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WorksheetsHuman and Physical Geography
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
In order to have a negative birthrate, which of these must be greater?
In what year do experts believe the world population will be at its max?
What plays the biggest factor in population growth?
Economic Flexibility
Available Resources
What vocabulary word describes the patterns of where people choose to live?
Population Density
Population Distribution
What vocabulary word describes the number of people living per square mile?
Population Distribution
Population Density
What percent of the Earth is covered by land?
29%
31%
What percentage of Earth's land is livable for humans?
20%
15%
Someone who moves into a new country or place is called a?
emigrant
A place or location that has abundant resources and opportunities would be considered a ?
Push Factor
Pull Factor
The process of people moving from rural communities to the city is called what?
What city in the Americas is the largest Megalopolis located?
Mexico City
This helps describe a set of beliefs, behaviors, and traits that are shared by a group of people?
Customs
The description of where someone comes from describes that person's?
Race
Ethnicity
What is the largest ethnic group in the United States?
Hispanic Americans
How many different elements of culture are there?
Seven
Five
What is the world's most predominant religion?
Islam
Which of the following is not an element of culture?
Healthcare
Economy
What type of Government system describes rule by the people?
What type of Democracy does the United States have?
How does a Monarchy choose its leader?
A form of government in which the power lies directly with one person is called?
Dictatorship
Resources that cannot be replenished or replaced are called what?
Traditional Economies are more common associated with what type of societies?
Developing societies
Developed societies
Another name for a Market Economy is?
Capitalism
Communism
What type of economy does the United States operate under?
Market
Mixed
How many questions much an economic system be able to answer?
4
3
What are those basic questions that every economic system must answer?
What, How, For Whom
Where, When, Why
The total value of a nation's good and services each year is called?
What type of country is the United States referred to as?
Developed Country
Developing Country
Goods purchased from another country are called what?
Exported goods
Earth completes one rotation every?
How many days does it take for Earth to complete one revolution around the sun?
365 days
365 1/4 days
How many layers exist inside earth?
3
What layer of inner earth is the thinnest?
Mantle
Crust
Molten material that makes up most of the inner earth is known as?
How much of Earth's surface is covered by water?
73%
71%
The lithosphere involves what?
Earth's outermost layer, including the crust and its land features
What gas makes up the most of our atmosphere?
The layer of earth where all living things survive is known as the?
hydrosphere
Earth has how many seasons?
What has the largest effect on the length of seasons on our earth?
Location to the Equator
Earth's Tilt
How many hemispheres exist on our earth?
The Fall and Spring seasons are the start of an?
Solstice
Equinox
What is the average weather patterns an area experiences called?
Climate
Weather
Water that fall to the earth is called what?
How many climate zones does earth have?
5
7
What type of climate zone does the United States belong too?
Tropical
Temperate
What has caused the greatest change to our weather patterns?
Global Warming
Solar Pollution
How many continents exist on Earth?
8
7
This is a naturally occurring event after two tectonic plates rub against each other on a fault line?
Volcano
What is the name given to the grouping of islands created by under water volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean?
Pacific Rim
Ring of Fire
The movement of material by actions such as wind, water, or ice is called?
Weathering
Erosion
Greenland and Antarctica are examples of?
Glaciers
Ice Sheets
Pangea was the name given to the theory that all the continents used to be connected before they split, who created this?
How many continents are completely surrounded by water?
4
2
The world's largest trench, the Mariana Trench, exists in what ocean?
Atlantic
Pacific
What percentage of the Earth is covered by saltwater?
91%
97%
What percentage of the Earth's water is usable by humans?
3%
1%
The natural system in which our water is recycled is called?
Water Purification
Water Cycle
What are the three steps to our Water Cycle?
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation
Evaporation, Liquification, Transformation
