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Geography Semester Test

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What splits the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

2.

What splits the Earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

3.

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.

4.

How is latitude and longitude measured?

a)

inches

b)

degrees

c)

hemispheres

d)

feet

5.

What lines run East to West (parallel to the Equator), but measure degrees North and South?

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

6.

What lines run North to South (from pole to pole), but measure degrees East and West?

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

7.

What is a scale model of the Earth?

a)

meridian

b)

globe

c)

hemisphere

d)

parallel

8.

There are 7 continents.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

What hemisphere is North America located in?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

10.

What hemisphere is Australia located in?

a)

Eastern

b)

Western

11.

What hemisphere is the Arctic Ocean located in?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

12.

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

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

c)

meridian

d)

axis

13.

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

14.

A continent that includes the United States, Canada, and Mexico

a)

Europe

b)

South America

c)

North America

d)

Africa

15.

Which of the following is a non-renewable resource?

a)

Paper

b)

Coal

c)

Milk

d)

Water

16.

Students were asked to generate a list that contained nothing but renewable resources. Which student was the the only one to make a correct list?

a)

Student A

b)

Student B

c)

Student C

d)

Student D

17.

Which of these is classified as a renewable resource?

a)

Natural gas

b)

Minerals

c)

Plants

d)

Crude oil

18.

All of the following resources are classified as renewable EXCEPT –

a)

corn plants

b)

oxygen

c)

water

d)

crude oil

19.

To save and use a resource carefully

a)

Renewable

b)

Nonrenewable

c)

Conservation

d)

Resource

20.

A resource that can be replaced in a human lifetime

a)

renewable

b)

nonrenewable

c)

conservation

d)

resource

21.

A resource that cannot be replaced in a human lifetime

a)

renewable

b)

nonrenewable

c)

conservation

d)

resource

22.

Something used on Earth

a)

renewable

b)

nonrenewable

c)

conservation

d)

resource

23.

What is a natural resource?

a)

Resources we get from our house

b)

Resources we get from nature

c)

All of the above

24.

 Which of the following is NOT a Natural Resource?

a)

Coal

b)

Solar

c)

Paper

d)

Wind

25.

Which of the following is a Renewable Natural Resource?

a)

Crops

b)

Gasoline

c)

Nuclear

d)

Electricity

26.

Water on the top the earth can form lakes or rivers, these are termed ____.

a)

fresh water

b)

infiltration

c)

surface water

d)

groundwater

27.

A _______ is a long, ribbon like waterway that flows toward the ocean

a)

Ocean

b)

Lake

c)

River

d)

Bay

28.

When water changes form from a LIQUID to a GAS?

a)

Condensation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Sublimation

29.

Water that contains little or no dissolved salt is 

a)

filtered water

b)

pure water

c)

salt water

d)

fresh water

30.

When waste is broken down to make something new, it is called ____________________.

a)

reducing

b)

reusing

c)

recycling

31.

What is culture?

a)

How you live

b)

What you eat

c)

What you wear

32.

Many communities have "diverse" cultures. Diverse means?

a)

different

b)

same

c)

happy

33.

Something that people do the same way year after year is a...

a)

promise

b)

tradition

c)

diversity

34.

Where I'm from is a part of my ______.

a)

custom

b)

language

c)

culture

35.

What Happens to a culture when people move from place to place?

a)

People take their culture with them

b)

People add new things to their culture

c)

People share their culture with others

d)

All of the above

36.

What are characteristics of culture? Click on all that apply.

a)

clothing

b)

boats

c)

music

d)

language

37.

The environment people live in effects how they dress

a)

True

b)

False

38.

People in our country have different cultures

a)

True

b)

False

39.

the spreading out and merging of different cultures is

a)

Cultural Diffusion

b)

Cultural Adaptation

c)

Globalization

d)

Cultural Diversity

40.
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Appalachian Mountains
c)
Atlas Mountains
d)
Andes Mountains
41.
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Arctic Ocean
d)
Indian Ocean
42.
a)
Great Lakes
b)
Hudson Bay
c)
Lake Winnipeg
d)
None of the Above
43.
a)
Missouri River
b)
Mississippi River
c)
Colorado River
d)
Ohio River
44.
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Arctic Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
45.
a)
Appalachian Mountains
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Sierra Madre Oriental Mountains
d)
Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains
46.

What 3 countries make up North America?

a)

Canada, Mexico & US

b)

Greenland, US & Central America

c)

Alaska, Canada & US

47.

What country or territory is this?

a)

United States

b)

Greenland

c)

Canada

d)

Mexico

48.

What country or territory is this?

a)

United States

b)

Greenland

c)

Mexico

d)

Canada

49.

____________________________is the capitol of the United States.

a)

Washington DC

b)

Pierre

c)

Chicago

50.

What type of government does the United States have?

a)

democracy

b)

republic

c)

communisim