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World Geography: Chapter 1 Section 1 Vocabulary Pre-Assessment

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The study of where people, places, and things are located and how they relate to each other is called what?

a)

paleontology

b)

geology

c)

ecology

d)

geography

2.

The 5 Themes of Geography are:

a)

Location, longitude, rain forest, place, and rivers

b)

Location, place, human environment interaction, movement, region

c)

Location, region, absolute, relative, equator

d)

Location, place, help, taco inn, Lincoln High

3.

Which theme answers the question "WHERE is it?"

a)

Movment

b)

Regions

c)

Human Enviornment

d)

Location

e)

Place

4.

Which theme answers the question "What's it Like?" by describing the physical and human characteristics of a location.


a)

Movment

b)

Regions

c)

Human Enviornment

d)

Location

e)

Place

5.

Which theme divides the world into smaller sections based upon similar physical or human landscapes?

a)

Movment

b)

Region

c)

Human Enviornment

d)

Location

e)

Place

6.

Which theme focuses on how the environment could effect humans and how humans impact the environment

a)

Location

b)

Regions

c)

Human Enviornment Interaction

d)

Places

7.

Which of the five themes of geography tract the transport of goods, people, and ideas?

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Region

d)

Movement

e)

Human-Environment Interaction

8.

Absolute location tells you an exact location on earth

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Select all examples of absolute location?

a)
South of London
b)
Northern Hemisphere
c)
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
d)
30 N Latitude, 150 W Longitude
10.

Relative location is the location of one place based on its proximity to or relationship to another location

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Select all examples of relative location.

a)
South of London
b)

Next to McDonald's

c)
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
d)
30 N Latitude, 150 W Longitude
12.

Match the following types of Regions with the correct picture

a)

1.

Formal

Region

b)

2.

Perceptial Region

c)

3.

Functional Region

13.

Match the following

a)

1.

Lines of Latitude

b)

2.

Prime Meridian

c)

3.

Equator

d)

4.

Lines of Longitude

14.

Click on the circle where the Northern Hemisphere would be found.

15.

Click on the circle where the Western Hemisphere would be found.