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Introduction To Social Studies (Unit 1 Test)

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A map showing mountains, rivers, oceans, elevation is what type of map?
a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Thematic

2.
A map showing boundaries of countries is what type of map?
a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Thematic

3.

Latitude lines are located ________________ to _______________.

a)

North to South

b)

East to West

4.

Longitude lines are located _______________ to _________________.

a)

North to South

b)

East to West

5.

What are Earth's largest land areas called?

a)

States

b)

Countries

c)

Continents

d)

Cities

6.

What shows all the directions on a map?

a)

Map Title

b)

South

c)

Compass Rose

d)

Legend

7.

What are the 7 continents?

a)

Asia, Africa, Europe, Antarctica, North America

b)

North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Australia, Antarctica, Africa

c)

Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, North America, Antarctica, South America, Europe, Asia

d)

Earth, North America, South America, Asia, Kiray, Mortimer, Carson

8.

What is a scale used for on a map?

a)

It tells you what the map is about.

b)

It lets you see how much you weigh.

c)

It tells you where things are on a map.

d)

It tells you the true distance of places on a map or globe.

9.

What map feature can help you determine the approximate distance between two locations?

a)

map scale

b)

key

c)

title

d)

distance calculator

10.

A flat drawing that shows all or part of the Earth's surface

a)

latitude

b)

a globe

c)

a map

d)

a painting

11.

Hemisphere-A "Half Shpere", used to refer to one half of the globe when divided in to North & South or East & West

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Latiditude-Imaginary Lines the Circle the Earth Parrallel to the Equator

a)

False

b)

True

c)

Maybe?

13.

Longitude-imaginary lines that circle the Eart from the North Pole to the South Pole, measuring distance east or west of the Prime Merdidian

a)

False

b)

True

14.
Lines of Longitude run from the _____ to the ______.
a)
East, West
b)
North, South
c)
South, East
d)
North, West
15.
The invisible line at 0 degrees latitude is called the ________. 
a)
International Date Line
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
Equator
d)
Arctic Circle
16.
The equator breaks the Earth into what two hemispheres?
a)
Eastern and Southern
b)
Northern and Southern
c)
Western and Eastern
d)
Northern and Western
17.
The Prime Meridian separates the Earth into what two hemispheres?
a)
Northern and Southern
b)
Western and Eastern
c)
Northern and Eastern
d)
Southern and Western
18.

Provides the exact address of a place or an estimate of where it can be found.

a)

Relative Location

b)

Absolute Location

19.

Which theme answers the question "How have people adapted to the environment there?"

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Region

20.

Which theme answers the question "How can this place be divided into areas that have things in common?"

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Place

d)

Location

21.

What Nation is Georgia apart of?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

United Nations

d)

United States of America

22.

What Continent is Georgia on?

a)

United States of America

b)

South America

c)

North America

d)

SouthEast

23.

Relative location is where a place is in relation to other places.  For example...

a)

1234 Oak Street, 92108

b)

The Great Wall is located near Beijing in northern China.

c)

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., DC 20500

d)

90° N Latitude and 20° W Longitude

24.

Which is an example of Absolute Location

a)

McDonald's is behind the school

b)

I live next to Kfc

c)

The park is behind the school

d)

I live on C4 1234 BabyStreet

25.

Which one is an example of relative location

a)

By grandma lives on 6754 Iris St

b)

KFC is on 1264 Winter Av

c)

The park is behind my house

d)

i live in C4 1234 Baby St

26.

What is Absolute Location

a)

The vague location of where something or someone is

b)

The place you were born

c)

The exact location of something or someone

d)

Where you think something is

27.

What is relative location?

a)

Where do you think something is

b)

The place you were born

c)

The exact place something is

d)

The vague location of something or someone

28.

What are the coordinates for the RED star?

a)

40*S, 70*E

b)

40*N, 30*W

c)

0*, 130*W

d)

10*N, 150*E

29.

What are the coordinates for the RED Square?

a)

40*S, 70*E

b)

40*N, 30*W

c)

0*, 130*W

d)

10*N, 150*E

30.

What are the coordinates for the RED Circle?

a)

40*S, 70*E

b)

40*N, 30*W

c)

0*, 130*W

d)

10*N, 150*E

31.

What are the coordinates for the BLUE Star?

a)

40*S, 80*W

b)

60*S, 0*

c)

70*N, 140*W

d)

50*N, 70*E

32.

What is Social Studies? Choose all that apply!

a)

Social Studies is made up of several branches.

b)

Social Studies is a way for people to learn about the world

c)

Social Studies is only made up of history.

33.

The study of the way people live, their food, language, clothing, customs, art, etc. is...

a)

Culture

b)

History

c)

Economics

d)

Geography

34.

The study of people within a society is

a)

Sociology

b)

Geography

c)

Social Studies

d)

Economics

35.

CULTURE corresponds to...

a)

Record - Past - Event

b)

Power - Citizens - Law

c)

Land - Water - Interaction

d)

Good - Services - Money

e)

Language - Art - Music - Religion

36.

the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.

a)

History

b)

Civics

 aka political science

c)

Sociology

d)

Psychology

37.
North, South, East and West are all called the ____________________ directions.
a)
main
b)
cardinal
c)
four
d)
intermediate
38.

Which direction would you travel to go from Texas to Idaho?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southeast

c)

Northwest

d)

Southwest

39.

What is located south of Grove and west of School Streets?

a)

A diner

b)

A food store

c)

A bank

d)

A school

40.

What are the intermediate directions?

a)

north, south, west, east

b)

northwest, southwest, northeast, southeast

c)

the direction the Earth rotates

d)

the direction all students walk to Northwest Middle School

41.

What are the five themes of Geography?

a)

movement, human-environment interaction, earth, location, region

b)

movement, human-environment interaction, place, direction, region

c)

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

d)

motion, human-environment interaction, place, location, region

42.

North on the compass rose a/an

a)

Cardinal Direction

b)

Intermediate Direction

43.

Northwest on the compass rose is an/a

a)

Cardinal Direction

b)

Intermediate Direction

44.

Northeast on a compass rose is an/a

a)

Cardinal Direction

b)

Intermediate Direction

45.

What does Geography Mean

a)

how people produce, distribute, and consume goods and services

b)

the study of the physical features of earth. It is also the study of how humans and other animals interact with the earth and its resources.

c)

the set of beliefs, arts, customs, music and practices by a particular group of people.

d)

a person or group of people that have the power to rule in a territory and enforce rules and laws.

46.
The ways people make, get, and use goods and services may be different from how people in other places make, get, and use goods and services. Who am I? 
a)
scarcity
b)
time
c)
production, distribution, and consumption
d)
conflict