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Unit 1 Test Review

Total questions: 69

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is E?

a)

Africa

b)

Australia

c)

Asia

d)

Europe

2.

What type of map is this?

a)

Special purpose

b)

political

c)

physical

d)

Choropleth

3.

Match the following vocabulary words

a)

projection

1.

how you show a round earth on a flat map

b)

longitude

2.

Imaginary lines that circle the Earth from the North to South poles

c)

latitude

3.

Imaginary lines that circle the Earth parallel to the Equator

d)

migration

4.

The movement of people from one place to settle in another place

e)

culture

5.

The set of beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by a group of people

4.

What is A?

a)

Asia

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

North America

d)

Europe

5.

What type of map is this?

a)

Special purpose

b)

political

c)

physical

d)

Choropleth

6.

Label the Cardinal Directions in the correct locations.

7.

What is C?

a)

Africa

b)

Antarctica

c)

Florida

d)

South America

8.

Which two answers do you see in the picture?

You must select two answers.

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Eastern and Western Hemispheres

d)

Northern and Southern Hemispheres

9.

What is B?

a)

Australia

b)

Africa

c)

North America

d)

South America

10.

What is 5?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

11.

What type of map is this?

a)

Special purpose

b)

political

c)

physical

d)

Choropleth

12.

What is F?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Australia

c)

Asia

d)

South America

13.

What is G?

a)

Europe

b)

Antarctica

c)

Australia

d)

Southern Ocean

14.

What is 1?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

15.

What is D?

a)

North America

b)

Australia

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Europe

16.

What is 2?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

17.

What is 3?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

18.

Which of the 6 essential elements is language?

a)

The World in Spatial Terms

b)

Human systems

c)

Places and Regions

d)

Physical Systems

19.

What is 4?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

20.

Which of these tells you how to measure distances on a map?

a)

scale

b)

key

c)

symbol

d)

distort

21.

Which of the 6 essential elements do you see here?

a)

The World in Spatial Terms

b)

Human systems

c)

Places and Regions

d)

Physical Systems

22.

Which type of map shows major highways, airports, cities, railroads, and local points of interest?

a)

road map

b)

political map

c)

resource map

d)

climate map

23.

a map showing natural features of an area such as mountains, rivers, lakes, etc.

a)

physical map

b)

political map

c)

road map

d)

climate map

24.

a map showing how resources such as minerals, lumber 

oil, etc. are distributed around the world

a)

resource map

b)

topographical map

c)

climate map

d)

road map

25.

a map showing the typical weather of a region

a)

climate map

b)

topographical map

c)

political map

d)

physical map

26.

a map showing boundaries, capitals, and major cities

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

resource map

d)

climate map

27.

a map that includes contour lines to show the elevation of 

an area, with closer lines indicating steeper land and spaced out lines indicating flatter land

a)

topographical map

b)

climate map

c)

physical map

d)

resource map

28.

Mike is a student who is very curious about the world. He wants to learn about the Earth and how people interact with it. What field of study should he pursue?

a)

geography

b)

history

c)

archaeology

d)

geometry

29.

Physical geography includes the study of .... (choose 2)

a)

mountains

b)

climate

c)

bridges

d)

culture

30.

Human geography includes the study of... (choose 2)

a)

Homes

b)

Highway systems

c)

Rivers

d)

Lakes

31.

Which step is missing from the steps of geographic inquiry?

Ask Questions, Acquire Info, Organize Info, ___________ Info, Answer Questions

a)

Analzye

b)

Assist

c)

Allow

d)

Answer

32.

Which theme is missing from the list of 5 themes of geography?

Movement, _________, Human Environment Interaction, Location, Place

a)

Region

b)

Mountains

c)

Cultures

d)

Human Geography

33.

You are a geography teacher and you want to show your students a spherical, or ball-shaped, model of the entire planet. What would you use?

a)

globe

b)

map

c)

spatial scale

d)

GPS

34.

a visual representation 

of an area

a)

map

b)

human geography

c)

GIS

d)

geography

35.

You are lost in a forest and you have a device that uses a network of earth-orbiting satellites to pinpoint your absolute location. What is this system called?

a)

GPS

b)

GIS

c)

GAS

d)

Maps

36.

different sized containers or ways to group places together to organize investigations into human activities

a)

spatial scale

b)

map

c)

globe

d)

human environment interaction

37.

You are a student studying geography and you are asked to focus on Earth's natural features. What area of study is this?

a)

physical geography

b)

human geography

c)

political map

d)

spatial scale

38.

the study of the ways people interact with the earth

a)

human geography

b)

science

c)

inquiry

d)

physical geography

39.

