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Chapter 1 Test Eastern Geography

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of physical geography?

a)

The study of human societies and their relationships with the environment

b)

The study of Earth's natural features and processes

c)

The study of maps and cartography

d)

The study of economic systems

2.

The study of cities and how people live in them is

a)

Mountain formation

b)

River systems

c)

Urban geography

d)

Climate patterns

3.

Which of the following best describes relative location?

a)

The exact latitude and longitude of a place

b)

The position of a place in relation to other places

c)

The cultural significance of a place

d)

The climate of a place

4.

Which of the following is NOT one of the five themes of geography?

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Weather

5.

What theme of geography would studying the migration patterns of birds fall under?

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Region

6.

Which theme of geography involves the study of how humans adapt to and modify their environment?

a)

Human-Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Region

d)

Location

7.

Which theme of geography describes features that make a site unique?

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Human- Environment

Interactions

8.

Which of the following is an example of absolute location?

a)

Next to the library

b)

your street address

c)

Near the river

d)

Across from the park

9.

What does the theme "Region" in geography refer to?

a)

The study of weather patterns

b)

Areas defined by certain unifying characteristics

c)

The movement of people and ideas

d)

The exact location of a place

10.

What is the study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create?

a)

Meteorology

b)

Biology

c)

Ecology

d)

Geography

11.

A person who studies geography.

a)

geographer

b)

surgeon

c)

zoo keeper

d)

Mrs Tiller

12.

What are the two main branches of geography are

a)

North and South Geography

b)

Positive and Negative Geography

c)

Human and Physical Geography

d)

Latitude and Longitude Geography

13.

What is the name for mapmakers?

a)

projectionists

b)

calligraphists

c)

graphic desiners

d)

cartographers

14.

Maps represent a particular area and is a flat surface.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

A globe is NOT a sphere, but is a model of Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Which of the following would a human geographer study?

a)

economics and politics

b)

weather and climate

c)

maps and globes

d)

soils and plants

17.

The Rocky Mountains are a region defined by

a)

language characteristics

b)

human charcteristics

c)

physical characteristics

d)

religious characteristics

18.

A hydrologist might study

a)
climate change effects
b)

rainfall patterns

c)

how tornadoes form

d)

history of people

19.

The study of weather and its causes is

a)
climatology
b)
meteorology
c)
geology
d)
oceanography
20.

A geographer who studies roads and routes is dealing with the theme of

a)

movement

b)

location

c)

physical systems

d)

Human- Environment interactions

21.

Questions about why rivers flow in a certain direction are part of

a)

physical geography

b)

human geography

c)

meteorology

d)

social science

22.

Economic geography is the study of

a)

the impact of climate

b)

making maps

c)

how people live in cities

d)

how people make and spend money

23.

Common needs of all humans are food, water, and

a)

tools

b)

money

c)
shelter
d)

land

24.

Which of the following is an essential element of geography

a)

latitude

b)

relative location

c)

movement

d)

uses of geography

25.

Geographers look at the world

a)

by studying cities first

b)

at the local, regional, and global levels

c)

by studying physical features only

d)

as separate regions with no effect on each other

26.

Globes can show

a)
The phases of the moon.
b)

specific information about a place such as street names

c)

a flat representation of the Earth's surface

d)

the world as it really is

27.

In order to study the world on a global level, geography might examine

a)

how the government works in a country

b)

how events and ideas from one region affect people on the other side of the world

c)

the type of transportation people use in a community

d)

the types of jobs people have in a state

28.

Which of the following questions might a geographer study at the local level ask?

a)
How do weather patterns affect global trade?
b)
What are the historical events that shaped this continent?
c)

How do people in a town or community live?

d)
What is the population of the entire country?