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Final Review

Total questions: 73

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is NOT part of Latin America?

a)

Central America

b)

Pacific Ocean islands

c)

Mexico

d)

South America

2.

What number shows the location of the Panama Canal?

a)

9

b)

12

c)

16

d)

15

3.

What is considered the lungs of the earth-

a)

Chile

b)

Amazon Rainforest

c)

Andes mountains

d)

Gulf of Mexico

4.

What does Carbon dioxide do if trapped-

a)

Produce cold

b)

Produce heat

c)

Produce plants

d)

Produce trees

5.

What is the largest Country in South America?

a)

Chile

b)

Mexico

c)

Brazil

d)

Cuba

6.

Losing the trees and plants increases what?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

Smog

d)

Cold weather

7.

How does the rainforest affect people

a)

It gives us pizza

b)

It is pretty

c)

It provides oxygen

d)

It shows us exotic animals.

8.

What are three land uses in the amazon

a)

Mining, cattle ranching, and fairy catching.

b)

Loging, deforestation, and farming

c)

Unicorn catching and dragon herding

d)

Mining, Cattle ranching, and animal catching

9.

What is the name of the mountain range that goes though Peru?

a)

Himalaya Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Carpathian Mountains

d)

Andes Mountains

10.

What was the name of the dominant indigenous group of South America?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Aymara

d)

Inca

11.

What is the definition of terracing?

a)

poor country with less advanced economy, may not have access to health care, tech, and education

b)

city over 10 million people

c)

height of a physical feature above sea level

d)

creating flat land on mountainsides for the purpose of farming

12.

What is the definition of developing nation?

a)

poor country with less advanced economy, may not have access to health care, tech, and educaiton

b)

city with over 10 million people

c)

height of a physical feature above sea level

d)

creating flat land on mountainsides for the purpose of farming

13.

Which of the following factors contributes most to formation of hurricanes?

a)

gravitational pull of the moon and sun

b)

toxic chemicals in the atmosphere by industry

c)

Glaciers melting in polar regions

d)

solar radiation heating the oceans by equator

14.

Where does the Storm Start?

a)

Over Cold Water

b)

Over Antarctica

c)

Over Warm Water

d)

Overseas

15.

Why does a hurricane slow down when it hits land?

a)

The wind stops it

b)

It stops raining

c)

It loses its energy source

d)

The air is different

16.
The___of the Hurricane is normally peaceful
a)
Eye
b)
Eyewall
c)
Rainbands
17.
What do Hurricanes start out as?
a)
Tropical Storm
b)
Cylone
c)
Cold Front
d)
Warm Front
18.

How many categories are hurricanes classified into?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

19.

TRUE or FALSE: Hurricanes are found over cold waters.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What area is most affected by hurricanes?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Sea

c)

Carribean Sea

d)

Indian Ocean

21.

How many countries are in Asia?

a)

50

b)

48

c)

13

d)

8

22.

Asia is the largest and most populous continent

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Which mountain range divides the Indian Subcontinent from the rest of Asia?

a)

Altai

b)

Western Ghats

c)

Mt. Everest

d)

Himalayas

24.

What is the world's tallest mountain?

a)

Mt. Everest

b)

Mt. McKinley

c)

Andes Mountains

d)

Rocky Mountains

25.

Asia's population is not diverse in race, culture, and language.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

About how much of the world's population lives in China?

a)

1/5

b)

1/6

c)

1/2

d)

1/3

27.

Asia is the birth place of many ancient civilizations.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

People in this region depend on rainfall from ________ for their crops and water supply.

a)

Monsoons

b)

Typhoons

c)

Hurricanes

d)

Snowfall

29.
Why does North Korea's government concern nations like the United States?
a)
North Korea is beginning a long road to democracy
b)
North Korea has an aggressive communist dictator
c)
China wants to colonize North Korea
d)
North Korea has valuable natural resources
30.

What country is number 5?

a)

Cambodia

b)

Laos

c)

India

d)

Russia

31.

What country is number 12?

a)

Philippines

b)

Mongolia

c)

China

d)

Taiwan

32.

What Country is number 14?

a)

Russia

b)

Mongolia

c)

China

d)

India

33.

What country is number 16?

a)

China

b)

Mongolia

c)

Russia

d)

India

34.