You are a geography teacher and you want to show your students the most accurate representation of the whole Earth. What would you use?

a)

a globe

b)

a map

c)

a satellite image

d)

GIS

40.

computer or Internet-based mapping technology

a)

GIS (Global Information Systems)

b)

GPS

c)

Map

d)

Globe

41.

Which theme of geography is missing?

___________, Region, Human Environment Interaction, Location, Place

a)

Movement

b)

Maps

c)

Culture

d)

Inquiry

42.

Which theme of geography is missing?

Movement, Region, Human Environment Interaction, Location, ________

a)

Place

b)

Physical Geography

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

GPS

43.

Choose which of the 5 themes of geography answers the following question...

How do people and ideas get around?

a)

Movement

b)

Human Environment Interaction

c)

Region

d)

Place

44.

Choose which of the 5 themes of geography answers the following question...

What is it like when you get there?

a)

Movement

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

Place

45.

Choose which of the 5 themes of geography answers the following question...

Where is it located?

a)

Movement

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

Place

46.

Choose which of the 5 themes of geography answers the following question...

How do people relate to their environment?

a)

Movement

b)

Location

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Place

47.

Choose which of the 5 themes of geography answers the following question...

How are areas linked together?

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Place

48.
If history is the study of the people and events of the past, then a person who studies history must be a 
a)
historian
b)
fossil
c)
species
d)
geologist
49.
Historians ask questions like "What happened?" "Why did it happen?" and 
a)
What does it taste like?
b)
How is it made?
c)
How has it influenced today?
d)
Why do you feel that way?
50.
Learning about the past helps us _________ the present.
a)
duplicate
b)
restore
c)
avoid
d)
understand
51.
Which of the following is a true statement about studying history?
a)
The past is not worth studying.
b)
The past was always better.
c)
The past helps us make decisions.
d)
The past needs to be forgotten.
52.
Events that happened in the past help explain why _________
a)
We speak the language that we do
b)
We use the technologies that we use
c)
We enjoy certain pastimes (activities)
d)
All answers are correct
53.
When we talk about "the past" we mean ________
a)
The time of the cavemen
b)
Important events like wars
c)
Everything that happened before today
d)
Before the modern era
54.

10 year and 100 year periods of time are called

a)

eras and epochs

b)

decades and centuries

c)

Prehistory and Ancient History

d)

millenniums and themes

55.
A group of ten (10) years is a
a)
decade
b)
era
c)
century
d)
millennium
56.
A group of one hundred (100) years is a
a)
decade
b)
era
c)
century
d)
millennium
57.
A group of one thousand (1000) years is a
a)
decade
b)
era
c)
century
d)
millennium
58.

Your age in 6th grade is just longer than a _______.

a)

era

b)

millennium

c)

century

d)

decade

59.

Large blocks of time, such as Prehistory or Ancient History, are known as (called)

a)

decades

b)

eras

c)

centuries

d)

millenniums

60.

The era of time starting at the invention of writing and ending circa (about) A.D. 500 is called

a)

Prehistory

b)

Ancient History

c)

Middle Ages

d)

Modern History

61.
The era of time before people invented writing is called
a)
Prehistory
b)
Ancient History
c)
Middle Ages
d)
Modern History
62.

The social studies class that Mrs. Alexander teaches focuses on this era of history

a)

Prehistory

b)

Medieval Period

c)

Middle Ages

d)

Ancient History

63.
The date 1776 can best be described as in the 18th _________.
a)
decade
b)
century
c)
millenium
d)
era
64.
The wheel was invented in the era known as
a)
Modern History
b)
Middle Ages
c)
Ancient History
d)
Prehistory
65.
If you had to guess, in which era would you guess that humans learned to use fire?
a)
Prehistory
b)
Ancient History
c)
Middle Ages
d)
Modern History
66.
Events of the past created the world we live in.  We are influenced (affected) by things that happened in history.  This idea is called
a)
periods of history
b)
studying history
c)
consequences
d)
cause and effect
67.

Timelines help historians

a)

make sense of the flow of events

b)

plan for a birthday party

c)

find free time for a meeting

d)

learn about primary sources

68.

Timelines help historians

a)

show patterns of events across a long division of time (era)

b)

find out the specific day that an event took place

c)

understand if an event happened on a Monday, Tuesday, etc.

d)

plan for an event like a birthday party

69.

Historians use ___________ to show the order of events within a period of time.

a)

timelines

b)

cluster maps

c)

history

d)

primary sources

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