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Study guide Geography F1

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word "geography" comes from the...

a)

English

b)

Latin

c)

Spanish

d)

Greek

2.

"Geo" means...

a)

Earth

b)

Planet

c)

Moon

d)

Sun

3.

Geo + graphy =

a)

The study of the Earth

b)

To describe the galaxy

c)

The study of life

d)

To describe the Earth

4.

What are the areas that Geography is divided? (choose 2)

a)

Physical

b)

Human

c)

Organic

d)

Molecular

5.

Which one is not Human Geography?

a)

Population

b)

Migration

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Settlement

6.

Which one is not Physical Geography?

a)

River

b)

Tsunami

c)

Relief

d)

Trade

7.

Which one is not Geography?

a)

Plate tectonics

b)

Grammar

c)

Climate

d)

Global warming

8.

Environmental Geography is about...

a)

Actions between human and nature

b)

Looking at a landscape

c)

Influence between the Sun and the Moon

d)

The study of the human body

9.

Every good map should include which of the following;

a)

Scale, places, roads rivers

b)

Valleys, rivers, mountains, oceans

c)

Title, cities, roads, key

d)

Scale, title, key, direction

10.

Which direction is the arrow in the diagram facing?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

southeast

d)

southwest

11.

Look at the map. Which letter is found on the equator?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

E

d)

G

12.

Look at the map. which letter is southeast of letter D?

a)

F

b)

B

c)

C

d)

G

13.

Which letter is Northeast of letter D?

a)

B

b)

G

c)

F

d)

C

14.

What direction is the pizza shop from Corey's house

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

15.

What is NOT a cardinal direction?

a)

Down

b)

North

c)

South

d)

East

16.

Explains signs ,symbols and colours used In the map.

a)

Legend or key

b)

Title

c)

Grid

17.

On a compass rose, N, S, E, W are called the _____________

a)

cardinal directions

b)

intermediate directions

c)

latitude

d)

longitude

18.

What is the title of the map?

a)

The Americas

b)

The World

c)

Natural Resources

19.

Bearings are measured from North, Clockwise

a)
True
b)
Flase
20.
What direction is indicated by the number 4?
a)
north
b)
east
c)
south
d)
west
21.
What direction is indicated by the number 1?
a)
northeast
b)
northwest
c)
southeast
d)
southwest
22.

What is the bearings of the direction NW?

a)

300 degrees

b)

315 degrees

c)

345 degrees

d)

295 degrees

23.

What is the bearings of the direction S?

a)

100 degrees

b)

200 degrees

c)

180 degrees

d)

360 degrees

24.

What's the shape of the Earth?

a)

Sphere

b)

Circle

c)

Geoid

d)

Ovalised

25.

These are the main characteristics of the Geoid (choose 2)

a)

Flattened of the Poles

b)

Flattened of the Equator

c)

Widened of the Poles

d)

Widened of the Equator

26.

_______________ _______________ form a grid on a map or on the globe.

a)

Cardinal Directions.

b)

North and South Pole

c)

America

d)

Imaginary Lines

27.

Imaginary lines help us...

a)

find the exact location of a place.

b)

find the Cardinal Directions

c)

find the North and South

d)

find the East and West

28.

__________ ____________________ _______________ is the most important horizontal imaginary line.

a)

The Tropic of Cancer

b)

The Equator line

c)

The Tropic of Capricorn

d)

The Prime Meridian

29.

The Equator Line divides the Earth into :

a)

Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.

b)

North and South Poles

c)

North and South Tropics

d)

East and West Hemispheres

30.

The __________________ _________ ________________ located in the Northern Hemisphere is:

a)

Tropic of Capricorn

b)

South Tropic

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

North Tropic

31.

There are two Polar Circles near the Poles. They are...

a)

Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle

b)

Arctic and Southern Circles

c)

Circle of Cancer and Capricorn

d)

Northern Circle and Antarctic Circle

32.

Which direction do longitude lines run?

a)

East and West

b)

North and South

c)

Northeast/ Southeast

d)

Northwest to southwest

33.

Which direction do latitude lines run?

a)

East and West

b)

North and South

c)

northeast and southeast

d)

Northwest to southwest

34.

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

a)

International Date Line

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Equator

d)

Arctic Circle

35.

International Date Line is located at

a)

180° latitude

b)

180° longitude

c)

0° latitude

d)

0° longitude

36.
a)
The map show the lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows the lines of latitude.
37.
a)
The map shows lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows lines of latitude.
38.
Latitude and longitude are measured in ________.
a)

cups

b)

gallons

c)

degrees

d)

Fahrenheit

39.
Lines of ______ measure how far from the equator a place is located?
a)
Longitude
b)
Latitude
40.
Lines of longitude are also called  ____________.
a)
Hemispheres
b)
Meridians
c)
parallels
d)
International Date Lines
41.

What does a map scale help do?

a)

Find cardinal directions

b)

Explain the map symbols

c)

Measure the distance between places

d)

Find the map title

42.

What does a compass rose on a map do?

a)

shows cardinal directions

b)

shows what the symbols on the map mean

c)

measure the distance between places on a map

d)

explains the map title

43.

What does a map key show?

a)

The cardinal directions

b)

What symbols on the map mean

c)

Distance between places on a map

d)

The map title

44.

What is this an example of?

a)

compass rose

b)

map title

c)

scale

d)

map key

45.

What is the title of this map?

a)

Legend

b)

Compass Rose

c)

Little Town Neighborhood

d)

Our Little Town Map

46.

What is the arrow point to?

a)

scale

b)

compass rose

c)

title

d)

map key

47.

What is this map missing?

a)

title

b)

map key

c)

compass rose

d)

scale

48.

In which direction do you need to travel if you're going from the Post Office to Lake Little Town?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

49.

A model of the Earth that is round like a ball is called a _____________.

a)

compass rose

b)

map

c)

legend

d)

globe

50.

The ________________________ helps us read and understand the map.

a)

legend

b)

continents

c)

land

d)

places

51.

A ______________ is a two-dimensional representation of earth’s surface drawn on a flat base.

a)

Globe

b)

Scale

c)

Map

d)

Atlas

52.

What cardinal direction goes in the yellow box?

a)

east

b)

west

c)

south

d)

north

53.

What cardinal direction goes in the yellow box?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

54.

What cardinal direction goes in the yellow box?

a)

northeast

b)

southwest

c)

north

d)

south

55.

What cardinal direction goes in the yellow box?

a)

west

b)

east

c)

southeast

d)

northwest

56.

What intermediate direction goes in the purple box?

a)

northeast

b)

northwest

c)

south

d)

west

57.

What intermediate direction goes in the purple box?

a)

northeast

b)

south

c)

west

d)

southwest

58.

What intermediate direction goes in the purple box?

a)

north

b)

southeast

c)

west

d)

southwest

59.

What intermediate direction goes in the purple box?

a)

north

b)

northwest

c)

northeast

d)

south

60.

What is a phrase you can use to help you remember what the directions are on a Compass Rose?

a)

nice easy soggy waffles

b)

new eggs simply wacky

c)

never eat soggy waffles

d)

never eat slimy worms

61.

What is the 4-figure GR for the letter D?

a)

3117

b)

173317

c)

1731

d)

1832

62.

What is the four digit grid reference for the Hospital (ϯ)?

a)

4319

b)

1943

c)

1843

d)

4320

63.

What is the four digit grid reference for the car park?

a)

4519

b)

2044

c)

2045

d)

1945