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Unit 1 review

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are examples of how HUMANS impact the environment? Pick all that apply.

a)

overpopulation

b)

overuse of resources

c)

water supply

d)

supply of elements

e)

land and water use

2.

Deforestation and drilling oil can reduce.......

a)

ecosystems

b)

pollution

c)

spillover

d)

biodiversity

3.

What human activity has been happening since the 1800's which changed landscapes, but led to the growth of large cities?

a)

technology

b)

suburbs

c)

industrialization

d)

colonization

4.

What type of map would you use to find the elevation of mountain ranges?

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

special-purpose map

d)

road map

5.

Mapmakers use units called _____________ to measure latitude and longitude on Earth's surface.

a)

region

b)

hemisphere

c)

degrees

d)

locator map

6.

Map makers use different types of ______________ to show flat images of Earth's rounded surface.

a)

projections

b)

locator map

c)

political map

d)

relative location

7.

The ___________ on a map shows the major directions for the area displayed on that map.

a)

locator map

b)

compass rose

c)

key

d)

culture

8.

If you say that Canada is north of the United States, you are giving a _____________ for each country.

a)

exact location

b)

compass rose

c)

relative location

d)

region

9.

Most maps have a key and a scale bar in order to provide information on distance and _____________.

a)

map symbols

b)

longitude

c)

latitude

d)

degrees

10.

Some maps include a ____________ to show the broader location of the area displayed on the main map.

a)

compass rose

b)

key

c)

locator map

d)

region

11.

To find out how may US states border Mexico, you would look at a _____________.

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

globe

d)

key

12.

Geographers would define an area that shared a common climate as a single ___________ in terms of its weather.

a)

country

b)

region

c)

state

d)

city

13.

You would use a __________ to find the elevation of a mountain range.

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

special purpose map

d)

road map

14.

What theme of Geography is being shown?

a)

Place

b)

Region

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Location

15.

What are the two main ways to describe both weather and climate?

a)

wind speed

b)

precipitation

c)

weather pattern

d)

temperature

16.

Useful material found in the environment is called________?

a)

nonrenewable resource

b)

natural resource

c)

renewable resource

d)

available resource

17.

Which is a nonrenewable resource?

a)

soil

b)

water

c)

animal

d)

oil

18.

Which factor is most likely to change a region's landscape?

a)

settlers

b)

temperature

c)

oceans

d)

wind

19.

What is the area between high and low latitudes called?

a)

polar zone

b)

tropics

c)

temperate zone

d)

tundra

20.

Areas north of the Arctic Circle and South of the Antarctic Circle are called?

a)

tropics

b)

temperate zones

c)

polar zones

d)

tundra

21.

A process where ice, water, or wind removes small pieces of rock is called?

a)

spillover

b)

precipitation

c)

deposition

d)

erosion

22.

Which is an effect on someone or something that is not involved in the activity?

a)

erosion

b)

spillover

c)

deposition

d)

industrialization

23.
a)
The map show the lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows the lines of latitude.
24.
a)
The map shows lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows lines of latitude.
25.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

26.
A _______________ is exactly half of the earth.
a)
Equator
b)
Hemisphere
c)
Tropic of Cancer
d)
Arctic Circle
27.
The invisible line at 0 degrees latitude is called the ________. 
a)
International Date Line
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
Equator
d)
Arctic Circle
28.

____________ is the movement of new settlers and their culture into a new area.

a)

Land use

b)

Colonization

c)

Industrialization

d)

Environmental change

29.

Pollution is considered a spillover because_____________.

a)

it is often caused by chemical spills.

b)

the environment can't absorb enough of the pollutants.

c)

water pollution is the most dangerous type of pollution

d)

it affects parts of the environment not involved in the activity that caused the pollution.

30.

Urban means

a)

Country life

b)

City life

c)

A temperate climate

d)

it has low population density

31.

Which picture represents a rural area

a)
b)
c)
32.

Choose all of the possible common human or physical features of a region.

a)

population

b)

climate

c)

automobiles

d)

landforms

e)

culture