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Mid-Year Quiz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which government is run by a religious leader/leaders?

a)

Democracy

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Theocracy

d)

Monarchy

2.

Which government gives the people the power?

a)

Theocracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Democracy

3.

Which type of government has a king and/or queen as its' leader?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Theocracy

d)

Dictatorship

4.

Which type of government does one person have complete control and usually gets it by using extreme force?

a)

Democracy

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Theocracy

d)

Monarchy

5.

Identify the continent that is purple

a)

North America

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

South America

6.

Identify the continent that is green

a)

South America

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

Australia

7.

Identify the continent that is purple

a)

North America

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

South America

8.

Identify the continent that is green

a)

South America

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

Australia

9.

Identify the continent that is white

a)

Asia

b)

Australia

c)

Antarctica

d)

Africa

10.

Identify the continent that is yellow

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

11.

Identify the continent that is pink

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Australia

d)

Africa

12.

Identify the continent that is orange

a)

Africa

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Asia

13.

Identify the continent that is dark red

a)

Africa

b)

Antarctica

c)

Asia

d)

North America

14.

How many continents are there?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

7

d)

8

15.

What continent do we live on?

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

South America

d)

North America

16.

What continent is really really freezing cold?

a)

Australia

b)

Antarctica

c)

Europe

d)

Asia

17.

30* 20" North Latitude and 81* 40' West Longitude is an expression of

a)

absolute location

b)

compass rose

c)

elevation

d)

relative location

18.

A compass is a tool that is used to describe one component of motion. Which component of motion does a compass describe?

a)

Direction

b)

Distance

c)

Time

d)

Speed

19.

Imaginary lines that circle the Earth parallel to the Equator.

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Equator

d)

Projection

20.

Imaginary lines that circle the Earth from Pole to Pole, measuring distance east or west of the Prime Meridian.

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Scale

d)

Hemisphere

21.

Which of these tells you this distance north or south of the Equator?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

International Dateline

d)

Meridians

22.

A "half sphere," used to refer to one-half of the globe when divided into North, South, East, and West.

a)

Scale

b)

Latitude

c)

Longitude

d)

Hemisphere

23.

What is the object shown in the image?

a)

compass rose

b)

legend

c)

map title

d)

scale

24.

What element is missing from this map?

a)

scale

b)

title

c)

legend

d)

compass rose

25.

Using the compass rose, what direction would you travel from Raleigh to Charleston

a)

Northwest

b)

Southwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Northeast

26.

Which continent is marked by the number "1"?

a)

Asia

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

Europe

27.

These two drawings of a globe show lines of longitude, or meridians, and lines of latitude, or parallels. Which kind of lines meet at the poles?

a)

both latitude and longitude

b)

neither latitude nor longitude

c)

latitude

d)

longitude

28.

The study of people, their cultures, their distribution across Earth's surface.

a)

human geography

b)

physical geography

c)

climate

d)

deforestation

29.

The study of Earth's surface features

a)

human geography

b)

physical geography

c)

renewable resources

d)

climate

30.

adjusting the way we live in or around landforms to meet our needs

a)

human adaptation

b)

non-renewable resource

c)

technological innovation

d)

human geograpy

31.

humans change the environment around them to meet their needs

a)

climate

b)

technological innovation

c)

physical geography

d)

human modification

32.

clearing forests to use the area for other purposes

a)

climate

b)

physical geography

c)

non-renewable resource

d)

deforestation

33.

refers to a natural resource that cannot be remade or replenished

a)

renewable resource

b)

non-renewable resource

34.

refers to a natural resource that can be replenished naturally.

a)

non- renewable resource

b)

renewable resource

35.

new and creative ways of using existing tools

a)

physical geography

b)

climate

c)

climate region

d)

technological innovation

36.

the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period

a)

climate

b)

renewable resource

c)

human modification

37.

describes a change in the average conditions — such as temperature and rainfall — in a region over a long period of time. NASA scientists have observed Earth's surface is warming, and many of the warmest years on record have happened in the past 20 years

a)

sustainable development

b)

technological innovation

c)

climate change

38.
What is the main religion in Australia?
a)
Indigenous religion
b)
Christianity
c)
Islam
d)
Hinduism
39.
What are the Aborigines?
a)
People from the town of Aborigin
b)
The indigenous people from Australia
c)
The fields around Canberra
d)
An animal similar to the koala bear
40.
What is one of the most famous landmarks in Australia?
a)
New Zealand's Tower
b)
The Great Barrier Reef
c)
The Kangaroo Palace
d)
The Taj Mahal