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Unit 1 TLAH Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the cardinal directions?

a)

North, South, East, West

b)

Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest

c)

Up, Down, Left, Right

d)

Front, Back, Left, Right

2.

What is climate?

a)

The study of places and the relationships between people and their environments

b)

The long-term pattern of weather in a particular area

c)

An imaginary line at 0° from east to west

d)

One of the seven large land masses on the earth's surface

3.

What is a compass rose?

a)

A symbol showing the cardinal directions printed on a map or chart

b)

One of the seven large land masses on the earth's surface

c)

An imaginary line at 0° from east to west

d)

The study of places and the relationships between people and their environments

4.

What are landforms?

a)

Natural features of the Earth's surface

b)

Areas of salty water that fill enormous basins on the Earth's surface

c)

Materials found in nature that humans use to meet their needs

d)

Maps that show manmade features such as state and national boundaries, capitals, and major cities

5.

What is a primary source?

a)

Source created at the time of study that provides firsthand evidence

b)

A source that was not created at the time being studied

c)

A map tool used to show distance

d)

An organized collection of symbols on a map

6.

One of the seven large land masses on the earth's surface is:

a)

A globe

b)

A sphere

c)

A continent

d)

Earth

7.

An imaginary line at 0° from east to west (latitude) circling the earth midway:

a)

Equator

b)

Longitude

c)

Latitude

d)

Prime Meridian

8.

The study of places and the relationships between people and their environments. (physical, human and environmental)

a)

History

b)

Social Science

c)

Geology

d)

Geography

9.

A spherical model of Earth

a)

world

b)

globe

c)

round

d)

map

10.

Half of the Earth (Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western)

a)

Longitude

b)

Latitude

c)

Hemisphere

d)

Equator

11.

An organized collection of symbols on a map

a)

Title

b)

Legend

c)

Compass Rose

d)

Scale

12.

The directions of Northeast (NE), Southeast (SE), Northwest (NW), and Southwest (SW) on a map

a)

Cardinal Directions

b)

Intermediate Directions

c)

Compass Rose

d)

Hemisphere

13.

A symbolic representation of selected characteristics of a place, usually drawn on a flat surface.

a)

Map

b)

scale

c)

sphere

d)

globe

14.

Materials found in nature that humans use to meet their needs (water, forests, minerals, fossil fuels)

a)

Environment

b)

Geography

c)

Hemispheres

d)

Natural Resources

15.

Areas of salty water that fill enormous basins on the Earth's surface

a)

Seas

b)

Rivers

c)

Oceans

d)

Glaciers

16.

A map that shows an area’s natural physical features like lakes, rivers, and mountains

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

c)

Road Map

d)

Thematic Map

17.

Maps that show manmade features such as state and national boundaries, capitals, and major cities

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

c)

Road Map

d)

Thematic Map

18.

An imaginary line at 0° from north to south (longitude) circling the earth midway.

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Hemisphere

c)

Equator

d)

Latitude

19.

A source that was created after the time being studied, but uses sources that were created at that time as evidence to make arguments or claims (scholarly books, textbooks and articles)

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

c)

Tertiary Source

d)

Evidence

20.

A map tool used to show distance; One side represents the distance on the map, while the other side represents the true distances of places in real life.

a)

legend

b)

scale

c)

key

d)

legend

21.

What is an artifact?

a)
A natural object found in the environment.
b)
A type of digital file used in computing.
c)
A term for a historical event or occurrence.
d)

a man-made object of historical or cultural significance.

22.

What type of source is a website?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

23.

Determining who wrote a source and why; also considering the perspective and possible bias

a)

Corroborating

b)

contextualizing

c)

sourcing

d)

close reading

24.

To consider what other sources say; do they agree or disagree

a)

Contextualizing

b)

Corroborating

c)

Sourcing

d)

Close Reading

25.

To consider when and where a source was created; what was happening in this time in history

a)

contextualizing

b)

corroborating

c)

sourcing

d)

close reading

26.

What is a bias?

a)

a primary source

b)

judgemental point of view

c)

a secondary source

d)

a artifact