WorksheetsWorld Geography Final
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
An earthquake is a part of which sphere?
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Biosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
2.
The climate of an area is determined by several factors. Which factor is MOST important in determining a type of climate?
a)
Amount of rainfall
b)
Proximity to water
c)
Longitude
d)
Latitude
3.
Where would a rain-forest climate (biome) be located?
a)
highlands
b)
tropical latitudes
c)
middle latitudes
d)
high latitudes
4.
Which of the following types of climate might be found in the high latitudes?
a)
tundra & savannah
b)
subarctic & tundra
c)
rainforest & desert
d)
highlands & Mediterranean
5.
The Cold War was a power struggle between
a)
the United States & Europe
b)
East Berlin & West Berlin
c)
Eastern Europe & Western Europe
d)
the communist world & non-communist world
6.
How have countries like Saudi Arabia and Israel benefited from desalinization?
a)
Desalinization uses greenhouses to provide water for the population
b)
Desalinization allows Israel to be independent of use of the Red Sea
c)
Desalinization improves fish populations in inland lakes
d)
Desalinization provides fresh water where the resource is limited
7.
Which of the following is MOST directly responsible for the different seasons on Earth?
a)
Rotation of the Earth on its axis
b)
Revolution of the Earth around the sun
c)
Phases of the moon
d)
Position of the other planets in the solar system
8.
When does the Northern Hemisphere have the warmest climate?
a)
When it is tilted most directly towards the sun
b)
When it faces the sun for twelve hours a day
c)
When it is warmest in the southern hemisphere
d)
When it is tilted away from the sun
9.
At the end of the 1900s , the world experienced the __________ Revolution.
a)
Industrial
b)
Agricultural
c)
Green
d)
Information
10.
Which of the following will MOST probably determine an area's average temperature?
a)
Longitude
b)
Proximity to water
c)
Vegetation
d)
Latitude and elevation
11.
Which statement about a unitary system of government is accurate?
a)
Key powers are held by the national government
b)
Power is shared equally between the people and the government
c)
The national government is made up of many small, self-governing states
d)
The government allows the people to make most political decisions.
12.
What name is given to a system of trade in which individuals can operate and profit from business?
a)
communism
b)
free market
c)
socialism
d)
monopoly
13.
What was the official religion of the Spanish colonists to Latin America?
a)
Catholicism
b)
Judaism
c)
Santeria
d)
Protestantism
14.
What organization currently unites Western Europe?
a)
the Common Market
b)
the United Nations
c)
the European Union
d)
the Organization of European States (OES)
15.
Absolute monarchies are considered a form of ____________ but most Constitutional monarchies are usually a form of ____________.
a)
Oligarchy; Democracy
b)
Autocracy; Oligarchy
c)
Autocracy; Democracy
d)
Democracy ;Autocracy
16.
What type of government does the United States have?
a)
Oligarchy
b)
Dictatorship
c)
Monarchy
d)
Republic
17.
What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Bill of Rights?
a)
To guarantee that the government has enough power to effectively govern
b)
To guarantee the right to keep and bear arms
c)
To guarantee state rights
d)
To guarantee individual liberties
18.
What are the two primary elements of culture?
a)
Government and education
b)
Language and religion
c)
Music and language
d)
Food and religion
19.
If a single person, such as a King or Dictator, controls a country, what type of government does it have?
a)
Democracy
b)
Republic
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Autocracy
20.
Which type of economic system allows for individuals to own property and make the production decisions?
a)
Communism
b)
Socialism
c)
Capitalism
d)
Mercantilism
21.
Weather and climate are both concerned with the condition of the
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Hydrosphere
c)
Biosphere
d)
Atmosphere
22.
What or who determines the production and distribution of goods in a communist system?
a)
Consumers
b)
Businesses
c)
Markets
d)
Governments
23.
Which of the following BEST determines the difference between democracies and dictatorships?
a)
Power is held by one person in a democracy
b)
Power is divided among citizens in a democracy
c)
Power in democratic governments is usually limited
d)
Power in a dictatorship is often limited
24.
The wearing away of the Earth's surface by wind, glaciers, and moving water is BEST referred to as
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deforestation
d)
plate tectonics
25.
What do we call the "way of life" of different people around the world
a)
ethnicity
b)
culture
c)
social norms
d)
liberty
26.
The water cycle shows us that the Earth's water
a)
moves around the Earth and is decreasing each year
b)
moves around the Earth and is increasing each year
c)
moves around the Earth but maintains a consistent total amount
d)
does not move around the Earth and is decreasing each year
27.
Culture hearths are places where
a)
people first discovered fire
b)
people first discovered pastoralism
c)
the Industrial Revolution first took place
d)
Civilizations developed that influenced their surrounding areas
28.
What is the northernmost point on the Earth to receive the sun's direct rays?
a)
Tropic of Cancer
b)
Tropic of Capricorn
c)
Equator
d)
Prime Meridian
29.
Subsistence farming means
a)
growing only enough food for local use
b)
growing food to sell in markets worldwide
c)
working on a farm that is owned by a major corporation
d)
have a constant surplus of food
30.
Physical weathering takes place when
a)
large masses of rock are welded together by volcanic action
b)
large masses of rock are broken into smaller peices
c)
chemicals slowly breakdown rocks over many years
d)
winds blow dirt away from rocks
31.
Places in high latitudes have
a)
a very warm climate
b)
the same weather as places in the other latitudes
c)
a mix of extremely hot and extremely cold weather
d)
the coldest climate on Earth
32.
The atmosphere
a)
has no effect on heat gain or loss
b)
allows heat to escape quickly in order to cool the planet
c)
keeps heat from escaping too quickly into space
d)
creates the tides
33.
Doctors, lawyers, maids, professional musicians, and auto mechanics all work in which type of economic activity?
a)
primary
b)
secondary
c)
tertiary
d)
quaternary
34.
What is #7 on the map below?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Australia
d)
Africa
35.
What is #6 on the map below?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Australia
d)
Africa
36.
What is #5 on the map below?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Australia
d)
Europe
37.
What is #3 on the map below?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Australia
d)
Europe
38.
What is #1 on the map below?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Australia
d)
Europe
39.
What is #4 on the map below?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Australia
d)
Europe
40.
What is #2 on the map below?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Australia
d)
Antarctica
41.
What is #11 on the map below?
a)
Arctic Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Southern Ocean
42.
What is #12 on the map below?
a)
Arctic Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Southern Ocean
43.
What is #10 on the map below?
a)
Arctic Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Indian Ocean
44.
What is #9 on the map below?
a)
Arctic Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Indian Ocean
45.
What is #8 on the map below?
a)
Arctic Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Indian Ocean
46.
What is letter 'J' on the map below?
a)
Tropic of Cancer
b)
Tropic of Capricorn
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Equator
47.
What is letter ' i ' on the map below?
a)
Tropic of Cancer
b)
Tropic of Capricorn
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Equator
48.
What is letter ' E ' on the map below?
a)
Iran
b)
Iraq
c)
India
d)
Afghanistan
49.
What is letter ' F ' on the map below?
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
Brazil
d)
Germany
50.
What is letter ' A ' on the map below?
a)
Australia
b)
Greenland
c)
United States
d)
Mexico
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