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SS State Testing: Geography Vocabulary

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Position of an area in relation to others

a)

absolute location

b)

relative location

2.

Connection between people and the ecosystem

a)

people-land link

b)

geography

c)

human-environment interaction

d)

ecology

3.

Area that shares common values, beliefs, languages, and customs

a)

state

b)

culture region

c)

country

d)

ethnic enclave

4.

Area with common characteristics

a)

state

b)

country

c)

hemisphere

d)

region

5.

Customs, institutions, values, and social forms shared by a particular group of people

a)

culture

b)

moral view

c)

ethnicity

d)

family ties

6.

Space-based navigation system

a)

rocket launcher

b)

GPS

c)

star trek

d)

UFO

7.

Clearing a wide area of trees

a)

erosion

b)

bull-dozing

c)

deforestation

d)

community service

8.

Organized group of people in an area

a)

settlers

b)

human settlement

c)

clan

d)

community

9.

New way to do things

a)

innovation

b)

diffusion

c)

trend

d)

technology

10.

Transfer of people, goods, and services from one area to another

a)

immigration

b)

emigration

c)

movement

d)

transference

11.

Ratio of size in a map, model, drawing, or plan

a)

key

b)

scale

c)

ruler

d)

big picture

12.

Gradual increase in the Earth's temperature

a)

global warming

b)

normal

c)

a lie

d)

a sign of the end

13.

Exact spot on Earth; latitude and longitude

a)

absolute location

b)

relative location

14.

Study of physical and human characteristics of the Earth

a)

anthropology

b)

geography

c)

sociology

d)

biology

15.

Something that causes a person to want to leave an area

a)

pull factor

b)

push factor

16.

Anything that influences living organisms

a)

life

b)

environmental factors

c)

science

d)

ecology

17.

Land, air, plants, animals, infrastructure, and natural resources surrounding humans

a)

environmental circle

b)

nature

c)

physical environment

d)

human environment

18.

Pattern of where people live

a)

population distribution

b)

locality

c)

enclave

d)

population pattern

19.

Weather conditions of an area over a period of time

a)

climate

b)

meteorology

c)

temperature

d)

geospatiality

20.

Spreading of one culture into another

a)

diffusion

b)

cultural phenomenon

c)

ethnic mix

d)

transference

21.

Reflection of the cultural impact of human movement

a)

transitional discipline

b)

culture clash

c)

immigration study

d)

migration pattern

22.

What an area looks like

a)

environment

b)

place

c)

beauty

d)

location

23.

Two variables mutually influence each other

a)

cloze effect

b)

relativity

c)

externality

d)

reciprocal

24.

Arrangement of phenomenon across the Earth's surface

a)

population density

b)

environmental migration

c)

spatial distribution

d)

location

25.

Something that entices a person to want to come to an area

a)

pull factor

b)

push factor