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Geography Vocabulary, Oceans and Continents

Total questions: 96

Worksheet time: 5hrs 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How many continents are on the Earth?
a)
7
b)
4
c)
5
d)
2
2.
How many oceans are on the Earth?
a)
7
b)
4
c)
5
d)
2
3.
What is the name of the object by number 1?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
United States
d)
Europe 
4.
What is the name of the object by number 2?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
United States
d)
Europe 
5.
What is the name of the object by number 3?
a)
North America
b)
Antarctica 
c)
South Pole 
d)
Europe 
6.
What is the name of the object by number 4?
a)
North America
b)
Europe
c)
South Pole 
d)
Africa
7.
What is the name of the object by number 5?
a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
8.
What is the name of the object by number 6?
a)
Australia  
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Europe 
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 8?
a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Arctic Ocean 
11.
What is the name of the object by number 9?
a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean 
d)
Arctic  Ocean
12.
What is the name of the object by number 10?
a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean 
d)
Arctic  Ocean
13.
What is the name of the object by number 11?
a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Northern Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean 
d)
Arctic  Ocean
14.
What is the name of the object by number 12?
a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean 
d)
Southern  Ocean
15.
What is the name of the smallest continent? 
a)
Africa
b)
China
c)
Australia  
d)
The Bahamas
16.
What is the name of the largest continent? 
a)
Africa
b)
China
c)
Asia 
d)
The Bahamas
17.
What is the southern most continent?
a)
Antarctica
b)
Asia
c)
None 
d)
Afica
18.
What is the type of continent is Australia  continent? 
a)
Island continent
b)
Baby continent
c)
Mini continent
d)
Archipelago 
19.
What continent is The Bahamas apart of?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
None 
d)
Africa
20.

Did you know all of the information on this quiz?

a)

No

b)

Kinda

c)

Yes

21.

Major cities and capital cities noted on map is called a....

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

22.

A map that shows physical features of the land is called a...

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

23.

This map shows borders and boundaries. What is it called?

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

24.

This map is a...

a)

physical map

b)

road map

c)

political map

d)

thematic map

25.

Something you would find on a physical map is...

a)

a highway

b)

a lake

c)

a different subject

d)

a border between states or countries

26.

What type of map is this?

a)

Climate

b)

Political

c)

Topological

d)

Physical

27.

These maps may be useful for pilots or mountain hikers.

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

c)

Weather Map

d)

World Map

28.

What type of map is this?

a)

climate map

b)

physical map

c)

political map

d)

topographic map

29.

What type of map would you use if you wanted to find the countries bordering France?

a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)

Road

d)

Population

30.

Shows what the temperatures and rainfall or snow is like in an area.

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

c)

Climate Map

d)

Road Map

31.

A map showing landmarks such as landforms, deserts, mountains and plains.

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Elevation

d)

Population

32.

A map showing governmental boundaries of countries, states, and counties, the location of major cities.

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Population

d)

Elevation

33.

A map showing bodies of water, lakes, and islands is what type of map?

a)

Political

b)

Physical

34.

This type of map would be useful when planning what outfits to bring on a trip

a)

Political Map

b)

Physical Map

c)

Natural Resource Map

d)

Climate Map

35.

This type of map shows where gold and silver is located

a)

Political Map

b)

Physical Map

c)

Natural Resource Map

d)

Climate Map

36.

Identify the part of the map shown.

a)

Title

b)

Key

c)

Scale

d)

Compass Rose

37.

Identify the part of the map shown.

a)

Title

b)

Map Key

c)

Scale

d)

Compass Rose

38.

Identify the part of the map shown.

a)

Title

b)

Map Key

c)

Scale

d)

Compass Rose

39.

Identify the part of a map shown.

a)

Title

b)

Map Key

c)

Scale

d)

Compass Rose

40.

What type of lines are shown in the image?

a)

Contour Lines

b)

Latitude/Longitude

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

41.

What type of map is shown?

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Land Use

d)

Topographical

42.

What type of map is shown?

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Contour

d)

Land Use

43.

What type of map is shown?

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Land Use

d)

Topographical

44.

What type of map is shown?

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Countour

d)

Land Use

45.

What type of map is shown?

a)

Physical

b)

Contour

c)

Land Use

d)

Topographical

46.

What are latitude and longitude lines?

a)

Imaginary lines that divide the earth

b)

Visible lines that divide the earth

c)

Long and short lines that divide the earth

47.

Which direction do longitude lines run?

a)

East and West

b)

North and South

c)

Northeast/ Southeast

d)

Northwest to southwest

48.

Which direction do latitude lines run?

a)

East and West

b)

North and South

c)

northeast and southeast

d)

Northwest to southwest

49.

Which letter is located at 

(60°N, 60°E)?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

50.

Which letter is located at 

(0°, 150°W)?

a)

D

b)

E

c)

F

d)

G

51.

Which letter is located at

(15°S, 75°E)?

a)

H

b)

I

c)

G

d)

D

52.

The invisible line at 0 degrees latitude is called the ________. 

a)

International Date Line

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Equator

d)

Arctic Circle

53.

The invisible line at 0 degrees longitude is called the ________. 

a)

International Date Line

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Equator

d)

Arctic Circle

54.

The precise point on Earth where a particular place can be found is called its ______.

a)

Absolute location

b)

Relative location

c)

distortion

d)

map projection

55.

A meridian of longitude is an imaginary line that runs ____.

a)

parallel to the Arctic Circle

b)

parallel to the Tropic of Cancer

c)

from the North Pole to the South Pole

d)

from the Prime Meridian to the International Date Line

56.

