

c)

The line in the dirt

19.

Formal regions can even be divided up by characteristics like language, income, or religion to such physical characteristics as elevation or what?

a)

Climate

b)

Colors of the Wind

c)

Stereotypes

20.

Formal regions are based on what kind of data?

a)

Randomized

b)

No data

c)

Measurable

21.

Functional regions are defined by a system of what?

a)

Intersections

b)

Interactions

c)

Bridges

22.

What region is defined by people's feelings and attitudes about an area?

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Perceptual

23.

Perceptual regions are more likely than other kinds of regions to change how?

a)

No change

b)

When the flowers grow

c)

Over Time

24.

Often times the perceptual region is based upon WHAT, as people's definitions of perceptual regions are influenced by travel, media, reading, films, and conversations?

a)

Movies

b)

Stereotypes

c)

Cheeseburgers

25.

A functional region is called a ___________

a)

Uniform

b)

Perceptual

c)

Vernacular

d)

Nodal

26.

A region that has a focal point or node is called a

a)

Functional Region

b)

Formal

c)

Perceptual

d)

Unifrom

27.

A uniform region is also known as a

a)

Perceptual

b)

Formal

c)

Geographic

d)

Physical

28.

A perceptual region is also known as a

a)

Fromal Region

b)

Vernacular Region

c)

Fake Region

d)

Functional Region

29.

What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?

(a)  

30.

What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?

(a)  

31.
Longitude lines on a globe are labelled- 
a)
North - South
b)

South - North

c)
East -West
d)

West - East

32.
a)
The map show the lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows the lines of latitude.
33.
Latitude lines on a globe are labeled-
a)

south to north

b)

east to west

c)

north to south

d)

west to east

34.

What lines run vertically on map?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Longitude

d)

Latitude

35.

What lines run horizontally on the map

a)

Latitude

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

International Date Line

d)

Longitude

36.
How many continents are on the Earth?
a)
7
b)
4
c)
5
d)
2
37.
How many oceans are on the Earth?
a)
7
b)
4
c)
5
d)
2
38.
What is the name of the object by number 1?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
United States
d)
Europe 
39.
What is the name of the object by number 2?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
United States
d)
Europe 
40.
What is the name of the object by number 3?
a)
North America
b)
Antarctica 
c)
South Pole 
d)
Europe 
41.
What is the name of the object by number 4?
a)
North America
b)
Europe
c)
South Pole 
d)
Africa
42.
What is the name of the object by number 5?
a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
43.
What is the name of the object by number 6?
a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
44.
What is the name of the object by number 7?
a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
45.
What is the name of the object by number 8?
a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Arctic Ocean 
46.
What is the name of the object by number 9?
a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean 
d)
Arctic  Ocean
47.
What is the name of the object by number 10?
a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean 
d)
Arctic  Ocean
48.
What is the name of the object by number 11?
a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Northern Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean 
d)
Arctic  Ocean
49.
What is the name of the object by number 12?
a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean 
d)
Southern  Ocean
50.
What is the name of the smallest continent? 
a)
Africa
b)
China
c)
Australia  
d)
The Bahamas
51.

In which direction of the international date line countries see a new day last.

a)

North

b)

West

c)

South

d)

East

52.

This happens to a map when something is not to scale for example Hawaii is larger than Alaska map.

a)

Dismorphia

b)

Tortion

c)

Distortion

d)

Absorption

53.

What is the name of the people that make maps.

a)

Map people

b)

Cartographers

c)

Geographers

d)

Not sure

54.

What does ESPN stand for?

a)

Entertainment Sports Programming Network

b)

Economics, Social Media, Popular, Nature

c)

Earth, Scale, Poles, Native

d)

Economic, Social, Political, Environmental (Natural)

55.

What does TODALS stand for

a)

Title, Date, Orientation, Author, Scale.

b)

Title, Date, Origin, Auditorium, Scale.

c)

Tectonics, Date, Orbit, Artic, Scale.

d)

Title, Data, Origin, Author, Score.

56.

A large scale map shows....

a)

A large area with small details.

b)

A small area that is zoomed in with large details.

c)

A gigantic area

d)

The entire universe

57.

What is the best way to display Earth?

a)

Fliters

b)

Map

c)

Globe

d)

2D