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Geography Maps

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Geography?

a)

The study of mapmaking.

b)

The study of the world's physical features.

c)

The study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create.

d)

The study of people and their communities.

2.

Which level of geographic study is best applicable to the following statement. "Wildfires have caused many people in the Pacific Northwestern portion of the U.S. to evacuate."

a)

Local

b)

Regional

c)

Global

3.

Which level of geographic study is best applicable to the following statement. "The virus known has COVID-19 has made an impact on communities around the world."

a)

Local

b)

Regional

c)

Global

4.

From the descriptions below, which of the 5 Themes of Geography matches best with the theme of: Human Environmental Interaction?

a)

An area that has shared characteristics.

b)

How people, goods, and ideas get from point A to point B.

c)

How people adapt to their environment and how people control their environment.

d)

What a location is like, how it is described.

e)

Where something is in terms of absolute or relative location.

5.

From the descriptions below, which of the 5 Themes of Geography matches best with the theme of: Movement?

a)

An area that has shared characteristics.

b)

How people, goods, and ideas get from point A to point B.

c)

How people adapt to their environment and how people control their environment.

d)

What a location is like, how it is described.

e)

Where something is in terms of absolute or relative location.

6.

Physical Geography is the study of......

a)

animals and the landscapes they create.

b)

people and the landscapes they create.

c)

the world's physical features.

d)

atmospheric conditions in specific locations (weather).

7.

What is the name of the line shown here that divides the Earth into a Northern & Southern Hemisphere?

a)

Prime meridian

b)

International date line

c)

arctic circle

d)

equator

8.

Also known as Meridians, these lines meet at the North and South Poles and circle the entire globe.

a)

equator

b)

prime meridian

c)

longitude lines

d)

tropic of cancer

9.

As latitude lines move further north of the equator, what happens to the temperature?

a)

It gets hotter

b)

It gets colder

c)

No change at all

10.

The Prime Meridian divides the Earth into what two hemispheres? (PICK TWO)

a)

northern hemisphere

b)

eastern hemisphere

c)

southern hemisphere

d)

western hemisphere

11.

True or False: The closer you get to the Equator, the colder it gets.

a)

true

b)

false

12.

What type of map is this?

a)

physical map

b)

political map

c)

thematic map

13.

What type of map is this?

a)

physical map

b)

political map

c)

thematic map

14.

What is this a picture of?

a)

scale

b)

compass rose

c)

key/legend

15.

What tool on a map helps measure distances between two locations?

a)

scale

b)

compass rose

c)

key/legend

16.

A part of the theme location. Describes a place's location on earth using latitude and longitude (X,Y) or street address.

* Ridge Road is at 7260 Highland Creek Plwy

a)

Place

b)

Absolute location

c)

Relative location

d)

Hemisphere

17.

_____________ are imaginary lines that run North & South. They measure East & West.

The most famous one is the Prime Meridian.

a)

Longitude Lines

b)

Hemisphere

c)

Latitude Lines

d)

Catagrams

18.

Imaginary lines that run East & West. They measure North & South.

The most famous one is the equator.

a)

Longitude Lines

b)

Hemisphere

c)

Latitude Lines

d)

Thematic Maps

19.

Referred to as half of the globe.

There are four (4) total.

Western, Eastern, Northern, and Southern.

a)

Catagrams

b)

Longitude Lines

c)

Latitude Lines

d)

Hemisphere

20.

China is west of Japan.

This is an example of ____________.

a)

Direction

b)

Relative Location

c)

Place

d)

Absolute Location

21.

What city is at the coordinates: 22°N, 114°E?

a)

Busan

b)

KeeLung

c)

Tokyo

d)

Hong Kong

22.

What are the Latitude and Longitude coordinates for Seoul, South Korea?

a)

40°N, 116°E

b)

37°N, 127°E

c)

34°S, 116°W

d)

24°S, 118°W

23.

The Latitude and Longitude Coordinates of Tokyo, Japan are:

a)

36°N, 36°E

b)

36°N, 140°E

c)

140°N, 36°E

d)

140°S, 36°N

24.

Which city is located at the coordinates:

39°N, 126°E

a)

KeeLung, Taiwan

b)

Beijing, China

c)

Pyongyang, South Korea

d)

Pyongyang, North Korea

25.

"Roller Coasters in the United States" is an example of a:

a)

reference map

b)

thematic map

26.

Finding a place's location by describing places near it. (Roseburg is south of Eugene)

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Relative Location

c)

Relational Location

d)

Definite Location

27.

A place's exact location on Earth (coordinates)

a)

Relative Location

b)

Absolute Location

c)

Region

d)

Spot

28.

A place with unifying characteristics such as climate, land, population, or history.

a)

Place

b)

Country

c)

Region

d)

Continent

29.

Map that shows the physical features of earth.

a)

Thematic Map

b)

Contour Map

c)

Physical Map

d)

Political Map

30.

Shows the borders between countries, and includes capitals.

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

c)

Country Map

d)

Thematic Map

31.

Shows a geographic pattern or a specific theme

a)

Contour Map

b)

Political Map

c)

Physical Map

d)

Thematic Map

32.
Which projection is this?
a)
Lambert
b)
Mercator
c)
Goode's Homolosine
d)
Robinson