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Geography Themes and Maps

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 44mins

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Class
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1.

Which statements best explains the significance of using this type of source.

a)

To make predictions if how cultural boundaries impact the environment

b)

Is a tool that helps geographers better understand the environments of a region

c)

Is a tool that reports data in a given region over a period of time

d)

Is a way to make predictions of how the environment could change

2.

Which is NOT an example of regional climatic patterns affecting people within a region?

a)

Los Angeles attracts many residents because it remains a comfortable temperature a majority of the year.

b)

Recently, residents have been asked to evacuate Big Island, Hawaii due to the dangers of a volcanic eruption

c)


Many homes in the Midwestern States of the U.S. have storm cellars as a result of the amount of tornadoes

d)

Historically, people have moved from humid regions to regions where the air was dryer to improve their health

3.

Select three statements which show how aspects of an area have created regional labels.

a)


A political conflict between two religious groups has caused part of nation to gain its independence

b)


A large area contains citizens who practice different denominations of the same religion

c)

Immigrants settle in a large urban neighborhoods, which are named after their home country

d)


A string of countries that share boundaries have citizens who speak various languages

4.

Which one would NOT be used on a world region map?

a)

display place names and their locations

b)


identify geographical and political boundaries

c)

create conflict among cultures

d)


illustrate their perspectives of the world

5.

A student uses mental mapping to describe how to get to the Gulf of Mexico from Europe by using waterways only.  Which is the best way for the students to make his mental mapping better from these options?

a)

Compare the names of the waterways he uses to the names of other waterways

b)

Describe the locations in terms of human characteristics 

c)

Describe the locations in terms of reference points, like the equator and prime meridian

d)

Compare maps from atlases with other maps and resources

6.

Which theme of world g. is used to describe where a place is?

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Human Environment Interaction

e)

Region

7.

Which theme of world g. describes how humans shape the world around them?

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Human Environment Interaction

e)

Region

8.

Which theme of world g. describes the transportation of resources, goods, people, or information across the earth's surface?

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Human Environment Interaction

e)

Region

9.

_______________ is the study of the world’s physical features-it’s landforms, bodies of water, climates, soils and plants.

a)

Physical geography

b)

Human geography

c)

Catography

d)

Meteorologist

10.

________________ is the science of making maps.

a)

Biography

b)

Technology

c)

Hydrology

d)

Cartography

11.

What are the 5 Themes of Geography?

a)

Location, Place, Human/Environment Interaction, Movement, Regions

b)

Location, Place, Human/Animal Cooperation, Symbiosis, Regal

c)

Location, Place, Human/Environment Interaction, Symbiosis, Regions

d)

Location, Place, Human/Environment Interaction, Movement, Regal

12.

What the two different kinds of location?

a)

absolute and relative

b)

absolute and abstract

c)

absolute and resolute

d)

abstract and relative

13.

What is not a definition of the geographic theme “place”?

a)

The exact position of a location

b)

What's it like there?

c)

Describes the human and physical features that make somewhere unique.

14.

Geography

a)

The study of the Earth and its people

b)

The study of space nuggets

c)

A round model of the planet

15.

globe

a)

a round model of the planet

b)

a flat diagram of the world

c)

a flat illustration of part of Earth

16.

Compass Rose

a)

indicates direction of north, south, east, & west on a map

b)

showed the Jackson 5 the way to go after the “Ed Sullivan Show”

c)

opens the door to a garden with no plants, no flowers, no doors

17.

[map] key (aka legend)

a)

explains symbols, colors, graphics, data on a map

b)

opens the door to a room with no walls or doorframes or doors

c)

line used to measure where there are no lines

18.

Scale Bar

a)

line used to measure or determine distances on maps

b)

where musicians get their bottles of water and sheet music after band practice

c)

a butcher

19.

Latitude

a)

The northernmost lines of latitude

b)

To change in shape, size, or position of a place when it is shown on a map.

c)

The distance east or west of the Prime Meridian measured in degrees.

d)

The distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees. Lines run EAST and WEST

20.

Longitude

a)

One half of a sphere

b)

It usually describes the area shown on a map.

c)

The distance east or west of the Prime Meridian measured in degrees. Lines run NORTH and SOUTH

d)

The distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees.