WorksheetsWorld Geography 9 Weeks Exam
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Africa makes up _______ of the world's mass
a)
52%
b)
26%
c)
22%
d)
12%
2.
Which continent has over 1,000 recognized languages?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
America
d)
Australia
3.
Which continent is considered to be the largest desert in the world?
a)
South America
b)
Australia
c)
Africa
d)
Antarctica
4.
How many continents is there?
(a)
5.
Which continent is the largest?
a)
North America
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
Australia
6.
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica?
(a)
7.
What is the coldest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica?
(a)
8.
North America is the ___ largest continent by population.
a)
4th
b)
2nd
c)
5th
d)
3rd
9.
How many oceans is there?
(a)
10.
Earth is made up of approximately _________ of water
a)
50%
b)
98%
c)
70%
d)
20%
11.
Which ocean is the smallest?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Southern
c)
Artic
d)
Indian
12.
The Southern Ocean was not named until the year (a) .
13.
Which ocean is the largest ocean?
a)
Indian
b)
Pacific
c)
Atlantic
d)
Southern
14.
Which type of map shows countries, continents, oceans, etc?
a)
Politicial
b)
Physical
15.
What is the study of Earth's physical features and living things?
a)
Location
b)
Geography
c)
Geographers
d)
Meterology
16.
What regions is defined by a central place and the area's around it?
a)
Perceptual
b)
Formal
c)
Functional
17.
Which type of map shows topography?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
18.
What theme explores human and/or physical features such as the population of a city or the climate of a particular area?
a)
Location
b)
Movement
c)
Region
d)
Human Environment Interaction
e)
Place
19.
What theme refers to how people, goods, ideas, and fads travel or change from place to place?
a)
Location
b)
Movement
c)
Region
d)
Human Environment Interaction
e)
Place
20.
Lines of _______ run east to west
a)
Latitude
b)
Longitude
21.
One half of the earth is called a ________
a)
Section
b)
Quadangle
c)
Hemisphere
22.
The Prime Meridian is a line of longitude that separates the Earth into which two hemispheres?
a)
Eastern and Western
b)
Northern and Southern
23.
Lines of latitude and longitude are measured in _____
a)
Time
b)
Sections
c)
Celcius
d)
Degrees
24.
The points where a line of latitude and a line of longitude meet are called?
a)
Grid
b)
Equator
c)
Coordinates
25.
The line that separates the northern and southern hemispheres is the ______
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
26.
The line that separates the western and eastern hemispheres is the _____
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
27.
What is the study of weather and weather forecasting?
a)
Human Geography
b)
Weather Geography
c)
Physical Geography
28.
Pattern formed as the lines of latitude and longitude cross one another
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Political Map
d)
Grid System
29.
The complex community of interdependent living things in a given environment
a)
Environment
b)
Region
c)
Ecosystem
d)
Wetland
30.
Line that run North to south are lines of ______
a)
Latitude
b)
Longitude
31.
What are all the forms of water that fall to earth from the atmosphere?
a)
Solstice
b)
Weather
c)
Precipitation
32.
What is the condition of the bottom layer of the earth's atmosphere in one place over a short period of time?
a)
Climate
b)
Weather
33.
What is the term used for the weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time?
a)
Climate
b)
Weather
34.
What is the type of climate found in the great central areas of continents in the Northern Hemisphere?
a)
Continental Climate
b)
Solstice
c)
Equinox
d)
Rotation
35.
The Earth completes one revolution every ________ days.
a)
365
b)
375
c)
365 1/4
d)
400
36.
What is the boundary between two masses of air that differ in density or temperature?
a)
Equinox
b)
Revolution
c)
Biome
d)
Front
37.
What regions is defined by a central place and the area's around it?
a)
Perceptual
b)
Formal
c)
Functional
38.
What is the term used for the study of Earth's physical features and living things?
a)
Location
b)
Geography
c)
Geographers
d)
Meterology
39.
Which type of map shows countries, continents, oceans, etc?
a)
Politicial
b)
Physical
40.
What is the condition of the bottom layer of the earth's atmosphere in one place over a short period of time?
a)
Climate
b)
Weather
41.
What is the type of climate found in the great central areas of continents in the Northern Hemisphere?
a)
Continental Climate
b)
Solstice
c)
Equinox
d)
Rotation
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