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**Fall World Geography Final 2025

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What physical feature is located at F on the map?

Answer explanation: The correct answer is the Andes Mountains. The letter F on the map is located along the western edge of South America, which is where the Andes Mountains run. The Andes are the longest continental mountain range in the world, stretching along the entire western coast of South America.

a)

Atacama Desert

b)

Amazon Rainforest

c)

Andes Mountains

d)

Patagonia

2.

What physical feature is located at M on the map?

a)

Andes Mountains

b)

Amazon Rainforest

c)

Patagonia

d)

Atacama Desert

3.

Where is the Amazon River located on the map? Choose from the letters below:

a)

N

b)

O

c)

A

d)

P

4.

What Type Of Government Does The United States of America Have?

a)

theocracy

b)

oligarchy

c)

democratic republic

5.

Which of the following countries has both the largest territory and largest population of any country in Latin America?

a)

Chile

b)

Bolivia

c)

Brazil

d)

Argentina

6.

Geography is the study of

a)

the history and development of the earth

b)

land, water, natural resources, and population flows

c)

the distribution and interaction of Earth’s physical and human features

d)

the measurement and physical description of places, regions, areas, and land masses

7.

Countries with lower standards of living and primarily engaged in agricultural activities are

a)

newly industrialized/developing

b)

more developed

c)

less developed

d)

exploited

8.

What 3 main countries make up North America?

a)

Canada, Mexico & US

b)

Canada, U.S. & Quebec

c)

Greenland, US & Honduras

d)

US, Mexico & Alaska

9.

A ________ is a way of drawing the earth's surface that reduces distortion caused by converting three dimensions into two dimensions.

a)

topographic map

b)

map projection

c)

satellite image

d)

globe

10.

Why did the Spanish and Portuguese bring Africans to the New World/Latin America?

a)

to clear land

b)

to work on the sugar plantations

c)

to mine gold and silver

d)

to build cities

11.

What was the goal of the Crusades?

a)

to trade with spice merchants in East Asia

b)

to recapture Palestine from the Muslims

c)

to find a cure for the bubonic plague

d)

to recapture Byzantine from the Ottomans

12.

Tectonic plates that move towards each other and sometimes form mountains are called

a)

divergent

b)

glancing

c)

convergent

d)

transform

13.

What country is located at #22 on the map?

a)

Argentina

b)

Brazil

c)

Cuba

d)

Mexico

14.

What country is located at #15 on the map?

a)

Argentina

b)

Brazil

c)

Mexico

d)

Cuba

15.

What country is located at #19 on the map?

a)

Mexico

b)

Cuba

c)

Brazil

d)

Argentina

16.

What country is located at #1 on the map?

a)

Brazil

b)

Cuba

c)

Argentina

d)

Mexico

17.

What part of Europe is considered as a “cultural crossroads”?

a)

Mediterranean Europe

b)

Eastern Europe

c)

Northern Europe

d)

Western Europe

18.

The total value of all goods and services produced in a country in one year is called _______

a)

Gross National Index (GNI)

b)

Gross National Income (GNI)

c)

Gross Domestic Index (GDI)

d)

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

19.

Climate is affected by many factors including

a)

longitude, altitude, mountains, earth-sun, continent location, ocean & wind currents

b)

landform, air currents, humidity, snow and sleet

c)

ring of fire, tectonic forces, ocean depth

d)

latitude, altitude, mountains, earth-sun, continent location, ocean & wind currents

20.

The religion that is based on the teachings of Mohammed.

a)

Judaism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Islam

d)

Christianity

21.

Which of the following describes the effect of the North Atlantic Drift on Europe?

a)

It has a much milder climate than other regions at this latitude..

b)

Russia and other parts of Europe that are far from the Atlantic have milder winters.

c)

It has a much colder climate than other regions at this latitude.

d)

Allows Europe to have a tropical climate along the Atlantic Ocean coast.

22.

What is the largest tropical rainforest in the world?

a)

Atacama

b)

Santa Elena

c)

Amazon

d)

Congo

23.

A ________ is a three-dimensional representation of the earth.

a)

globe

b)

thematic map

c)

topographic map

d)

nautical map

24.

Where is most of the South American rainforest located?

a)

Colombia

b)

Uruguay

c)

Brazil

d)

Paraguay

25.

Which of these landforms contributed most to the development of ethnic differences in Europe?

a)

islands

b)

plains

c)

seas

d)

mountains

26.

Which of the following is a technique used by native peoples of Latin America to clear fields to grow crops?

a)

terraced farming

b)

balkanization

c)

slash-and-burn

d)

push-and-pull

27.

How did the Mediterranean climate help ancient civilizations develop?

a)

It made farming impossible

b)

It supported stable agriculture and food supplies.

c)

It encouraged frequent natural disasters

d)

It forced people to migrate constantly

28.

Magma can flow out of cracks in the earth's surface as

a)

lava

b)

gases

c)

tsunami

d)

mantle

29.

What waterway connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean in North America?

a)

St. Lawrence Seaway

b)

Rhine River

c)

Amazon River

d)

Mississippi River

30.

In what type of economic system do people use the resources around them such as farm, hunt, gather things from nature and/or barter to meet their needs?

a)

mixed economy

b)

command economy

c)

traditional economy

d)

market economy

31.

A region is categorized as being in the desert climate zone according to the

a)

types of plants and animals that live there.

b)

the average amount of yearly rainfall.

c)

level of latitude and altitude.

d)

types of landforms that exist there.

32.

Eastern Europe was frequently invaded because of:

a)

dense forests

b)

deserts

c)

wide accessible plains

d)

mountains

33.

