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Unit 1

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the southern most continent?
a)
Antarctica
b)
Asia
c)
None 
d)
Afica
2.
What is the name of the largest continent? 
a)
Africa
b)
China
c)
Asia 
d)
The Bahamas
3.
What is the name of the smallest continent? 
a)
Africa
b)
China
c)
Australia  
d)
The Bahamas
4.
What is the name of the object by number 12?
a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean 
d)
Southern  Ocean
5.
What is the name of the object by number 11?
a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Northern Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean 
d)
Arctic  Ocean
6.
What is the name of the object by number 10?
a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean 
d)
Arctic  Ocean
7.
What is the name of the object by number 9?
a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean 
d)
Arctic  Ocean
8.
What is the name of the object by number 8?
a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Arctic Ocean 
9.
What is the name of the object by number 7?
a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
10.
What is the name of the object by number 6?
a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
11.
What is the name of the object by number 5?
a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
12.
What is the name of the object by number 4?
a)
North America
b)
Europe
c)
South Pole 
d)
Africa
13.
How many oceans are on the Earth?
a)
7
b)
4
c)
5
d)
2
14.
How many continents are on the Earth?
a)
7
b)
4
c)
5
d)
2
15.

This type of map shows features such as rivers, mountains & deserts.

a)

Physical

b)

Political

c)

Topographic

d)

Thematic

16.

On this type of map, you will find borders for countries and states

a)

Physical

b)

Climatic

c)

Political

d)

Topographical

17.

This map portrays the geographic pattern of a particular subject matter such as population, temperature or language.

a)

Cartogram

b)

Physical

c)

Political

d)

Thematic

18.

The imaginary lines imposed on a map that stretch from the North to the South poles are known as ____ lines.

a)

Latitude

b)

Maritime

c)

Longitude

d)

Isoline

19.

This line divides the world into the Northern & Southern Hemispheres.

a)

Arctic Circle

b)

Equator

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Tropic of Cancer

20.

This line divides the world into Western and Eastern Hemispheres.

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Arctic Circle

21.

These lines appear on a world map at 23.5 degrees North and South of the Equator.

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Arctic Circle

c)

Tropic of Capricorn

d)

Prime Meridian

22.

You will find these lines at 66 degrees North and South on a world map.

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Arctic Circle

d)

Equator

23.

What is a compass rose?

a)

half of a circle that helps people find angles

b)

a drawing showing different directions on a map

c)

a device with a magnet that always points North

d)

a pretty flower on a map that is red

24.

What is a scale on a map?

a)

a tool that allows you to measure your body weight

b)

a way to balance the weights of the land and oceans

c)

a ratio of the distance on the map to the actual distance

d)

a piece of skin found on reptiles like snakes

25.

What is this?

a)

A compass

b)

Symbol for large city

c)

Compass Rose

d)

Part of a puzzle

26.

Which choice is the legend or key of a map?

a)
b)
c)
d)
27.

Another word for Legend is...

a)

Story

b)

Key

c)

Title

d)

Label

28.

You can tell the distance on a map by looking at the ________________.

a)

scale

b)

legend

c)

compass rose

d)

globe

29.

This photo best represents...

a)

H. E. I.

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

Movement

30.

Relative location is where a place is in relation to other places.  For example...

a)

1234 Oak Street, 92108

b)

The Great Wall is located near Beijing in northern China.

c)

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., DC 20500

d)

90° N Latitude and 20° W Longitude

31.

This photo best represents...

a)

Movement

b)

Human Environment Interaction

c)

Region

d)

Location

32.

Explains how people, ideas & animals move from one place to another.

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Human-Environment Interaction

33.

Which is NOT one of the Five Themes of Geography

a)

Location

b)

Language

c)

Movement

d)

Region

34.

Absolute and relative are words that describe...

a)

Place

b)

Movement

c)

Region

d)

Location

35.

 

Human-environment interaction is the relationship between _____ and _____.

a)

people, the world

b)

people, other people

c)

people, the government

d)

God, man

36.
What are the 5 Themes of Geography?
a)
Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Location, Climate, and Place
b)
Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, Place, and Location
c)
Place, Movement, Location, Region, and Human-Alien Interactions
d)
Absolute Location, Relative Location, Climate, Vegetation, and Movement 
37.
This picture shows which of the 5 Themes of Geography?
a)
Movement
b)
Region
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Location
38.
Latitude lines run
a)
East/West
b)
North/South