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SS EOC Sem1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what is Physical Geography?

a)

Study of weather and what causes it

b)

Science of making maps

c)

Study of world's people, communities, and landscapes

d)

Study of world's physical features, such as landforms bodies of water, climates, soils, and plants

2.

What is the main mountain range in the Eastern side of the United States?

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Appalachians Mountains

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Continental Divide

3.

A good indicator of a country's wealth is

a)

market economy

b)

public goods

c)

gross domestic products

d)

free enterprise system

4.

A government in which government power is unlimited and citizens have few, if any, rights

a)

representative government

b)

political party

c)

nonrepresentative government

d)

political party

5.

In the United States it is law that you must attend school until the age of

a)

18

b)

17

c)

16

d)

15

6.

What is the process of conducting relations between countries?

a)

Foreign Policy

b)

humanitarian aid

c)

national intrest

d)

diplomacy

7.

Geographers use _______ to classify different ways settlements form.

a)

spatial patterns

b)

linear patterns

c)

cluster patterns

d)

All of the above

8.

What is a way that cultural diffusion occurs?

a)

People bring their culture to another country

b)

People trade goods in different regions

c)

People move to other countries to escape conflicts and wars

d)

All of the above

9.

Three important cultural universals are:

a)
  1. 1. multicultural societies

  2. 2. Cultural Diffusion

    1. 3. Ethnic Group

b)
  1. 1. Multicultural Societies

  2. 2. Technology

  3. 3. Social Institutions

c)
  1. 1. Social Institutions

  2. 2. Creative Expressions

  3. 3. Technology

d)
  1. 1. Technology

  2. 2. Multicultural Societies

  3. 3. Cultural Diffusion

10.

salt is a

a)

Mineral

b)

renewable resource

c)

metal

d)

fossil fuel

11.

Short-term changes in the air for a given place and time is

a)

climate

b)

prevailing winds

c)

ocean currents

d)

weather

12.

Europeans began settling in North America in

a)

1500's

b)

1700's

c)

1600's

d)

1800's

13.

Which branch of the government is responsible for making laws

a)

President

b)

Legislative

c)

Executive

d)

Judicial

14.

Canada's National Capitol is:

a)

Vancover

b)

Ottawa

c)

Toronto

d)

Montreal

15.

Canada has ___ regions.

a)

8

b)

2

c)

12

d)

4

16.

The Yukon is

a)

Very warm but not many people live there.

b)

very cold but lots of people live there.

c)

Very warm and lots of people live there.

d)

very cold and not many people live there.

17.

In the United States - most major cities in the midwest are located on

a)

rivers or Great Lakes

b)

farm land

c)

the Atlantic Ocean

d)

The Pacific Ocean

18.

A territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land is called a

a)

legislative branch

b)

judicial branch

c)

colony

d)

tributary

19.

A nation's economic, cultural, or military goals make up its

a)

Foreign policy

b)

national interest

c)

humanitarian aid

d)

borders

20.

The process by which rivers create flood plains and deltas when they flood and deposit sediment along the banks is

a)

alluvial deposition

b)

plate tectonics

c)

landforms

d)

earthquakes