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Locations

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the location where the yellow star is?

a)

Montgomery, AL

b)

Pittsburgh, PA

c)

Chicago, IL

d)

Kitty Hawk, NC

2.

What is the name of the location of the yellow star?

a)

Pearl Harbor, HI

b)

Montgomery, AL

c)

Chicago, IL

d)

Kitty Hawk, NC

3.

What is the name of the location with the yellow star?

a)

Kitty Hawk, NC

b)

Montgomery, AL

c)

Pittsburgh, PA

d)

Pearl Harbor, HI

4.

What is the name of the location with the yellow star?

a)

Pearl Harbor, HI

b)

Kitty Hawk, NC

c)

Pittsburgh, PA

d)

Chicago, IL

5.

Where a place is located compared to other places is called ​ ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words

relative location

absolute location

6.

The location of a place using the latitude-longitude grid is called: 

a)

  referenced location 

b)

  central location

c)

  relative location

d)

  absolute location 

7.

______________ is the exact location of where something is.

a)

relative location

b)

absolute location

c)

cardinal directions

d)

environment

8.

Absolute Location

a)

describing how far a distance is quantitative units of distance (miles, kilometers, etc.)

b)

describing the distance between locations using qualitative terms or non-traditional measurements of distance (one hour north of Walmart)

c)

describing where something is using the exact site on an objective coordinate system (Long. & Lat.)

d)

describing the position of a place as compared to (or relative to!) another landmark (near the beach)

9.

Peru is next to Brazil is an example of....

a)

relative location

b)

absolute location

c)

hemisphere

d)

latitude

10.

A latitude and longitude

(global location) or a

street address (local

location) : ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words

absolute location

relative location

11.

Which of the following is an example of absolute location?

a)

42 Wallaby Way, Sydney, Australia

b)

West of Lake Michigan

c)

Next to the statue of George Washington

d)

Huntington

12.

Which is the best description of the RELATIVE LOCATION of Kansas?

a)

North of Canada

b)

39.0119° N, 98.4842° W

c)

North of Oklahoma

d)

West of California

13.

Lines of ______ run left to right and measure how far from the equator a place is.

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

c)

hemisphere

d)

equator

14.

Andrew Carnegie put his Carnegie Steel Co. here because of waterways, population, and transportation

a)

Montgomery, AL

b)

Pittsburgh, PA

c)

Chicago, IL

d)

Pearl Harbor, HI

15.

Japan surprised attacked the naval base and killed about 2,000 people on December 7, 1941. U.S. enters WWII

a)

Chisholm Trail

b)

Montgomery, AL

c)

Pearl Harbor, HI

d)

Kitty Hawk, NC

16.

What is the name of the location with the yellow star?

a)

Kitty Hawk, NC

b)

Pearl Harbor, HI

c)

Chicago, IL

d)

Pittsburgh, PA

17.

What is the name of the location with the yellow star?

a)

Kitty Hawk, NC

b)

Montgomery, AL

c)

Chisholm Trail

d)

Pearl Harbor, HI

18.

Rosa Parks refused to give her seat up to a white man and went to jail. This started the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Civil Rights Movement

a)

Montgomery, AL

b)

Pittsburgh, PA

c)

Kitty Hawk, NC

d)

Chisholm Trail

19.

The exact location of a place.

a)

absolute location

b)

relative location

c)

latitude

d)

longitude

20.

The defined point that is furthest South on the globe.

a)

North Pole

b)

South Pole

c)

Latitude

d)

Longitude

21.

Helps us find a point on Earth's surface by describing it in relation to other places.

a)

Absolute location

b)

Relative location

c)

North Pole

d)

South Pole

22.

What is the term for the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

23.

Which of the following is an example of a relative location?

a)

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.

b)

Next to the Eiffel Tower

c)

40.7128° N, 74.0060° W

d)

The South Pole

24.

What is the significance of the Prime Meridian in geography?

a)

It divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres

b)

It is the longest line of latitude

c)

It marks the starting point for measuring latitude

d)

It is located at 90 degrees longitude

25.

Which of the following cities is located at the intersection of 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude?

a)

Accra, Ghana

b)

Lagos, Nigeria

c)

Libreville, Gabon

d)

There is no city at this location