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Human and Physical Geography

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In order to have a negative birthrate, which of these must be greater?

a)
Death rate
b)
Birth rate
2.

In what year do experts believe the world population will be at its max?

a)
2050
b)
2100
3.

What plays the biggest factor in population growth?

a)

Economic Flexibility

b)

Available Resources

4.

What vocabulary word describes the patterns of where people choose to live?

a)

Population Density

b)

Population Distribution

5.

What vocabulary word describes the number of people living per square mile?

a)

Population Distribution

b)

Population Density

6.

What percent of the Earth is covered by land?

a)

29%

b)

31%

7.

What percentage of Earth's land is livable for humans?

a)

20%

b)

15%

8.

Someone who moves into a new country or place is called a?

a)

emigrant

b)
immigrant
9.

A place or location that has abundant resources and opportunities would be considered a ?

a)

Push Factor

b)

Pull Factor

10.

The process of people moving from rural communities to the city is called what?

a)
Urbanization
b)
Ruralization
11.

What city in the Americas is the largest Megalopolis located?

a)

Mexico City

b)
New York
12.

This helps describe a set of beliefs, behaviors, and traits that are shared by a group of people?

a)

Customs

b)
Culture
13.

The description of where someone comes from describes that person's?

a)

Race

b)

Ethnicity

14.

What is the largest ethnic group in the United States?

a)

Hispanic Americans

b)
African American
15.

How many different elements of culture are there?

a)

Seven

b)

Five

16.

What is the world's most predominant religion?

a)

Islam

b)
Christianity
17.

Which of the following is not an element of culture?

a)

Healthcare

b)

Economy

18.

What type of Government system describes rule by the people?

a)
Democracy
b)
Dictatorship
19.

What type of Democracy does the United States have?

a)
Direct democracy
b)
Representative democracy
20.

How does a Monarchy choose its leader?

a)
Hereditary succession
b)
By holding democratic elections
21.

A form of government in which the power lies directly with one person is called?

a)
Democracy
b)

Dictatorship

22.

Resources that cannot be replenished or replaced are called what?

a)
non-renewable resources
b)
renewable resources
23.

Traditional Economies are more common associated with what type of societies?

a)

Developing societies

b)

Developed societies

24.

Another name for a Market Economy is?

a)

Capitalism

b)

Communism

25.

What type of economy does the United States operate under?

a)

Market

b)

Mixed

26.

How many questions much an economic system be able to answer?

a)

4

b)

3

27.

What are those basic questions that every economic system must answer?

a)

What, How, For Whom

b)

Where, When, Why

28.

The total value of a nation's good and services each year is called?

a)
Net Domestic Product (NDP)
b)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
29.

What type of country is the United States referred to as?

a)

Developed Country

b)

Developing Country

30.

Goods purchased from another country are called what?

a)
imported goods
b)

Exported goods

31.

Earth completes one rotation every?

a)
day
b)
year
32.

How many days does it take for Earth to complete one revolution around the sun?

a)

365 days

b)

365 1/4 days

33.

How many layers exist inside earth?

a)

3

b)
4
34.

What layer of inner earth is the thinnest?

a)

Mantle

b)

Crust

35.

Molten material that makes up most of the inner earth is known as?

a)
magma
b)
lava
36.

How much of Earth's surface is covered by water?

a)

73%

b)

71%

37.

The lithosphere involves what?

a)
The lithosphere involves the atmosphere and hydrosphere
b)

Earth's outermost layer, including the crust and its land features

38.

What gas makes up the most of our atmosphere?

a)
oxygen
b)
nitrogen
39.

The layer of earth where all living things survive is known as the?

a)

hydrosphere

b)
biosphere
40.

Earth has how many seasons?

a)
Six
b)
Four
41.

What has the largest effect on the length of seasons on our earth?

a)

Location to the Equator

b)

Earth's Tilt

42.

How many hemispheres exist on our earth?

a)
Four
b)
Two
43.

The Fall and Spring seasons are the start of an?

a)

Solstice

b)

Equinox

44.

What is the average weather patterns an area experiences called?

a)

Climate

b)

Weather

45.

Water that fall to the earth is called what?

a)
Evaporation
b)
Precipitation
46.

How many climate zones does earth have?

a)

5

b)

7

47.

What type of climate zone does the United States belong too?

a)

Tropical

b)

Temperate

48.

What has caused the greatest change to our weather patterns?

a)

Global Warming

b)

Solar Pollution

49.

How many continents exist on Earth?

a)

8

b)

7

50.

This is a naturally occurring event after two tectonic plates rub against each other on a fault line?

a)
Earthquake
b)

Volcano

51.

What is the name given to the grouping of islands created by under water volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Pacific Rim

b)

Ring of Fire

52.

The movement of material by actions such as wind, water, or ice is called?

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

53.

Greenland and Antarctica are examples of?

a)

Glaciers

b)

Ice Sheets

54.

Pangea was the name given to the theory that all the continents used to be connected before they split, who created this?

a)
Isaac Newton
b)
Alfred Wegener
55.

How many continents are completely surrounded by water?

a)

4

b)

2

56.

The world's largest trench, the Mariana Trench, exists in what ocean?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

57.

What percentage of the Earth is covered by saltwater?

a)

91%

b)

97%

58.

What percentage of the Earth's water is usable by humans?

a)

3%

b)

1%

59.

The natural system in which our water is recycled is called?

a)

Water Purification

b)

Water Cycle

60.

What are the three steps to our Water Cycle?

a)

Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

b)

Evaporation, Liquification, Transformation