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Lesson 2- Studying Geography

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is NOT an example of a landform?

a)

Language

b)

Mountains

c)

Valleys

d)

Plains

2.

Geography is the study of the Earth's physical and cultural features.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Regions are areas that share common features.

a)

True

b)

False

4.
Natural changes (hurricanes, volcanoes, etc)
a)
World in Spatial Terms
b)
Places & Regions
c)
Physical Systems
d)
Human Systems
5.
a)
The map shows lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows lines of latitude.
6.

Which kind of map shows names and borders of counties, location of citizens and other human made features of a place?

a)

physical maps

b)

political maps

c)

special purpose maps

d)

road maps

7.

What explains the lines and colors used on a map?

a)

key

b)

scale

c)

title

d)

compass rose

8.

What tells you the distances represented on a map?

a)

key

b)

scale

c)

title

d)

compass rose

9.

What tells you directions and helps explain relative location of any place on Earth on a map?

a)

key

b)

scale

c)

title

d)

compass rose

10.

Which of the following are cardinal directions on a compass rose?

a)

north, south, east, west

b)

north, south, east, northwest

c)

northwest, southeast, northeast, southwest

d)

North and south only

11.

What are Cardinal Directions?

a)

Scale

b)

North, South, East, and West

c)

Physical Map

d)

Symbols

12.

one of the large landmasses of the earth

a)

hemisphere

b)

continent

c)

degree

13.

half of the earth

a)

degree

b)

Mars

c)

hemisphere

14.

distance north or south of the equator

a)

scale

b)

grid

c)

latitude

15.

distance east or west of the prime meridian

a)

artic

b)

longitude

c)

equator

16.

an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth

a)

equator

b)

invisible

c)

grid

17.

study of the earth's surface

a)

astronomy

b)

geography

c)

scale

18.

A network of lines that cross each other to form a series of squares or rectangles

a)

grid

b)

phone lines

c)

equator

19.

0 degree longitude

a)

hemisphere

b)

Africa

c)

Prime Meridian

20.

Lines of latitude and longitude are _________________ lines used on maps and globes to help us locate places.

a)

real

b)

not

c)

imaginary

d)

silly

21.

Lines of latitude run from

a)

north to south

b)

north to east

c)

south to west

d)

east to west

22.

Lines of latitude measure distance

a)

east and west of the Prime Meridian

b)

north and south of the Equator

c)

east and west of the Equator

d)

north and south of the Prime Meridian

23.

Lines of longitude run from

a)

north to south

b)

east to west

c)

west to north

d)

east to south

24.

What type of map is this?

a)

Physical

b)

Political

c)

Climatic

d)

Road

25.

What type of map is this?

a)

Climatic

b)

Politcal

c)

Physical

d)

Resource

26.

What type of map shows you the state and national boundary lines?

a)

Physical

b)

Resource

c)

Political

d)

Road

27.

What type of map shows you the physical features of a place?

a)

Physical

b)

Resource

c)

Climatic

d)

Political

28.

What is a map?

a)

A globe

b)

A drawing of the earth’s surface on a flat paper according to scale

c)

A projection

d)

None of these

29.

What is physical map?

a)

Showing natural features of the earth

b)

Showing cities, towns and villages with boundaries

c)

Showing rainfall, distribution of forests etc.

d)

None of the above

30.

_____________________ is the study of the world’s people, communities, and landscapes.

a)

Human geography

b)

Physical geography

c)

Globe

d)

Summary

31.

True or false: The two main branches of geography are physical geography and human geography.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Rivers are part of this branch...

a)

Physical Geography

b)

Human Geography

33.

Culture is part of...

a)

Human Geography

b)

Physical Geography

34.

Volcanoes are part of....

a)

Physical geography

b)

Human Geography

35.

Landforms are part of....

a)

Physical Geography

b)

Human Geography

36.

What types of crops are grown is part of...

a)

Physical geography

b)

Human Geography

37.
City
a)
Physical Geography
b)
Human Geography
c)
Environmental Geography
38.
Pollution
a)
Physical Geography
b)
Human Geography
c)

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

39.
Climate Change
a)
Physical Geography
b)
Human Geography
c)

John Cena

40.

What do we call a person who studies geography?

a)

Geologist

b)

Geographer

c)

Archaeologist

41.

What geographic tool uses satellites to take pictures of the Earth?

a)

globe

b)

map

c)

satellite imagery

d)

GIS

42.

What geographic tool uses at least four satellites to provide locations on the Earth?

a)

globe

b)

map

c)

satellite imagery

d)

GPS

43.

What is the breakdown of the Earth’s crust into sediment called?

a)

erosion

b)

deposition

c)

weathering

d)

whooshing

44.

What is it called when weathered rock is carried away?

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

d)

breaking