What country is number 17?

a)

South Korea

b)

Taiwan

c)

North Korea

d)

Laos

35.

What country is number 18?

a)

North Korea

b)

South Korea

c)

Thailand

d)

Japan

36.
This is the country in Asia that is shaped like a diamond
a)
India
b)
China
c)
Japan
37.

What type of map is this?

a)

Physcial

b)

Political

38.

What type of map is this?

a)

Physical

b)

Political

c)

Europe

39.

What country is this?

a)

Russia

b)

Korea

c)

India

d)

Japan

40.

What country is this?

a)

Japan

b)

India

c)

Korea

d)

China

41.

What country is this?

a)

Japan

b)

Afghanistan

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

Iraq

42.

Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia are in South Africa.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

43.

Which mountain range borders India in the North?

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Himalaya Mountains

c)

Ural Mountains

44.
Sphere model of the Earth
a)
Globe
b)
Map
45.
_________ and other tools help geographers study the planet. 
a)
Maps 
b)
Landscapes 
46.
A general description of where a place lies is called its ____________ location.
a)
relative 
b)
absolute 
47.

What is the difference between absolute and relative location?

a)

Absolute location is the exact location of something.

b)

Absolute location cannot be identified using lines of latitude and longitude.

c)

Absolute location describes where something is compared to another place.

d)

Absolute location describes the characteristics of a place.

48.
The study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create.
a)
Place
b)
Environment
c)
Geography
d)
Absolute Location
49.

A specific spot on Earth, such as a street address, is called an absolute _____________________________ .

a)

Location

b)

Area

c)

Value

d)

None of these

50.
What is this symbol?
a)
scale
b)
key
c)
compass rose
d)
map
51.
What is the map element that tells what symbols on the map mean?
a)
Key/Compass
b)
Key/Legend
c)
Legend/Scale
d)
Inset/Scale
52.

How many great lakes are there?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

2

d)

8

53.

How were the great lakes formed?

a)

They are the remains of the bathwater of dinosaurs.

b)

They were formed due to cracks in the earth.

c)

They were formed from the remains of glaciers from the last ice age.

d)

They were formed as a result of global warming.

54.

The Great Lakes hold what percent of the world's freshwater.

a)

95%

b)

35%

c)

50%

d)

20%

55.

The great lakes are located in ......

a)

The United States

b)

Canada

c)

Between Canada and Mexico

d)

Between The United States and Canada

56.

The great lakes contain............

a)

Salt water

b)

Oxygenated water

c)

Water vapor

d)

Fresh water

57.

Canada does not have a president but instead has a leader called a...

a)

Prime Minister

b)

Dictator

c)

Principal

d)

Judge

58.

Canada was first colonized from Europe by ......

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Portugal

59.

What are the migration factors called?

a)

pull and pollute

b)

come and go

c)

push and pull

60.

the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country

a)

immigration

b)

emigrate

c)

migration

d)

residence

61.

food/water shortage is a _____ factor

a)

push

b)

pull

c)

fear

d)

protection

62.

The total value of all goods and services produced in a country every year.

a)

Imports

b)

Exports

c)

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

d)

Literacy Rate

63.

The world's longest river, ___________ is found in Africa!

a)

The Mississippi

b)

The Saluda

c)

The Beach

d)

The Nile

64.

What is the largest desert in Africa?

a)

Gobi Desert

b)

Kalahari Desert

c)

Sahara Desert

d)

Arabian Desert

65.

Which number on the map indicates the location of South Africa?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

66.

How many continents are there?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

67.

Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain on the continent of ___.

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

68.

Name the country highlighted in red.

a)

Madagascar

b)

Comoros

c)

Mauritania

d)

Somalia

69.

What led to Nelson Mandela's election in 1994?

a)

The end of Apartheid

b)

The South African War

c)

The Pan African movement

d)

Civil War in South Africa

70.

What is the significance of Nelson Mandela's election to office in South Africa?

a)

He was the first black President of South Africa

b)

He released political prisoners

c)

He united the Zulu and Ashanti people

d)

He won the election with support of the major countries of the world.

71.
What was apartheid? 
a)
equality for all
b)
western-style democracy
c)
constitutional monarcy
d)
segregation of races
72.

APARTHEID happened in.........

a)

England

b)

Malta

c)

South America

d)

South Africa

73.

This could happen during APARTHEID.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

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