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Geography review quiz 1

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are cartographer?

a)

Name a cartographer

b)

A person who draws or produces maps

c)

What’s your favorite map

2.

What is relative location?

a)

The position of something relative to another landmark

b)

Name a location

c)

Lines cross to form a grid

3.

What is a tsunami?

a)

A. A type of volcanic eruption

b)

B. A large sea wave caused by an earthquake

c)

C. A seasonal wind

d)

D. A river in Southeast Asia

4.

The position of anything on Earth's surface.

a)

place

b)

border

c)

location

d)

grid

5.

a two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth's surface or a portion of it.

a)

map

b)

globe

c)

cartography

d)

grid

6.

an imaginary circle around the middle of the Earth that is the same distance from the North Pole and the South Pole

a)

prime meridian

b)

equator

c)

latitude

d)

longitude

7.

A half of the Earth is called a (a)   .

8.

A community near a big city is called ____________________.

a)

suburban community

b)

urban community

c)

rural community

d)

village community

9.

science or art of making maps

a)

geography

b)

cartography

c)

choreography

d)

topography

10.

What is latitude?

a)

Distance of a place north or south of the earths equator

b)

Name a place in north or south

c)

The distance between latitude and longitude

11.

What is longitude

a)

Name a place in the east

b)

The distance between longitude and the earth

c)

The angular distance of a place east or west

12.

What is absolute location?

a)

One exact spot on the grid

b)

To map the earths surface

c)

Find absolute location

13.

What are the 5 themes of geography?

a)

Location, place, human - environment interaction, movement, region

b)

Location , place , and movement

c)

Movement and region

14.

What is a volcano?

a)

A burst of lava

b)

An intense suppressed emotion or situation liable to burst out suddenly

c)

A mountain or lava and ash

15.

What is a biosphere?

a)

The regions of the surface, atmosphere and hydrosphere of the earth

b)

The earths surface

c)

its the atmosphere and the hydrosphere

16.

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?

a)

Physical Geography

b)

Political Geography

c)

Cultural (social) Geography

d)

Arctic Geography

17.

What category of Geography is illustrated in this picture?

a)

Political Geography

b)

Physical Geography

c)

Economic Geography

d)

Ocean Geography

18.

When we view a hurricane from space, we are using

a)

road maps

b)

antigravity suits

c)

satellite imagery

d)

radios

19.

Geography is the study of

a)

angles

b)

rocks

c)

the Earth's surface

d)

the planets

20.

Frozen Subsoil

a)

Taiga

b)

Permafrost

c)

Chaparral

d)

Precipitation

21.

Desert and Steppe

a)

High Latitude Climates

b)

Mid-Latitude climates

c)

Dry climates

d)

Low Climates

22.

Marine West Coast, Mediterranean, Humid Subtropical, Humid Continental.

a)

Mid-Latitude Climates

b)

Dry Climates

c)

Tropical Climates

d)

High-Latitude Climate

23.

Tropical rain forest and tropical savanna.

a)

Tropical Climates

b)

Oasis

c)

Dry climate

d)

Wet Climate

24.

A dry area on the leeward side, has hot, dry air.

a)

Leeward

b)

Rain Shadow

c)

Windward

d)

Dry Climate

25.

Falling of moisture to the earth: rain, sleet, hail, snow

a)

Rain Shadow

b)

Precipitation

c)

Greenhouse Effect

d)

Weather

26.

This major line is located at 0 degrees longitude and divides the Earth into East and West.

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Arctic Circle

27.

What is it called when people affect their surroundings?

a)

Human Geography

b)

Physical Geography

c)

Remote Sensing

d)

Human Environment Interaction

28.

(GIS), is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present spatial or geographic data.

a)

Global Positioning System

b)

Geography

c)

Geographic Information System

d)

Human Geography

29.

The way of life for a group of people, including behavior, norms, customs, practices, beliefs, language, religion, art, food, and shared history.

a)

Culture

b)

Human Geography

c)

Globalization

d)

General Map

30.

