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World Geo Beginning of the Year

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Name the highlighted country
a)
Saudi Arabia
b)
Iraq
c)
Iran
d)
Turkey
2.
Which continent is home of the Sahara Desert and is considered the hottest?
a)
South America
b)
Europe
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
3.
Name the highlighted state.
a)
Missouri
b)
Illinois
c)
Iowa
d)
Ohio
4.
The African country of ___ is highlighted.
a)
Zimbabwe
b)
Lesotho
c)
Swaizland
d)
Kenya
5.
Question Image

Match the following letters to the cities

a)

A

1.

Rome

b)

B

2.

Istanbul

c)

C

3.

Mecca

6.
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Match the following letters to the geographical features

a)

F

1.

Black Sea

b)

G

2.

Hindu Kush

c)

H

3.

Himalayas

d)

I

4.

Gobi Desert

e)

J

5.

Asia Minor

7.
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Match the following letters to the geographical features

a)

A

1.

Mediterranean Sea

b)

B

2.

Sahara Desert

c)

C

3.

Arabian Peninsula

d)

D

4.

Red Sea

e)

E

5.

Persian Gulf

8.
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Match the following letters to the country

a)

L

1.

Japan

b)

M

2.

Korea

c)

A

3.

Spain

9.
Question Image

Match the following letters to the country

a)

G

1.

Egypt

b)

J

2.

Russia

c)

H

3.

India

d)

I

4.

China

e)

K

5.

Mongolia

10.
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Match the following letters to the country

a)

A

1.

Spain

b)

B

2.

France

c)

C

3.

England

d)

D

4.

Italy

e)

E

5.

Greece

11.
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Match the following letters to the cities

a)

D

1.

Baghdad

b)

B

2.

Constantinople

c)

E

3.

Jerusalem

12.

What type of map is this?

a)

precipitation

b)

political

c)

mental

d)

vegetation

13.

What continent is at 20 S and 60 W?

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Asia

d)

Europe

14.

What type of map is this?

a)

Elevation

b)

Physical

c)

Language

d)

Precipitation

15.

What river (in blue) is this (?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Ganges River

c)

Nile River

d)

Amazon River

16.

What ocean borders Africa's east coast?

a)

Indian

b)

Pacific

c)

Atlantic

d)

Arctic

17.

What continent is at 40 N and 20 W?

a)

Europe

b)

North America

c)

Asia

d)

Antarctica

18.

What ocean borders Brazil?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Southern

19.

What river is this?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Nile River

c)

Yangtze River

d)

Ganges River

20.

This is a(an)...

a)

Inlet

b)

Mesa

c)

Plateau

d)

Mountain

21.

In what section of the earth would you find the tectonic plates?

a)

The lithosphere

b)

The inner mantle

c)

The core

d)

The atmosphere

22.

What type of map is this?

a)

Cartogram

b)

Qualitative

c)

Physical

d)

Political

23.

What does this image depict?

a)

The hydrologic cycle

b)

Continental drift

c)

The atmospheric effect on light

d)

Landsat mapping

24.

Landsat images of the earth are often layered for what purpose?

a)

To relay a specific position based on the triangulation of several satellites

b)

To show different features of the earth's surface for greater detail

c)

To provide secondary verification of land-based images

d)

To create the first series of maps for a general region

25.

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

26.

A functional region displays what kind of information

a)

clear, official boundaries

b)

peoples' perception of a given area

c)

a minimally distorted image of the world

d)

A set of interactions and connections between places

27.

What is a map projection?

a)

Another way of displaying the earth in 2 dimensions

b)

A satellite-taken image of the world

c)

Another name for a flow-line map

d)

A three dimensional representation of the world as it really exists

28.

Which of the following spheres includes the atmospheric and terrestrial distribution of water?

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Atmosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Asthenosphere

29.

In which of the following ways can glaciers effect a landscape?

a)

They can carve out lakes

b)

They can aggregate material to form mountains

c)

They can move uphill and change relief height

d)

They can cause desertification

30.

What type of map is this?

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Topographical

d)

Flow-Line

31.

What type of map is this?

a)

Resource

b)

Vegetation

c)

Elevation

d)

Population

32.

Rain washing away soil from a hillside is an example of:

a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)

Convergence

33.

How do plants in the soil affect how fast erosion happens?

a)

It doesn't affect erosion because the forces of water and weathering take hold.

b)

It slows down erosion by solidifying the soil.

c)

It speeds up erosion by removing more soil at one time.

34.

The process of breaking rock and sediment into smaller pieces is known as...

a)

Deposition

b)

Weathering

c)

Erosion

d)

Constructive force

35.

What is the dominant religion in North Africa and Southwest Asia?

a)

Christian

b)

Hindu

c)

Islam

d)

Judaism

36.

This mountain range runs North-South through Russia and is generally considered to be the boundary between Asia and Europe.

a)

Appalachian Mountians

b)

Himalayas

c)

Pyrenees

d)

Ural Mountains

37.

The Berlin Wall divided this country into east and west sections.

a)

Greece

b)

Finland

c)

Belgium

d)

Germany

38.

Which economic sector is involved in research, development, and innovation?

a)

Healthcare

b)

Agriculture

c)

Technology

d)

Manufacturing

39.

In a traditional economy, how are resources allocated?

a)

Through market forces of supply and demand.

b)

Based on government regulations.

c)

By individual preferences and choices.

d)

Based on customs, traditions, and cultural norms.

40.

In a free enterprise economy, who determines the prices of goods and services?

a)

Government

b)

Supply and demand

c)

Producers

d)

Consumers