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WorksheetsChapter 1 Test Eastern Geography
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 33mins
What is the definition of physical geography?
The study of human societies and their relationships with the environment
The study of Earth's natural features and processes
The study of maps and cartography
The study of economic systems
The study of cities and how people live in them is
Mountain formation
River systems
Urban geography
Climate patterns
Which of the following best describes relative location?
The exact latitude and longitude of a place
The position of a place in relation to other places
The cultural significance of a place
The climate of a place
Which of the following is NOT one of the five themes of geography?
Location
Place
Movement
Weather
What theme of geography would studying the migration patterns of birds fall under?
Location
Place
Movement
Region
Which theme of geography involves the study of how humans adapt to and modify their environment?
Human-Environment Interaction
Place
Region
Location
Which theme of geography describes features that make a site unique?
Place
Location
Movement
Human- Environment
Interactions
Which of the following is an example of absolute location?
Next to the library
your street address
Near the river
Across from the park
What does the theme "Region" in geography refer to?
The study of weather patterns
Areas defined by certain unifying characteristics
The movement of people and ideas
The exact location of a place
What is the study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create?
Meteorology
Biology
Ecology
Geography
A person who studies geography.
geographer
surgeon
zoo keeper
Mrs Tiller
What are the two main branches of geography are
North and South Geography
Positive and Negative Geography
Human and Physical Geography
Latitude and Longitude Geography
What is the name for mapmakers?
projectionists
calligraphists
graphic desiners
cartographers
Maps represent a particular area and is a flat surface.
True
False
A globe is NOT a sphere, but is a model of Earth.
True
False
Which of the following would a human geographer study?
economics and politics
weather and climate
maps and globes
soils and plants
The Rocky Mountains are a region defined by
language characteristics
human charcteristics
physical characteristics
religious characteristics
A hydrologist might study
rainfall patterns
how tornadoes form
history of people
The study of weather and its causes is
A geographer who studies roads and routes is dealing with the theme of
movement
location
physical systems
Human- Environment interactions
Questions about why rivers flow in a certain direction are part of
physical geography
human geography
meteorology
social science
Economic geography is the study of
the impact of climate
making maps
how people live in cities
how people make and spend money
Common needs of all humans are food, water, and
tools
money
land
Which of the following is an essential element of geography
latitude
relative location
movement
uses of geography
Geographers look at the world
by studying cities first
at the local, regional, and global levels
by studying physical features only
as separate regions with no effect on each other
Globes can show
specific information about a place such as street names
a flat representation of the Earth's surface
the world as it really is
In order to study the world on a global level, geography might examine
how the government works in a country
how events and ideas from one region affect people on the other side of the world
the type of transportation people use in a community
the types of jobs people have in a state
Which of the following questions might a geographer study at the local level ask?
How do people in a town or community live?