(GPS) is a satellite navigation system used to determine the ground position of an object.

a)

Geographic Information System

b)

Flow Map

c)

Global Positioning System

d)

Physical Geography

31.

The branch of geography dealing with natural features and processes of the earth.

a)

Physical Geography

b)

Human Geography

c)

Culture

d)

Human Environmental Interaction

32.

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.

a)

Remote Sensing

b)

Physical Geography

c)

Human Geography

d)

Cartography

33.

The acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object (satellites, aerial photography, heat sensing, sonar, etc).

a)

Globalization

b)

Remote Sensing

c)

Choropleth

d)

Geography

34.

What is the science of making maps called?

a)

Cartographer

b)

Chorepleth

c)

Cartography

d)

Geography

35.

What is PLACE?

a)

Place describes a location by physical and human features.

b)

Place is where something is located.

c)

Place is the movement of people and goods from one place to another.

d)

Place is when a group of places share common physical and human characteristics.

36.

What is REGION?

a)

Region describes a location by physical and human features.

b)

Region is a group of places that share common physical or human characteristics or features.

c)

Region is where something is located.

d)

Location is the movement of ideas, people, and goods.

37.

Movement is:

a)

Movement is the movement of people, goods, and/or ideas from place to place.

b)

Movement is a group of places that share common physical and human characteristics.

c)

Movement is where something is.

d)

Movement is how people and their environment affect each other.

38.

Which term best describes people from other countries who enter the United States to start new lives here

a)

Consumers

b)

Emigrants

c)

Immigrants

d)

Refugees

39.

Canada is the ______ largest country by area in the world.

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

d)

4th

40.

the idea that society should be based on public ownership and communal control of property

a)

Communism

b)

Socialism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Democracy

41.
All things living are included in this sphere.
a)
Biosphere
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Atmosphere
42.
A weather pattern over a long period of time (30 years)
a)
Climate
b)
Weather
43.

The process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide

a)

Globalization

b)

Urbanization

44.

The relationship between the birth rate and death rate of a given area

a)

Population Growth

b)

Population Density

45.

A government where a King or Queen has unlimited power

a)

Absolute Monarchy

b)

Constitutional Monarchy

46.

A type of map specifically designed to show a particular theme connected with a specific geographic area.

a)

General Map

b)

Thematic Map

c)

Flow Map

d)

Dot Map

47.

What is ethnicity?

a)

Refers to factors like nationality, religion, language, and culture

b)

Refers to someone's physical characteristics like bone structure and skin, hair, or eye color

c)

Refers to where a person lives

48.
A queen rules a nation. When she dies, the throne will pass to her daughter. What kind of government does this nation have? 
a)
a monarchy 
b)
a theocracy
c)
a dictatorship
d)
a representative democracy
49.

7. Which universalizing religion is most associated with the Mohammad was the final prophet of Allah, and following the Quran and 5 Pillars?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Islam

c)

Christianity

d)

Judaism

50.

8. Being an ethnic religion, how does location impact Hinduism?

a)

a. It has combined with Christianity in Western countries to include people from all walks of life

b)

b. Most Hindu people live in India, where it was created

c)

c. Hindu missionaries have converted people from all over the world

d)

d. Hinduism and Judaism are so closely related that you can find them together around the world

51.

16. Diffusion is

a)

a. The spread of ideas to different cultures

b)

b. The system of words people use to communicate

c)

c. A huge company that does business in several countries

d)

d. A dispute between different cultures

52.

Which major religion is mostly practiced in the yellow region on the map?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

d)

Hinduism

53.

A large city and its suburbs and towns is called a what?

a)

Metropolitan Area

b)

Megalopolis

c)

Residential Area

54.

What is erosion?

a)

wearing away and changing of an object over a long period of exposure to air

b)

wearing away and changing of an object by human destruction

c)

wearing away and changing of an object by wind water and other natural objects

d)

the storms moving into a town