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WorksheetsGeography Vocab Pt. 1
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The exact position of a place on the earth's surface.
a)
absolute location
b)
relative location
c)
movement
d)
place
2.
when the monarch has all governing authority
a)
absolute monarchy
b)
constitutional monarchy
c)
military dictatorship
d)
oligarcy
3.
when there is a lack of governmental authority and structure
a)
anarchy
b)
military dictatorship
c)
theocracy
d)
olicarchy
4.
66.5 degrees South
a)
antarctic circle
b)
tropic of cancer
c)
tropic of capricorn
d)
arctic circle
5.
A chain of islands
a)
archipelago
b)
atoll
c)
cape
d)
isthmus
6.
66.5 degrees North
a)
arctic circle
b)
tropic of cancer
c)
tropic of capricorn
d)
antarctic circle
7.
point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean
a)
cape
b)
peninsula
c)
plateau
d)
island
8.
a person who makes maps
a)
cartographer
b)
geographer
c)
demographer
d)
mapper
9.
a rigid and hereditary social class
a)
caste
b)
culture
c)
filial piety
d)
diversity
10.
A tool on a map showing cardinal (N,E,S,W) and intermediate (NE,SE,NW,SW) directions.
a)
compass rose
b)
title
c)
scale
d)
legend
11.
when the monarch shares governing authority with the constitutional government
a)
constitutional monarchy
b)
absolute monarchy
c)
military dictatorship
d)
theocracy
12.
Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
a)
culture
b)
religion
c)
practices
d)
population
13.
a system of money in general use in a particular country.
a)
currency
b)
bills
c)
dollars & coins
d)
caste
14.
the action of clearing a wide area of trees.
a)
deforestation
b)
desertification
c)
lumber
d)
landlocked
15.
A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake
a)
delta
b)
river
c)
drainage basin
d)
tributary
16.
person who studies growth, density, and other characteristics of the population
a)
demographer
b)
cartographer
c)
geographer
d)
popographer
17.
the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.
a)
desertification
b)
desert
c)
drought
d)
deforestation
18.
when the people directly decide on laws and policies
a)
direct democracy
b)
representative democracy
c)
oligarchy
d)
anarchy
19.
Behaving differently, usually unfairly, toward the members of a group.
a)
discrimination
b)
predjudice
c)
perception
d)
stereotype
20.
variety
a)
diversity
b)
population
c)
demographics
d)
discrimination
21.
0 degrees latitude
a)
equator
b)
hemisphere
c)
gridlines
d)
prime meridian
22.
Each of the two times of the year when days and nights are of equal length
a)
equinox
b)
prime peridian
c)
solstice
d)
equator
23.
a group of people who share a common culture and ancestry
a)
ethnic group
b)
foreign
c)
ethnicity
d)
refugee
24.
extreme scarcity of food
a)
famine
b)
plague
c)
war
d)
conquest
25.
from another country
a)
foreign
b)
refugee
c)
caste
d)
ethnic group
26.
imaginary horizontal and vertical lines on a map that represent longitude and latitude
a)
gridlines
b)
equator
c)
prime meridian
d)
scale
27.
part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay
a)
gulf
b)
harbor
c)
bay
d)
drainage basin
28.
a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely
a)
harbor
b)
drainage basin
c)
bay
d)
gulf
29.
half of the earth
a)
hemisphere
b)
prime meridian
c)
gridlines
d)
equator
30.
A methodical plan orchestrated by Hitler to ensure German supremacy. It called for the elimination of Jews, non-conformists, homosexuals, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled.
a)
Holocaust
b)
famine
c)
World War II
d)
genocide
31.
The ways in which humans have changed the natural landscape
a)
human-environment interaction
b)
place
c)
movement
d)
location
32.
unable to read or write
a)
illiterate
b)
literate
c)
caste
d)
strait
33.
a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
a)
immigrant
b)
population
c)
alien
d)
stereotype
34.
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
a)
isthmus
b)
valley
c)
strait
d)
archipelago
35.
section of a map that explains the map's symbols and shading
a)
key
b)
scale
c)
title
d)
gridlines
36.
Distance north or south of the equator
a)
latitude
b)
longitude
c)
gridlines
d)
prime meridian
37.
A list that identifies patterns, symbols, or colors used in a chart
a)
legend
b)
scale
c)
title
d)
symbols
38.
The average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions.
a)
life expectancy
b)
birth rate
c)
death rate
d)
rate of natural increase
39.
Position on the earth's surface
a)
location
b)
movement
c)
place
d)
region
40.
Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees
a)
longitude
b)
equator
c)
latitude
d)
gridlines
41.
City with a population of more than 10 million people
a)
megacity
b)
urbanization
c)
metropolis
d)
urban sprawl
42.
a city and its surrounding suburbs
a)
metropolis
b)
urbanization
c)
urban planning
d)
megacity
43.
movement of people from one place to another
a)
migration
b)
population
c)
urbanization
d)
immigrant
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