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Geography Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Useful material from the Earth that people use to meet their needs.

a)

Renewable Resource

b)

Non- Renewable Resource

c)

Natural Resource

d)

Non-Natural Resource

2.

Imaginary lines that run east and west on a map or globe, that measure distances north and south of the equator.

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Latitude

c)

Longitude

d)

Relative Location

3.

The tool that measures the distance between two points on a map.

a)

Elevation Key

b)

Title

c)

Scale

d)

Distance

4.

The exact point where a place is located, identified by latitude and longitude coordinates

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Relative Location

c)

Directions

d)

Mapping

5.

What type of map uses man made lines?

a)

Thematic

b)

Cartogram

c)

Physical

d)

Political

6.

The position of a place in relation to other places.

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Directions

c)

Relative Location

d)

Mapping

7.

The spread and mixing of cultural traits from one region to another

a)

Cultural Diffusion

b)

Cultural Diversity

c)

Cultural Trait

d)

Cultural Hearth

8.

Having multiple cultures in the same area:

a)

Cultural Diversity

b)

Ethnic Group

c)

Cultural Diffusion

d)

Cultural Trait

9.

_____________ are characteristics, like language and religion, performed by a cultural group

a)

Cultural Diversity

b)

Cultural Diffusion

c)

Ethnic Groups

d)

Cultural Traits

10.

A group of people who share common cultural traits.

a)

Cultural Hearth

b)

Ethnic Group

c)

Cultural Diversity

d)

Cultural Traits

11.

The center from where culture and technology started.

a)

Cultural Traits

b)

Cultural Diffusion

c)

Cultural Diversity

d)

Cultural Hearth

12.

The belief in more than one god.

a)

Atheism

b)

Monotheism

c)

Animism

d)

Polytheism

13.

The belief in no god.

a)

Animism

b)

Polytheism

c)

Atheism

d)

Monotheism

14.

The belief in one god.

a)

Polytheism

b)

Animism

c)

Monotheism

d)

Atheism

15.

Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant are branches of which religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Judaism

c)

Daoism

d)

Christianity

16.

Judaism is considered what?

a)

Animistic

b)

Monotheistic

c)

Polytheistic

d)

Atheistic

17.

Farming is an example of what level of industry?

a)

Primary

b)

Quaternary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Secondary

18.

Factory work is an example of what level of industry?

a)

Primary

b)

Tertiary

c)

Secondary

d)

Quaternary

19.

Retail work is an example of what level of industry?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Tertiary

20.

______ is an economic system in which people and businesses choose freely what to buy or sell and prices are based on supply and demand.

a)

Command Economy

b)

Mixed-Market Economy

c)

Market Economy

21.

______ is an economic system in which the government controls the country's activities.

a)

Mixed-Market Economy

b)

Command Economy

c)

Traditional Economy

d)

Traditional Economy

22.

A form of government in which officials are elected by the people to govern them.

a)

Absolute Monarchy

b)

Republic

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Communism

23.

A form of government in which a monarch is the head of state and a legislative body makes the laws.

a)

Constitutional Monarchy

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Republic

d)

Federalism

24.

A form of government by the people in which citizens get to vote.

a)

Communism

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Democracy

25.

A form of government in which a single ruler has complete control.

a)

Constitutional Monarchy

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Democracy

d)

Federalism

26.

A form of government in which a King has complete control.

a)

Absolute Monarchy

b)

Federalism

c)

Democracy

d)

Dictatorship

27.

The clearing and removal of trees over a large area is known as ______.

a)

Desertification

b)

Deforestation

c)

Drought

d)

Wildfires

28.

The theory that plates on the earth’s surface are constantly moving is called?

a)

Geothermal Energy

b)

Climate shift

c)

Monsoon

d)

Plate tectonics

29.

Total value of all goods and services produce in a country in a given year______.

a)

Per Capita Income

b)

Gross Domestic Product

c)

Literacy Rate

d)

Resource

30.

The average income a person makes within a specific country.

a)

Per Capita Income

b)

Resource

c)

Literacy Rate

d)

Gross Domestic Product

31.

What does A on the map represent?

a)

North America

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

32.

What does 2 on the map represent?

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Africa

d)

Europe

33.

What kind of climate is in central United States?

a)

Mediterranean shrub

b)

Prairie or Steppe

c)

Tundra

34.

What kind of climate would you expect in Tundra?

a)

Extreme cold

b)

Rainy

c)

Hot and humid

d)

Hot and dry

35.

According to the map, what is a major resource in northern Canada?

a)

Farm land

b)

Copper

c)

Limited agricultural activity

d)

Gold

36.