A population will be most likely to grow if

a)

its mortality rate is greater than its birthrate

b)

its fertility rate is greater than its birthrate

c)

its infant mortality rate is greater than its mortality rate

d)

its birthrate is greater than its mortality rate

34.

________ is a system that creates specialized maps from digital map information stored in a databank.

a)

map projection

b)

survey

c)

Geographic Information System (GIS)

d)

satellite

35.

What type of economic system is there little to no government control?

a)

market economy

b)

mixed economy

c)

traditional economy

d)

command economy

36.

In a _____, citizens vote for representatives to serve them in the central government.

a)

theocracy

b)

monarchy

c)

democracy

d)

oligarchy

37.

A government run by religious leaders; also a very old form of government is called a _____

a)

democracy

b)

monarchy

c)

oligarchy

d)

theocracy

38.

The bible is the holy book of what religion?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

d)

Hinduism

39.

Unlike most other countries in Latin America, the main language spoken in Brazil is

a)

English

b)

Spanish

c)

Dutch

d)

Portuguese

40.

A giant ocean wave that is sometimes caused by an earthquake is called

a)

a high tide

b)

an epicenter

c)

a tsunami

d)

a volcano

41.

What country is located at #2 on the map?

a)

United States

b)

Canada

c)

Mexico

d)

Quebec

42.

What country is located at #1 on the map?

a)

Mexico

b)

Canada

c)

Quebec

d)

United States

43.

The main languages spoken in Canada are

a)

English and French

b)

Spanish and Portugese

c)

Spanish and French

d)

English and Spanish

44.

Which of these was the term used for the time of renewed interest in the arts and learning between the 1300s and 1500s?

a)

Age of Exploration

b)

Reformation

c)

Renaissance

d)

Crusades

45.

In a _____, the government determines and regulates the production of goods and services.

a)

command economy

b)

market economy

c)

traditional economy

d)

mixed economy

46.

Countries with advanced economies and high standard of living are called

a)

exploited

b)

less developed

c)

newly industrialized/developing

d)

more developed

47.

The Columbian Exchange map shows movements of people, commodities, and diseases between the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Which of the following is the correct definition of the Columbian Exchange?

a)

The process of Columbus exchanging and selling food crops to natives

b)

The process by which people, commodities, and diseases crossed the Atlantic.

c)

The process of diseases arriving from across the ocean and wiping out the natives.

d)

The process of transferring native plants from one place on earth to another.

48.

When the subsoil of a region is constantly frozen, the region has

a)

permafrost.

b)

low humidity.

c)

taiga.

d)

high humidity.

49.

Gases put up into the atmosphere cause a warming known as the greenhouse effect because

a)

they create a barrier that traps solar energy.

b)

the gases are warm because they come from the burning of coal and petroleum.

c)

they create a barrier that traps carbon dioxide.

d)

they create an environment in which vegetation thrives.

50.

A _______ is a particular type of map that shows natural and man-made features on the earth.

a)

map projection

b)

globe

c)

topographic map

d)

survey

51.

The longest mountains in North America are the?

a)

Andes

b)

Rockies

c)

Appalachian

d)

Alps

52.

Tectonic plates that move past each other are called?

a)

divergent

b)

glancing

c)

transform boundry

d)

convergent

53.

The mass murder of religious and other ethnic groups is

a)

nationalism

b)

Balkanization

c)

Reformation

d)

ethnic cleansing

54.

What is the ancient technique used to grow crops on hillsides or mountain slopes?

a)

push-and-pull

b)

terraced farming

c)

slash-and-burn

d)

crop rotation

55.

What Type Of Government Does The United States of America Have?

a)

theocracy

b)

monarchy

c)

oligarchy

d)

democratic republic

56.

Which of the following would be least likely to occur in the Ring of Fire?

a)

A an earthquake

b)

B a volcano

c)

C a tsunami

d)

D a glacier

57.

This economic activity involves the extraction of natural resources or raw materials. They include but are not limited to agriculture, fishing, mining and forestry.

a)

quarternary

b)

primary

c)

secondary

d)

tertiary

58.

Athens developed the basis for the form of government known as _________.

a)

democracy

b)

feudalism

c)

republic

d)

monarchy

59.

What country is located at #5 on the map?

a)

France

b)

United Kingdom

c)

Spain

d)

Germany

e)

Italy

60.

What country is located at #2 on the map?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

Italy

d)

United Kingdom

e)

Germany

61.

What country is located at #3 on the map?

a)

Italy

b)

Spain

c)

Germany

d)

United Kingdom

e)

France

62.

What country is located at #1 on the map?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

Spain

e)

United Kingdom

63.

a set of imaginary lines that go around the earth over the poles.

a)

latitude lines

b)

longitude lines

c)

hemisphere

d)

equator

e)

prime meridian

64.

each half of the earth, divided either north and south or east and west.

a)

latitude lines

b)

longitude lines

c)

hemisphere

d)

equator

e)

prime meridian

65.

a set of imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator.

a)

latitude lines

b)

longitude lines

c)

hemisphere

d)

equator

e)

prime meridian

66.

an imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern halves.

a)

latitude lines

b)

longitude lines

c)

hemisphere

d)

equator

e)

prime meridian

67.

an imaginary line that divides the earth into eastern and western halves.

a)

latitude lines

b)

longitude lines

c)

hemisphere

d)

equator

e)

prime meridian

68.

A region's climate includes the weather conditions that occur there over a long period of time.

a)

True

b)

False

69.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: Because of earth’s revolution and its tilt, different parts of the earth receive the direct rays of the sun for more hours of the day at certain times in the year. This causes the changing seasons on the earth.

a)

True

b)

False

70.

The solar equinoxes are the two times each year that the hours of day and night are equal.

a)

True

b)

False