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WorksheetsGeography review quiz 1
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 43mins
What are cartographer?
Name a cartographer
A person who draws or produces maps
What’s your favorite map
What is relative location?
The position of something relative to another landmark
Name a location
Lines cross to form a grid
What is a tsunami?
A. A type of volcanic eruption
B. A large sea wave caused by an earthquake
C. A seasonal wind
D. A river in Southeast Asia
The position of anything on Earth's surface.
place
border
location
grid
a two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth's surface or a portion of it.
map
globe
cartography
grid
an imaginary circle around the middle of the Earth that is the same distance from the North Pole and the South Pole
prime meridian
equator
latitude
longitude
A half of the Earth is called a (a) .
A community near a big city is called ____________________.
suburban community
urban community
rural community
village community
science or art of making maps
geography
cartography
choreography
topography
What is latitude?
Distance of a place north or south of the earths equator
Name a place in north or south
The distance between latitude and longitude
What is longitude
Name a place in the east
The distance between longitude and the earth
The angular distance of a place east or west
What is absolute location?
One exact spot on the grid
To map the earths surface
Find absolute location
What are the 5 themes of geography?
Location, place, human - environment interaction, movement, region
Location , place , and movement
Movement and region
What is a volcano?
A burst of lava
An intense suppressed emotion or situation liable to burst out suddenly
A mountain or lava and ash
What is a biosphere?
The regions of the surface, atmosphere and hydrosphere of the earth
The earths surface
its the atmosphere and the hydrosphere
A geographer visits a country and notices that most men in this country are wearing single-colored long sleeve shirts, and that the meals are based on tropical fruits and vegetables.
What category of Geography is the geographer studying?
Physical Geography
Political Geography
Cultural (social) Geography
Arctic Geography
What category of Geography is illustrated in this picture?
Political Geography
Physical Geography
Economic Geography
Ocean Geography
When we view a hurricane from space, we are using
road maps
antigravity suits
satellite imagery
radios
Geography is the study of
angles
rocks
the Earth's surface
the planets
Frozen Subsoil
Taiga
Permafrost
Chaparral
Precipitation
Desert and Steppe
High Latitude Climates
Mid-Latitude climates
Dry climates
Low Climates
Marine West Coast, Mediterranean, Humid Subtropical, Humid Continental.
Mid-Latitude Climates
Dry Climates
Tropical Climates
High-Latitude Climate
Tropical rain forest and tropical savanna.
Tropical Climates
Oasis
Dry climate
Wet Climate
A dry area on the leeward side, has hot, dry air.
Leeward
Rain Shadow
Windward
Dry Climate
Falling of moisture to the earth: rain, sleet, hail, snow
Rain Shadow
Precipitation
Greenhouse Effect
Weather
This major line is located at 0 degrees longitude and divides the Earth into East and West.
Prime Meridian
Equator
Tropic of Cancer
Arctic Circle
What is it called when people affect their surroundings?
Human Geography
Physical Geography
Remote Sensing
Human Environment Interaction
(GIS), is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present spatial or geographic data.
Global Positioning System
Geography
Geographic Information System
Human Geography
The way of life for a group of people, including behavior, norms, customs, practices, beliefs, language, religion, art, food, and shared history.
Culture
Human Geography
Globalization
General Map
(GPS) is a satellite navigation system used to determine the ground position of an object.
Geographic Information System
Flow Map
Global Positioning System
Physical Geography
The branch of geography dealing with natural features and processes of the earth.
Physical Geography
Human Geography
Culture
Human Environmental Interaction
The branch of geography that deals with the study of people and their communities, cultures, economies, and interactions with the environment by studying their relations with and across space and place.
Remote Sensing
Physical Geography
Human Geography
Cartography
The acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object (satellites, aerial photography, heat sensing, sonar, etc).
Globalization
Remote Sensing
Choropleth
Geography
What is the science of making maps called?
Cartographer
Chorepleth
Cartography
Geography
What is PLACE?
Place describes a location by physical and human features.
Place is where something is located.
Place is the movement of people and goods from one place to another.
Place is when a group of places share common physical and human characteristics.
What is REGION?
Region describes a location by physical and human features.
Region is a group of places that share common physical or human characteristics or features.
Region is where something is located.
Location is the movement of ideas, people, and goods.
Movement is:
Movement is the movement of people, goods, and/or ideas from place to place.
Movement is a group of places that share common physical and human characteristics.
Movement is where something is.
Movement is how people and their environment affect each other.
Which term best describes people from other countries who enter the United States to start new lives here
Consumers
Emigrants
Immigrants
Refugees
Canada is the ______ largest country by area in the world.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
the idea that society should be based on public ownership and communal control of property
Communism
Socialism
Capitalism
Democracy
The process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide
Globalization
Urbanization
The relationship between the birth rate and death rate of a given area
Population Growth
Population Density
A government where a King or Queen has unlimited power
Absolute Monarchy
Constitutional Monarchy
A type of map specifically designed to show a particular theme connected with a specific geographic area.
General Map
Thematic Map
Flow Map
Dot Map
What is ethnicity?
Refers to factors like nationality, religion, language, and culture
Refers to someone's physical characteristics like bone structure and skin, hair, or eye color
Refers to where a person lives
7. Which universalizing religion is most associated with the Mohammad was the final prophet of Allah, and following the Quran and 5 Pillars?
Buddhism
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
8. Being an ethnic religion, how does location impact Hinduism?
a. It has combined with Christianity in Western countries to include people from all walks of life
b. Most Hindu people live in India, where it was created
c. Hindu missionaries have converted people from all over the world
d. Hinduism and Judaism are so closely related that you can find them together around the world
16. Diffusion is
a. The spread of ideas to different cultures
b. The system of words people use to communicate
c. A huge company that does business in several countries
d. A dispute between different cultures
Which major religion is mostly practiced in the yellow region on the map?
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Hinduism
A large city and its suburbs and towns is called a what?
Metropolitan Area
Megalopolis
Residential Area
What is erosion?
wearing away and changing of an object over a long period of exposure to air
wearing away and changing of an object by human destruction
wearing away and changing of an object by wind water and other natural objects
the storms moving into a town