According to the map, what kind of primary industry would you expect to find on the east coast?

a)

Diamond mining

b)

Factory working

c)

Fishing

d)

Grocery store worker

37.

What is a major natural resource in the south?

a)

Gold

b)

Oil

c)

Commercial farming

d)

Coal

38.

According to the map, what is the degree of the line of latitude that passes through Colorado, Ohio, and California?

a)

40°N

b)

30°N

c)

40°S

d)

15°S

39.

According to the map, what is the degree of the line of longitude that passes through Oklahoma, North Dakota, Texas?

a)

100°W

b)

120°W

c)

90°W

d)

70° E

40.

According to the map, what is the absolute location of Houston, Texas

a)

(105W, 50N)

b)

(42N, 100W)

c)

(29N, 95W)

d)

(43N, 100W)

41.

The second coordinate of absolute location is?

a)

Latitude

b)

North

c)

Relative Location

d)

Longitude

42.

American made products like Coca-Cola and McDonalds in Mexico.

a)

Cultural Diffusion

b)

Cultural Hearth

c)

Cultural Diversity

d)

Cultural Trait

43.

The United States has more than 200 languages spoken. Speaking multiple languages in one area is an example of_____________ .

a)

Cultural Diffusion

b)

Cultural Hearth

c)

Cultural Diversity

d)

Ethnic Group

44.

The ancient civilization of Mesoamerica from which ideas and technology spread is an example of:

a)

Cultural Diffusion

b)

Cultural Trait

c)

Cultural Hearth

d)

Ethnic Group

45.

The Choctaw and Cherokee were forced to move to Indian Territory in the 1800’s. The Choctaw and Cherokee are an example of _______________

a)

Cultural Traits

b)

Ethnic Groups

c)

Cultural Diversity

d)

Cultural Diffusion

46.

Plains tribes often lived in teepees. This is an example of ______?

a)

Cultural Diffusion

b)

Cultural Hearths

c)

Ethnic Groups

d)

Cultural Traits

47.

Jews, Muslims, and Christians share the following belief?

a)

To practice the five pillars

b)

Belief in more than one God

c)

Reincarnation

d)

Belief in one God

48.

The prophet Muhammad founded which religion?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

d)

Buddhism

49.

Nicaragua is currently run by a dictator. You would expect them to have this type of economy in which the government made all the decisions.

a)

Command Economy

b)

Mixed-Market Economy

c)

Market Economy

d)

Traditional Economy

50.

Brazil has an economy based on free trade and supply and demand. What type of economy do they have?

a)

Traditional Economy

b)

Command Economy

c)

Market Economy

d)

Mixed-Market Economy

51.

The Mayans had an economy based of trade. They had what type of economy?

a)

Mixed-Market Economy

b)

Command Economy

c)

Market Economy

d)

Traditional Economy

52.

An example of the tertiary level of industry in Central America is ______________________.

a)

Farming in Guatemala

b)

Tourism in Costa Rica

c)

A factory in Mexico that manufactures clothing

d)

Gold mining Nicaragua

53.

An example of the primary level of industry in Central America is ______________________.

a)

Farming in Guatemala

b)

Tourism in Costa Rica

c)

A retail worker in Mexico

d)

Banking in Nicaragua

54.

In which form of government would the citizens have the least amount of power?

a)

Constitutional Monarchy

b)

Republic

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Democracy

55.

One of the biggest effects of _____ in the Amazon is habitat loss for many of the world’s land animals that live in forests.

a)

Desertification

b)

Global climate change

c)

Deforestation

d)

Reforestation

56.

Puerto Rico has hydroelectric dams along their rivers. What are some advantages of hydroelectric power?

a)

Does not pollute like other power plants

b)

Safe and reliable power

c)

Sustainable renewable energy

57.

When continental plates collide causing an earthquake in Mexico, it is possible this natural disaster can occur.

a)

Tsunami

b)

Hurricane

c)

Monsoon

d)

Drought

58.

What describes a highly developed country?

a)

Low GDP, literacy rate, per capita income.

b)

War and conflict

c)

High birthrate and high death rate.

d)

High GDP, literacy rate, per capita income.

59.

What is a push factor?

a)

Someone is pushing them out the door of their home.

b)

Something bad that is happening in the current place that makes them want to move.

c)

Someone pulls them into their home.

d)

Something good that is happening in the current place that makes them want to move.

60.

What is a pull factor?

a)

Someone is pulling them into their home

b)

Something worse that is happening in the current place.

c)

Someone is pulling them out of the door of their home

d)

Something better that is happening in the new place.