WorksheetsWorld Geo Beginning of the Year
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 27mins
Match the following letters to the cities
A
Rome
B
Istanbul
C
Mecca
Match the following letters to the geographical features
F
Black Sea
G
Hindu Kush
H
Himalayas
I
Gobi Desert
J
Asia Minor
Match the following letters to the geographical features
A
Mediterranean Sea
B
Sahara Desert
C
Arabian Peninsula
D
Red Sea
E
Persian Gulf
Match the following letters to the country
L
Japan
M
Korea
A
Spain
Match the following letters to the country
G
Egypt
J
Russia
H
India
I
China
K
Mongolia
Match the following letters to the country
A
Spain
B
France
C
England
D
Italy
E
Greece
Match the following letters to the cities
D
Baghdad
B
Constantinople
E
Jerusalem
What type of map is this?
precipitation
political
mental
vegetation
What continent is at 20 S and 60 W?
South America
North America
Asia
Europe
What type of map is this?
Elevation
Physical
Language
Precipitation
What river (in blue) is this (?
Mississippi River
Ganges River
Nile River
Amazon River
What ocean borders Africa's east coast?
Indian
Pacific
Atlantic
Arctic
What continent is at 40 N and 20 W?
Europe
North America
Asia
Antarctica
What ocean borders Brazil?
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian
Southern
What river is this?
Amazon River
Nile River
Yangtze River
Ganges River
This is a(an)...
Inlet
Mesa
Plateau
Mountain
In what section of the earth would you find the tectonic plates?
The lithosphere
The inner mantle
The core
The atmosphere
What type of map is this?
Cartogram
Qualitative
Physical
Political
What does this image depict?
The hydrologic cycle
Continental drift
The atmospheric effect on light
Landsat mapping
Landsat images of the earth are often layered for what purpose?
To relay a specific position based on the triangulation of several satellites
To show different features of the earth's surface for greater detail
To provide secondary verification of land-based images
To create the first series of maps for a general region
Which of the five themes of geography tract the transport of goods, people, and ideas?
Location
Place
Region
Movement
Human-Environment Interaction
A functional region displays what kind of information
clear, official boundaries
peoples' perception of a given area
a minimally distorted image of the world
A set of interactions and connections between places
What is a map projection?
Another way of displaying the earth in 2 dimensions
A satellite-taken image of the world
Another name for a flow-line map
A three dimensional representation of the world as it really exists
Which of the following spheres includes the atmospheric and terrestrial distribution of water?
Lithosphere
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Asthenosphere
In which of the following ways can glaciers effect a landscape?
They can carve out lakes
They can aggregate material to form mountains
They can move uphill and change relief height
They can cause desertification
What type of map is this?
Political
Physical
Topographical
Flow-Line
What type of map is this?
Resource
Vegetation
Elevation
Population
Rain washing away soil from a hillside is an example of:
Convergence
How do plants in the soil affect how fast erosion happens?
It doesn't affect erosion because the forces of water and weathering take hold.
It slows down erosion by solidifying the soil.
It speeds up erosion by removing more soil at one time.
The process of breaking rock and sediment into smaller pieces is known as...
Deposition
Weathering
Erosion
Constructive force
What is the dominant religion in North Africa and Southwest Asia?
Christian
Hindu
Islam
Judaism
This mountain range runs North-South through Russia and is generally considered to be the boundary between Asia and Europe.
Appalachian Mountians
Himalayas
Pyrenees
Ural Mountains
The Berlin Wall divided this country into east and west sections.
Greece
Finland
Belgium
Germany
Which economic sector is involved in research, development, and innovation?
Healthcare
Agriculture
Technology
Manufacturing
In a traditional economy, how are resources allocated?
Through market forces of supply and demand.
Based on government regulations.
By individual preferences and choices.
Based on customs, traditions, and cultural norms.
In a free enterprise economy, who determines the prices of goods and services?
Government
Supply and demand
Producers
Consumers
