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Module 1 Test Geography

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 3hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which theme of geography is described below: How people interact with their environment.

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Human-Environment Interaction

d)

Movement

e)

Regions

2.

What is the study of Earth and its peoples, places, and environments?

a)

archaeology

b)

geology

c)

geography

d)

anthropology

3.
The study of the world's landforms, bodies of water, and other natural features is...
a)
physical geography 
b)
human geography 
4.

Population, economic activity, and land use are types of _______ features.

a)

technological

b)

physical

c)

human

d)

absolute

5.

What type of feature is this?

a)

Human Feature

b)

Physical Feature

6.

What type of feature is this?

a)

Human Feature

b)

Physical Feature

7.

What type of feature is this?

a)

Human Feature

b)

Physical Feature

8.

This photo best represents...

a)

Human-Evironmental Interaction

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

Movement

9.

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

10.

This photo best represents...

a)

Movement

b)

Location

11.

Explains how people, ideas & animals move from one place to another.

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Human-Environment Interaction

12.

This photo best represents...

a)

Movement

b)

Human-Evironmental Interaction

c)

Region

d)

Location

13.

This photo best represents...

a)

Human-Evironmental Interaction

b)

Movement

c)

Location

14.

This photo best represents...

a)

Location

b)

Human-Evironmental Interaction

c)

Region

15.

This photo best represents...

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Human Environment Interaction

16.

This photo best represents...

a)

Movement

b)

Location

c)

Region

17.

People build dams to change the flow of rivers.

a)

Human-Evironmental Interaction

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

Place

18.

The spread of religions around the world is an example of...

a)

location.

b)

place.

c)

Human-Evironmental Interaction

d)

movement.

19.

This photo best represents...

a)

Movement

b)

Location

c)

Region

20.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

International Date Line

d)

North Pole

21.
a)
The map show the lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows the lines of latitude.
22.
a)
The map shows lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows lines of latitude.
23.
Latitude and longitude are measured in ________.
a)

cups

b)

gallons

c)

degrees

d)

Fahrenheit

24.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

International Date Line

d)

North Pole

25.

The equator divides the Earth into what two hemispheres?

a)

Eastern and Southern

b)

Northern and Southern

c)

Western and Eastern

d)

Northern and Western

26.
To locate the exact places on Earth, one must look at: 
a)
latitude lines only
b)
the intersecting lines of latitude and longitude
c)
longitude lines only
d)
a neighboring area to describe the location
27.
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
28.

All world map projections create distorted images of the Earth to some degree. These distortions relate to size, shape, direction, and distance.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

This is a Mercator projection map. Why is this map projection not be the greatest to use when determining land size?

a)

Places at the poles, like Greenland and Antarctica, are extremely distorted in their size, appearing larger than they really are.

b)

Africa appears too large on this map.

c)

All the continents are smaller than they actually are.

d)

Places by the equator are highly distorted and appear much larger than they really are.

30.
Which projection is this?
a)
Conic
b)
Mercator
c)
Eckert IV
d)
Robinson
31.

What are the advantages of a conic projection map?

a)
It shows all areas of the Earth at the same scale
b)

It is almost true shape and size

c)
It preserves the correct angles and shapes of small areas
32.

What is the main disadvantages of a conic projection map?

a)
It distorts the size of the continents
b)
It does not show the entire globe
c)
It does not show the poles
33.

What are the main advantages of a flat plane projection map?

a)

Shows true direction

b)

Distorts the shapes of land masses

c)

Shows true area

34.

What shows all the directions on a map?

a)

Map Title

b)

South

c)

Compass Rose

d)

Legend

35.

What does a legend (map key) show?

a)

It shows directions.

b)

It show a famous rockstar's picture.

c)

It shows where things are located on a map represented by symbols.

d)

It shows you how far places are from one another.

36.

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

a)

map scale

b)

key

c)

title

d)

distance calculator