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Unit 1 Practice Test

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.
a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

2.
a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

Australia

3.
a)

Asia

b)

North America

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

4.
Location 3
a)
North Korea
b)
South Korea
c)
Taiwan
d)
Japan
5.
a)
Vietnam
b)
Laos
c)
Cambodia
d)
Thailand
6.
a)
India
b)
China
c)
Indonesia
d)
Sri Lanka
7.

What country is number 1?

a)

Turkey

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Afghanistan

d)

Iran

8.
4
a)
Bahrain
b)
United Arab Emirates
c)
Oman
d)
Qatar
9.

What country is indicated by number 45?

a)

Mali

b)

Niger

c)

Ghana

d)

Chad

10.

What country is identified by number 14?

a)

Democratic Republic of Congo

b)

South Africa

c)

Angola

d)

Tanzania

11.

What country is identified by number 1?

a)

Democratic Republic of Congo

b)

South Africa

c)

Angola

d)

Tanzania

12.

What country is this?

a)

Russia

b)

China

c)

Taiwan

13.

What country is this?

a)

China

b)

South Korea

c)

Japan

14.

Which state is located in the northwestern part of the United States?

a)

Arkansas

b)

Washington

c)

Iowa

d)

Colorado

15.

Which province is located in the Atlantic region of Canada?

a)

Manitoba

b)

Saskatchewan

c)

Prince Edward Island

d)

New Brunswick

16.

Which state is located in the southwestern part of the United States?

a)

New York

b)

Arizona

c)

Ohio

d)

Michigan

17.

Which state is located in the central part of the United States?

a)

Virginia

b)

New Hampshire

c)

Illinois

d)

California

18.

Identify #1 on the map

a)

Argentina

b)

Panama

c)

Chile

d)

Ecuador

e)

Guatemala

19.

Identify #3 on the map

a)

Guatemala

b)

Brazil

c)

Panama

d)

Argentina

e)

Ecuador

20.

Identify #6 on the map

a)

Argentina

b)

Cuba

c)

Panama

d)

Chile

e)

Brazil

21.
a)

Papua New Guinea

b)

Kiribati

c)

Tonga

d)

Fiji

22.

Name #13

a)

Papua New Guinea

b)

Fiji

c)

Marshal Islands

d)

Solomon Islands

23.

Name #4

a)

Papua New Guinea

b)

Fiji

c)

Marshal Islands

d)

Solomon Islands

24.

What country is this?

a)

Romania

b)

Albania

c)

Kosovo

d)

Ukraine

25.

What country is this?

a)

Switzerland

b)

Luxembourg

c)

Iceland

d)

Austria

26.

Name this country.

a)

Germany

b)

Poland

c)

France

d)

Spain

27.

Name the country labeled 37.

a)

Poland

b)

Greece

c)

Serbia

d)

Russia

28.
What is the name of the object by number 8?
a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Arctic Ocean 
29.
What is the name of the object by number 9?
a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean 
d)
Arctic  Ocean
30.
What is the name of the object by number 10?
a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean 
d)
Arctic  Ocean
31.
The Five Themes of Geography are the Following:
a)
Place, Region, Interaction, Land-forms, Movement
b)
Place, Region, Interaction, Location, Movement
c)
People, Race, Interaction, Location Movement
d)
Power, Region, Interaction, Location Movement
32.

The two imaginary lines of latitude (parallels) that are located at 23.5 degrees north and 23.5 degrees south are called __________ and ____________.

a)
Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle
b)
parallels and meridians
c)
International Date line and Prime Meridian
d)
Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
33.
Which city is located at 38 degrees north and 120 degrees west?
a)
San Fransisco 
b)
New York
c)
New Orleans
d)
London
34.
What city is located at 32 degrees south and 150 degrees east?
a)
Shanghai
b)
Sydney
c)
Durban
d)
Calcutta 
35.

Location D is located at which coordinates?

a)

30oN, 90oW

b)

90oN, 30oW

c)

10oN, 40oW

d)

30oN, 90oE

36.

Which direction is highlighted?

a)

Northeast

b)

Northwest

c)

North

d)

West

37.

Which direction is highlighted?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Northweat

38.

What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres called?

a)

A. Equator

b)

B. Prime Meridian

c)

C. Tropic of Cancer

d)

D. Tropic of Capricorn

39.
In which corner of the map is the compass rose located?
a)
Northeast
b)
Northwest
c)
Southeast
d)
Southwest
40.
Maine (ME) and Arizona (AZ) are many miles apart. Leave Maine and fly to Arizona in which “intermediate” direction?
a)
Southeast
b)
Southwest
c)
Northeast
d)
Northwest
41.
On this map the star with the circle represents what?
a)
National Capital
b)
State Capital
c)
County
d)
City
42.

What is a map?

a)

A 2D way of showing the 3D earth

b)

a round circle

c)

The object used to show directions

d)

The imaginary lines that run through earth

43.
Another name for a Key is 
a)
Lock
b)
Meridian
c)
Legend
d)
Parallel
44.
A way of showing the actual size compared to the size on the map
a)
legend/key
b)
cardinal directions
c)
compass rose
d)
map scale
45.

What is a compass rose?

a)

half of a circle that helps people find angles

b)

a drawing showing different directions on a map

c)

a device with a magnet that always points North

d)

a pretty flower on a map that is red

46.

Match the following

a)

Map Title

1.

Tell us what the map is about

b)

Compass Rose

2.

Shows us the four cardinal directions

c)

Bar Scale

3.

Tells us the distance between two locations on a map

d)

Lines of Latitude and Longitude

4.

imaginary lines around earth that help us measure it

e)

Map Key

5.

Tells us what the difference symbols, pictures and colors mean/represent

47.
A chain or cluster of small islands is a ...
a)
foothill
b)
archipelago
c)
island
d)
coast
48.
What's the landform with water on three sides?
a)
strait
b)
ocean
c)
sea
d)
peninsula
49.
What are broad, flat areas that are "great for growing grains"?
a)
valleys
b)
plains
c)
oceans
d)
hills
50.
What is low land between hills or mountains called?
a)
hill
b)
mountain
c)
stream
d)
valley
51.
Which landform has steep sides but a flat top?
a)
valley
b)
plateau
c)
mountain
d)
hill
52.

Human Environment Interaction is:

a)

HEI is where a place is.

b)

HEI is the movement of ideas, goods, and people.

c)

HEI is how people and their environment affect each other.

d)

HEI is a group of places that share a common human or physical characteristic.

53.

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

54.

What are the two type of location?

a)

service

b)

relative

c)

absolute

d)

environment

55.
Describes characteristics of people, Culture, Religion, Buildings, Landmarks, Landforms, and Climate
a)
Movement
b)
Region
c)
Human interaction
d)
Place
56.
What is movement?
a)
Tells us how people, goods, recourses, and ideas move from one place to another
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
c)
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike.
57.

Lines of Longitude can be measured up to what degree?

a)
150 degrees
b)
180 degrees
c)
90 degrees
d)
100 degrees
58.
Lines of Latitude can be measured up to what degree?
a)
150 degrees
b)
180 degrees
c)
90 degrees
d)
100 degrees
59.
Which person is responsible for making maps?
a)
Geographer
b)
Geologist
c)
Cartographer
d)
Curator
60.
What type of map shows features on the earth's surface that people created?
a)
Physical Map
b)
Qualitative Map
c)
Flow Line Map
d)
Political Map