North America and South America are both found in which hemisphere?

a)

Northern Hemisphere

b)

Southern Hemisphere

c)

Western Hemisphere

d)

Eastern Hemisphere

57.

What does a map’s scale compare?

a)

direction on a map with direction on Earth

b)

distance on a map with distance on Earth

c)

location on a map with location on a globe

d)

distortion on a map with distortion on a globe

58.

0° latitude

a)

Artic Circle

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Equator

59.

0° Longitude

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Tropic of Capricorn

d)

Tropic of Cancer

60.

Which is a cardinal direction?

a)

Down

b)

Right

c)

Northeast

d)

South

61.

Geography is the study of Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

62.

What do we use to find absolute location?

a)

latitude and longitude

b)

the equator and international dateline

c)

a GPS and an XLP

d)

landmarks and distances

63.

What is relative location?

a)

Where a place is compared to another place.

b)

Where a place is as defined by latitude and longitude.

c)

The location of a star on a map.

d)

The location of oceans and continents.

64.

Latitude is...

a)

lines that measure east and west and run vertically.

b)

lines that measure north and south and run horizontally.

65.

Longitude is...

a)

lines that measure east and west and run vertically.

b)

lines that measure north and south and run horizontally.

66.

Which is NOT one of the Five Themes of Geography?

a)

Location

b)

Language

c)

Movement

d)

Region

67.

1528 Dragonback Way, Frisco, TX 75034 is an example of what kind of location?

a)

Absolute

b)

Relative

68.

The lines that run north to south on a map are called

a)

Quadrant Lines

b)

prime meridian lines

c)

latitude lines

d)

longitude lines

69.

The lines that run East to West on a map are called

a)

Longitude Lines

b)

Quadrant Lines

c)

Latitude Lines

d)

Meridians

70.

The red line on the map represents the imaginary line at zero degrees longitude.

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

International Dateline

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Equator

71.

The red line on this map represents the imaginary line at zero degrees latitude.

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

International Dateline

c)

Equator

d)

Eastern and Western Hemisphere

72.
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
73.

This map element tells the purpose of the map.

a)
Title
b)
Scale
c)
Legend
d)
Key
74.
What is this symbol?
a)
scale
b)
key
c)
compass rose
d)
map
75.
What is a map scale?
a)
a tool to measure distance
b)
a tool to tell direction
c)
a tool to start a fire
d)
a tool to build a house
76.

This image shows the _________ directions.

a)

Intermediate

b)

Compass

c)

Cardinal

d)

Essential

77.

Lines that run east and west around the world. They are labeled as

°N \degree N\  or  °S\degree S  and are sometimes called "parallels".

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

78.

Which image shows the scale used to measure distance on a map?

a)
b)
c)
d)
79.

Lines that run North and South around the world. They are measured in degrees and are labeled as either West or East of the Prime Meridian.

a)

Latitude lines

b)

International Datelines

c)

Longitude Lines

d)

Long Lines

80.

Lines that run north and south around the world, are labeled as

°E\degree E  or  °W\degree W , and are sometimes called "meridians".

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

81.

On which square is the treasure chest?

a)
F1
b)
F4
c)
A5
d)
D4
82.
The Octopus wants go travel to the Windmill.  What steps will it need to take?
a)
5 North, 5 East.
b)
1 West, 5 South.
c)
5 West, 1 South
d)
1 North, 5 East.
83.
Which state is on X,Y crossover?
a)
TX (Texas)
b)
FL (Florida)
c)
MN (Minnesota)
d)
HI (Hawaii)
84.
What is to the west of the trees?
a)
A Pirate
b)
Skull and Crossbones
c)
A Lake
d)
Mountains
85.
Travelling from Perth to Sydney, your route will be going.....
a)
North
b)
East
c)
South
d)
West
86.
Starting at the Windmill, you travel six squares to the north, then seven squares west.  Where will you end up?
a)
At the castle.
b)
At the Bridge
c)
With a Pig.
d)
With a Cow.
87.
Which two countries are at coordinates B8 and i3?
a)
Canada and China
b)
USA and Australia
c)
Canada and Australia
d)
USA & China
88.
Where's 'My Place'?
a)
C7
b)
E6
c)
K7
d)
C8
89.
Starting at H3, in what direction will you need to travel to get to the mouth of the river?
a)
North 9, East 3.
b)
West 9, South 3.
c)
South 9, West 3.
d)
East 9, North 3.
90.
What is in coordinate C5?
a)
A Fish
b)
A Compass
c)
A Ship
d)
Land
91.
Starting at Perth airport, your flight will only be travelling north to.....
a)
Melbourne
b)
Sydney
c)
Brisbane
d)
Hong Kong
92.
What attraction in the marine life park is in the North-East?
a)
Shipwreck Coast
b)
Stingray Bay
c)
The Entry and Exit
d)
The Cafe
93.
You're at Adventureworld.  In which direction is Pickles?
a)
North
b)
East
c)
South 
d)
West
94.
Help the pirate find the treasure.  He'll need to travel....
a)
Three East, One North
b)
One East, Three North
c)
Three North, One West
d)
Two North, One East
95.
Starting in San Fransisco, what direction will you travel to get to Los Angeles?
a)
North-West
b)
South-West
c)
South-East
d)
North-East
96.
You go on vacation; starting in Washington, then Philadelphia and ending up in New York. In which direction will your trip take you?
a)
South West
b)
South East
c)
North West
d)
North East

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