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Geography Unit

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What line is labeled B on the map?

a)

equator

b)

arctic circle

c)

tropic of cancer

d)

tropic of capricorn

2.

What line is labeled A on the map?

a)

Antarctic circle

b)

arctic circle

c)

tropic of cancer

d)

tropic of capricorn

3.

What line is the vertical line F at the top of the map?

a)

prime meridian

b)

equator

c)

tropic of cancer

d)

tropic of capricorn

4.

Which hemisphere is shaded in?

a)

northern

b)

southern

c)

eastern

d)

western

5.

Which hemisphere is shaded in?

a)

northern

b)

southern

c)

eastern

d)

western

6.

What is the point where 2 lines intersect called?

a)

degrees

b)

relative directions

c)

aerial

d)

coordinates

7.

What type of directions is it when you have actual coordinates?

a)

degrees

b)

coordinates

c)

relative

d)

absolute

8.

Which type of line runs from north to south?

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

c)

degrees

d)

coordinates

9.

Which type of line measures from north to south?

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

c)

degrees

d)

coordinates

10.

Which type of line is the Prime Meridian?

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

c)

degrees

d)

coordinates

11.

Which 2 hemispheres does the equator help create?

a)

Northern & Southern

b)

Southern & Eastern

c)

Eastern & Western

d)

Northern & Eastern

12.

What does the root hemi- mean

a)

globe

b)

earth

c)

half

d)

under

13.

What does the root -graph mean?

a)

earth

b)

written

c)

half

d)

under

14.

Which type of map would I use if I wanted to see how many rivers are in Minnesota?

a)

resource

b)

topographic

c)

political

d)

physical

15.

Which type of map would I use if I wanted to see how much snowfall Montana gets each year?

a)

political

b)

climate

c)

population

d)

physical

16.

What do you call a map maker?

a)

mapologist

b)

geographer

c)

cartographer

d)

archeologist

17.

Which type of map would I use if I wanted to see how many people live in New York City?

a)

political

b)

climate

c)

population

d)

physical

18.

Which type of map would I use if I wanted to see what states border Illinois?

a)

political

b)

climate

c)

population

d)

physical

19.

Which type of map would I use if I wanted to get from Ohio to North Carolina?

a)

political

b)

road

c)

population

d)

physical

20.

What factor of climate says that the further away from the equator I get the colder I will be?

a)

altitude

b)

latitude

c)

mountain ranges

d)

wind

21.

What factor of climate says that the higher up a mountain I go the colder it will become?

a)

altitude

b)

latitude

c)

mountain ranges

d)

wind

22.

What factor of climate says that moisture will get lost traveling over a high mountain so one side of the mountain will likely be dry conditions?

a)

altitude

b)

latitude

c)

mountain ranges

d)

wind

23.

What factor of climate influences the climate zones?

a)

altitude

b)

latitude

c)

mountain ranges

d)

wind

24.

Which climate zone is found between the two tropic lines?

a)

temperate

b)

tropical

c)

polar

d)

arid

25.

Which climate zone is found between the tropic of cancer & the Arctic circle?

a)

temperate

b)

tropical

c)

polar

d)

arid

26.

Which climate zone would have areas that experience all 4 seasons?

a)

temperate

b)

tropical

c)

polar

d)

arid