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Social Studies Weeks 6 and 7

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The study of the earth and its people.

a)

geography

b)

cartography

c)

biology

d)

biography

2.

North, west, east, and south are __________ directions.

a)

bluebird

b)

cardinal

c)

intermediate

d)

absolute

3.

Which of these are NOT an intermediate direction?

a)

Northwest

b)

Southwest

c)

Eastsouth

d)

Northeast

4.

Exact location is ___________ location.

a)

relative

b)

hemisphere

c)

human

d)

absolute

5.

_________ location tells us where something is in relation to something else.

a)

absolute

b)

relative

c)

hemisphere

d)

intermediate

6.

People who create maps are

a)

cartographers

b)

geographers

c)

biographers

d)

photographers

7.

People explore new places for various reasons. Those reasons are finding resources, spreading religion, and expanding __________.

a)

locations

b)

regions

c)

scale

d)

empires

8.

The movement of people from one place to another is called ___________.

a)

migration

b)

adaptation

c)

experimentation

9.

Forests, mountains, oceans, deserts, plains, and rivers are all part of the earth's _________ characteristics.

a)

human

b)

absolute

c)

relative

d)

physical

10.

Which one of these is NOT a human characteristic of the earth?

a)

homes

b)

mountains

c)

bridges

d)

roads

11.

The picture shows someone _________ to their environment.

a)

walking

b)

resisting

c)

adapting

d)

migrating

12.

The Earth is organized into ______, or areas that have similar characteristics.

a)

regions

b)

directions

c)

hemispheres

d)

scales

13.

A ______ is a spherical model of the Earth.

a)

map

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

legend

d)

globe

14.

Drawings of places around the world are called

a)

maps

b)

legends

c)

globes

d)

directions

15.

What is shown in the picture?

a)

map

b)

legend

c)

key

d)

scale

16.

Vertical lines of _______ go around the earth from the north pole to the south pole.

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

c)

regions

d)

direction

17.

What is shown in the picture?

a)

lines of longitude

b)

a population map

c)

lines of latitude

d)

coordinates

18.

What is shown in the picture?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

climate map

d)

physical map

19.

What is shown in the picture?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

climate map

c)

population map

d)

Equator

20.

A ________ is a division on Earth between north and south or east and west.

a)

Equator

b)

coordinates

c)

hemisphere

d)

map

21.

What is shown in the picture?

a)

climate map

b)

physical map

c)

population map

d)

political map