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Geography review

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A ____ tells you what is being shown to you on a map.

a)

Scale

b)

Title

c)

Key

d)

Compass

2.

Compass directions, from the Top, clockwise:

a)

North, South, East, West

b)

West, North, South East

c)

North, East, South, West

d)

North, West, South, East

3.

A map feature that explains what different symbols mean:

a)

Key

b)

Legend

c)

Scale

d)

Title

4.

A map feature that shows you the actual distances.

a)

Ruler

b)

Globe

c)

Scale

d)

Key/Legend

5.

What is the red line going across the Earth?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Borderline

d)

Equator

6.

The line going up and down is called the:

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Hemisphere line

d)

Latitude

7.

Places located below the Equator are in the:

a)

Northern Hemisphere

b)

Southern Hemisphere

c)

Arctic Hemisphere

8.

Locations to the East of the Prime Meridian are in the:

a)

Western Hemisphere

b)

Northwestern Hempisphere

c)

Eastern Hemisphere

9.

Lines of ______ run East to West across the map

a)

Longitude

b)

Latitude

c)

Meridians

d)

Symmetry

10.

Lines of _______ run North to South across a map.

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Equator

d)

X, Y

11.

What is the purpose of latitude and longitude lines?

a)

They separate the hemispheres.

b)

The look cool across Earth.

c)

They help us to pinpoint exact locations on Earth.

d)

They locate regions.

12.

How is latitude and longitude measured?

a)

inches

b)

degrees

c)

hemispheres

d)

feet

13.

What is the imaginary center line the Earth turns on called?

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

c)

meridian

d)

axis

14.
a)

Strait

b)

Isthmus

c)

Island

d)

Bay

15.
a)

Atoll

b)

Isthmus

c)

Island

d)

Beach

16.

Focus on the landform being surrounded on three sides by water

a)

Gulf

b)

Coast

c)

Peninsula

d)

Bay

17.

What type of landform is this?

a)

Plateau

b)

Mountain

c)

Valley

d)

Volcano

18.
A _______________ is exactly half of the earth.
a)
Equator
b)
Hemisphere
c)
Tropic of Cancer
d)
Arctic Circle
19.

What is a decade?

a)

10 years

b)

100 years

c)

1,000 years

d)

10,000 years

20.

What is a millennium?

a)

10 years

b)

100 years

c)

1,000 years

d)

50 years

21.

Era

a)

blocks of time in history

b)

study of the past

c)

objects made by people

d)

prehistoric times

22.

What is a century?

a)

10 years

b)

100 years

c)

1,000 years

d)

10,000 years

23.

geography

a)

study of human cultures

b)

study of Earth and its people and places

c)

divides Earth into half spheres

d)

measuring line that tells you distances on a map

24.

An example of a SECONDARY SOURCE of evidence is...

a)

a painting created in 1914 to represent a famous battle in WW1

b)

a replica of the famous "Mona Lisa" painting by Leonardo da Vinci

c)

an original painting by Dutch artist Monet

25.

I wrote about my wedding in my diary. Is my diary a primary source, or a secondary source?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

26.

A source that is original, from the time period & a first hand account is a...

a)
Primary 
b)
Secondary 
27.

A source that was created later by someone who did not experience the events first-hand.

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

28.

Identify the source type:

A short story describing Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla's 'electrical' battle.

a)

PRIMARY

b)

SECONDARY

29.

Identify the source type:

Anne Frank's diary describing her life during World War 2.

a)

PRIMARY

b)

SECONDARY

30.

Identify the source type:

A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built.

a)

PRIMARY

b)

SECONDARY

31.

Identify the source type:

A journal by a cowboy about the cattle drives from Texas to Kansas.

a)

PRIMARY

b)

SECONDARY

32.

Identify the source type:

The United States Constitution

a)

PRIMARY

b)

SECONDARY

33.

Which of these is NOT an example of a primary source?

a)

Original uniforms worn by soldiers

b)

Diaries written at the time of an event

c)

video of a historical event

d)

A poem about a famous person from your classmate

34.

This photo best represents...

a)

Human-Environment Interaction

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

Movement

35.

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

36.

This photo best represents...

a)

Movement

b)

Location

c)

Region

37.

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

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Human-Environment Interaction

38.

Describes the CHARACTERISTICS of a location. 

a)

Place

b)

Human-Environment Interaction

c)

Movement

d)

Region

39.

Provides a way of locating places. Absolute location is the exact point where a place is located, such as GPS (Global Positioning System) coordinates.

a)

Location

b)

Movement

c)

Place

d)

Region

40.

Explains how people affect the environment & how the environment affects people. 

a)

Movement

b)

Human-Environment Interaction

c)

Place

d)

Region

41.

This photo best represents...

a)

Movement

b)

Location

c)

Region

42.

People build dams to change the flow of rivers.

a)

Human-Environment Interaction

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

Place

43.

This photo best represents...

a)

Human-Environment Interaction

b)

Movement

c)

Region

d)

Location

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