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Basic Geography

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a site's location expressed in specific terms

a)

relative location

b)

region

c)

absolute location

d)

human-environment interaction

2.

The coordinate 45 degrees north, 72 degrees west in an example of

a)

absolute location.

b)

relative location.

3.

The migration of people is an example of which theme?

a)

Region

b)

Place

c)

Human-Environment Interaction

d)

Movement

4.

Using the land to grow crops is an example of which theme?

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Region

d)

Human-Environment Interaction

5.

a description of where a place is

a)

Region

b)

Human-Environment Interaction

c)

Location

d)

Movement

6.

Which of the following accurately lists the Five Themes of Geography?

a)

location, place, language, human-environment interaction, regions

b)

regions, place, location, movement, environment

c)

place, movement, location, regions, human-environment interaction

d)

human-environment interaction, place, movement, regions, religion

7.

A street address is an example of

a)

absolute location.

b)

relative location.

8.

There are (a)   themes of geography.

9.

Which of the following are themes of geography?

a)

Movement

b)

Location

c)

Regions

d)

Human Physiology

10.

The study of places and the relationships between people and their environments.

a)

Geometry

b)

Geography

c)

Geophysics

d)

Geology

11.

What it is like there.

a)

Movement

b)

Regions

c)

Human-Environment Interaction

d)

Location

e)

Place

12.

Describes what humans have created.

a)

Human Characteristics

b)

Human-Environment Interaction

13.

Human-Environment Interaction describes the (a)   between humans and their environment.

14.

Movement describes how and why places are

a)

in movement

b)

connected

15.

An area that has common or similar features.

a)

Place

b)

Regions

16.

What is the definition of Geography?

a)

the study of the planets

b)

the study of the Earth

c)

the study of physical features

d)

the study of the solar system

17.

What is a half of Earth called?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

hemisphere

d)

latitude

18.

Which theme is used to group places that have one thing in common?

a)

region

b)

place

c)

location

d)

movement

19.

Which theme describes the physical and human features of an area?

a)

region

b)

location

c)

place

d)

human-environment interaction

20.

What are a Geographers two basic questions?

a)

Where are things located? Why are they there?

b)

Where are things located? Where did they come from?

c)

Why are things there? Who put them there?

d)

When did things get there? Why are they there?

21.

Which theme is used to group places that have one thing in common?

a)

region

b)

place

c)

location

d)

movement

22.

Lines that run east-west around Earth?

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

23.

Lines that run north-south

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

24.

Which theme explains how music from Australia is heard in the United States of America?

a)

region

b)

place

c)

location

d)

movement

25.

Which 5 Theme would best fit this description? Humans built a golf course where a forest once used to be.

a)

human-environment interaction

b)

movement

c)

region

d)

location

26.

Which 5 Theme best fits this description? I live at 1234 2nd Street in Wyandotte, Michigan 48192.

a)

region

b)

location

c)

place

d)

movement

27.

How do Geographers use the 5 Themes of Geography?

a)

to predict the future

b)

to create maps

c)

to organize information

d)

to analyze the universe

28.

Which theme would help explain why French speaking people live in the United States of America?

a)

movement

b)

region

c)

location

d)

place

29.

Humans learning to survive in cold climates is an example of which 5 Theme of Geography?

a)

movement

b)

location

c)

place

d)

human-environment interaction

30.

Which of the following are themes of geography?

a)

Movement

b)

Location

c)

Regions

d)

Human Physiology

31.

The study of places and the relationships between people and their environments.

a)

Geometry

b)

Geography

c)

Geophysics

d)

Geology

32.

Geographers use East and West circles that describe location are called lines of

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

33.

Latitude and Longitude lines help geographers identify __________ location

a)

projection

b)

relative

c)

absolute

d)

place

34.

Geographers learn how people and the environment affect each other by studying ________________

a)

latitude and longitude

b)

regions

c)

place

d)

human-environment interactions

35.

Which of these letters indicates the location of Asia?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

36.

Which of these letters indicates the location of South America?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

37.

Which of these letters indicates the location of the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

38.

Which of these letters indicates the location of the Indian Ocean?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

39.

Which of these letters indicates the location of the Pacific Ocean?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

40.

Which of these letters indicates the location of Africa?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

41.

Which of these letters indicates the location of Japan?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

42.

What are the Five Themes of Geography?

a)

movement, history, region, location, place

b)

movement, region, HEI, location, place

c)

geology, HEI, location, place, latitude

d)

region, place, longitude, geography, movement

43.

What are the different types of Movement?

a)

adapt, modify, depend

b)

absolute, relative

c)

goods, ideas, people

d)

human, physical

44.

What is the definition of Region?

a)

Way in which the places in an area are similar

b)

Describes characteristics of an area

c)

Where people and places are located on the surface of the Earth

d)

Ways goods, ideas, and people move from place to place

45.

What are the different types of Location?

a)

adapt, modify, depend

b)

absolute, relative

c)

goods, ideas, people

d)

human, physical

46.

What is a question geographers ask to know the Place of a specific geographic area?

a)

Where is it?

b)

What's it like there?

c)

What is the relationship between humans and their environment ?

d)

How and why are places connected with one another?

47.

Why is 12.8797° N, 121.7740° E an example of Absolute location?

a)

it is the specific address of a place

b)

it talks about if something is close to a restaurant or school

c)

it is where something is in relation to another place

d)

it tells how far something is from a landmark

48.
All of the following are examples of Physical characteristics EXCEPT 
a)
The Empire State Building 
b)
Mountains 
c)
Rivers 
d)
Lakes
49.
All of the following are examples of Human characteristics EXCEPT 
a)
The Golden Gate Bridge 
b)
The Pacific Ocean 
c)
The Twin Towers 
d)
The Eiffel Tower 
50.
These are features that occur naturally.  (Examples: rivers, lakes, dunes, mountains)
a)
human-environment interaction
b)
physical
c)
human
d)
region
51.
Which of The Five Themes of Geography does this statement describe: "How people shape, change, and depend on the environment."
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
HEI
d)
Movement
52.
Which theme is represented in the following image?
a)
Region
b)
Place
c)
Human/ Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
53.
Which theme is represented in the following statement?
a)
Region
b)
Movement
c)
Place
d)
Location
54.
The following statement is an example of which theme?
a)
Region
b)
Human/ Environment Interaction
c)
Place
d)
Location
55.
When humans change the environment, we are doing which type of Human/Environment Interaction?
a)
Depend
b)
Adapt
c)
Modify
56.
Which of these is NOT a type of movement geographers study?
a)
Animal
b)
Human
c)
Goods
d)
Ideas
57.
Which theme groups areas by similiar characteristics?
a)
Place
b)
Movement
c)
Region
d)
Human/ Environment Interaction
58.
Bill moved to a beach house in Florida.  His new house is on stilts so that when it floods, the water will not damage the house.  This is an example of which type of Human/ Environment Interaction?
a)
Depend
b)
Adapt
c)
Modify
59.

Which theme is illustrated in the following statement?

a)

Human Place

b)

Absolute Location

c)

Human Movement

d)

Relative Location

60.
Which theme is represented in the following statement?
a)
Absolute Location
b)
Relative Location
c)
Region
d)
Place
61.
Which theme is represented in the following statement?
a)
Region
b)
Location
c)
Movement
d)
Place
62.
Social media is one way that we...
a)
use GPS
b)
understand the unique characteristics of an area
c)
spread ideas around the world