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7°GEO - CHAPTER 1

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which directions do lines of latitude measure?

a)

south and east

b)

north and south

c)

east and west

d)

north and west

2.

What directions do lines of Longitude measure?

a)

north and south

b)

south and east

c)

east and west

d)

north and west

3.

The most accurate model of the earth is a...

a)

map

b)

photograph

c)

globe

d)

global grid

4.

Which line divides the northern and southern hemispheres?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Equator

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

5.

Which hemisphere is depicted in the picture?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Eastern

d)

Western

6.

Which hemisphere is depicted in the picture?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Eastern

d)

Western

7.

The longitude line that is located at 0 degrees is known as the...

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Latitude

d)

Longitude

8.

The halves geographers separate the earth into are known as...

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Hemisphere

d)

Continent

9.

The halves geographers separate the earth into are known as...

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Hemisphere

d)

Continent

10.

The 7 main sections of land the world is divided into are known as...

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Hemisphere

d)

Continents

11.

What are these?

a)

Lines of latitude

b)

Lines of longitude

12.

Which is the Equator?

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.

What are Longitude Lines ?

a)

Imaginary lines that run north and south

b)

It is a big engraved line in the earth

c)

It is an imaginary line that runs east and west

d)

This is the name of a line on the moon

14.

What are Latitude Lines ?

a)

Imaginary lines that run east and west around the globe

b)

Imaginary lines that run north and south

c)

This type of map shows land-forms and bodies of water in a special area

d)

Locating a place in relation to other landmarks

15.

What is the Prime Meridian?

a)

the most famous line of Longitude that runs North and South. It is 0 degrees longitude.

b)

Locating a place in relation to other landmarks

c)

Imaginary lines that run North & South (Up and down) 

Measures East & West

d)

Locating a place in relation to other landmarks

16.

What are the lines of latitude and longitude on a map which determine absolute location of any given point on the Earth’s surface called?

a)

Grid

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Scale

d)

Elevation

17.
Latitude and Longitude lines are measured in __________.
a)
inches
b)
miles
c)
degrees
d)
ounces
18.

This imaginary lines are called _______________

a)

MERIDIANS

b)

PARALLELS

c)

INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE

d)

THE GREENWICH MERIDIAN

19.

This imaginary lines are called _______________

a)

MERIDIANS

b)

PARALLELS

c)

INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE

d)

THE GREENWICH MERIDIAN

20.

A way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface.

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Distortion

c)

Map Projection

d)

Relative Location

21.

Globes provide a three-dimensional view of Earth. They provide the most accurate view of the world, but have limitations in their use.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

A way of representing the spherical Earth on a flat surface is

a)

a projection

b)

a cartographer

c)

distortion

23.

What kind of map projection is this?

a)

conic

b)

azimuthal

c)

cylindrical

24.

What kind of map projection is this?

a)

conical

b)

azimuthal

c)

cylindrical

25.

What type of map projection is pictured?

a)

Robinson Projection

b)

Mercator Projection

c)

Conical Projection

d)

Lambert Projection

26.
What is this object known as?
a)
map symbol
b)
map key
c)
map scale
d)
compass rose
27.
Tells the subject of the map
a)
map key
b)
map scale
c)
map title
28.

A Person who makes/draws maps is

a)

historian

b)

geologist

c)

archaeologist

d)

cartographer

29.

This part of a map helps us determine distance.

a)

Key/Legend

b)

Compass Rose

c)

Scale

d)

Title

30.

This part of a map tells us the subject or content of the map.

a)

Title

b)

Latitude/Longitude Lines

c)

Scale

d)

Date

31.

What part of the map has the blue square around it?

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Scale

c)

Title

d)

Key/Legend

32.

What part of the map has a blue box around it?

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Date

c)

Key/Legend

d)

Scale

33.

What part of the map is in the blue box?

a)

Legend/Key

b)

Scale

c)

Title

d)

Latitude/Longitude

34.
The five themes of geography are useful because...
a)
they teach us how to take notes about world events
b)
they help us organize information about our world
c)
they keep geographers employed
d)
they prepare us for social studies
35.
Absolute and relative are two ways of describing the theme of...
a)
regions
b)
movement
c)
location
d)
human environment interaction
36.
Which is NOT an example of absolute location?
a)
"Katie's Restaurant is near the high school"
b)
35°N, 52°W
c)
6636 Northwest Road
d)
61°4′S, 21°15′E
37.
A general location of one place to another described with direction or distance words is...
a)
absolute location
b)
relative location
38.
Which is NOT a description of relative location?
a)
6636 Northwest Road
b)
behind the high school
c)
2 miles south of Northwestern Elementary School
d)
between the bus garage and the high school
39.

The human and physical features of a location are included in which theme?

a)

location

b)

region

c)

place

d)

movement

40.
Which is NOT an example of a human feature?
a)
Tiger Stadium
b)
Blue Mountain
c)
Northwestern Lehigh MIddle School
d)
the bus garage
41.

Which is an example of a physical feature?

a)

the Atlantic Ocean

b)

Northwestern Lehigh High School

c)

Tiger Stadium

d)

Route 78

42.
Which theme includes how humans adapt, modify or depend on the environment?
a)
movement
b)
place
c)
region
d)
human environment interaction
43.

Which geography theme helps us understand how people, goods, information, and ideas move from one place to another?

a)

human environment interaction

b)

regions

c)

movement

d)

location

44.
The theme that helps us understand one area in terms of a unifying feature that it shares in common with another area is...
a)
place
b)
region
c)
location
d)
movement
45.
Which is an example of a geographic region?
a)
Lehigh  County
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Philadelphia
d)
The Rocky Mountains
46.
The study of the earth, its features and its people is called
a)
Environment
b)
Cartography
c)
Geography
d)
Schoolology
47.
Which map would you use if you are not interested in humans, only the shape of the earth through rivers and mountains?
a)
political
b)
physical
c)
road
d)
historical
48.
A field that studies people and the relationships among them.
a)
Geography
b)
Social Science
c)
Map
49.
On the following map the letter "D" is:
a)
Scale
b)
Legend
c)
Locator Map
d)
Compass Rose
e)
Title
50.
On the following map the letter "C" is:
a)
Scale
b)
Legend
c)
Locator Map
d)
Compass Rose
e)
Title
51.

An island is indicated by which letter?

(a)  

52.

A picture that shows where things are located is called a

a)

Map

b)

Route

c)

Travel

53.

Select the two types of geography there are

a)

Meteor geography

b)

Physical geography

c)

Biology geography

d)

Human geography

54.

the science of making maps

a)

cartography

b)

meterorology

c)

geography

d)

landscape

55.

The largest area of land.

a)

Country

b)

Ocean

c)

Continent

d)

Australia

56.

What is Geography?

a)

The study of people who analyse the Earth's features

b)

The study of types of plants and animals in an area

c)

The study of the world around us

d)

The study of simplified plans of an area

57.

A pattern of lines circles the globe in east-west and north-south directions. It's called a _____.

a)

Grid

b)

Chart

58.

Major cities and capital cities noted on map is called a....

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

59.

A map that shows physical features of the land is called a...

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

60.

This type of map shows landforms and bodies of water. What is it called?

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

61.

This is a...

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

elevation map

d)

thematic map

62.

What is this type of map

a)

Political

b)

Thematic

c)

Physical

d)

Projection

63.
What do we use to find absolute location?
a)
latitude and longitude
b)
the equator and international dateline
c)
a GPS and an XLP
d)
landmarks and distances
64.

the study of weather. A meteorologist that studies weather.

a)

Weather Man

b)

True

c)

False

d)

Meteorology

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