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Units 1-2 Intro to Geography

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The beliefs, customs, laws, art, and ways of living that a group of people share is...

a)

Culture

b)

Craziness

c)

Living

d)

Diffusion

2.

Multiculturalism is...

a)

A variety of animals in my house

b)

A list of books to read

c)

A variety of cultures within a community

d)

A variety of vehicles within a community

3.

An area of the world in which many people share similar beliefs, history and a language is...

a)

A culture palace

b)

A culture region

c)

An online chat forum

d)

An island in Hawaii

4.

The taking or borrowing of ideas, customs, and social behaviors from another culture is?

a)

Cultural Diffusion

b)

Perfume in the air

c)

A new television show

d)

stealing

5.

What is migration?

a)

A new brand of shoe

b)

A breed of bird

c)

A weather pattern

d)

People and ideas move from one place to another

6.

Describes the EXACT location using latitude and longitude coordinates.

a)

Absolute location

b)

Relative location

c)

Region

d)

Place

7.

Describes the physical and human characteristics of a place.

a)

Location

b)

Human-Environment Interaction

c)

Movement

d)

Place

8.

_____ describes how people, goods, information, and culture got to a particular place.

a)

human-environment interactions

b)

relative location

c)

movement

d)

absolute location

9.

_____ describes how humans have changed a particular place and how human adapt to the environment around them.

a)

Human-Environment Interaction

b)

Location

c)

Physical Characteristics

d)

Movement

10.
The imaginary line that runs through the middle of the earth east and west is called?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
Date Line
11.
Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
12.

People leaving their homes in Syria and travelling to Turkey to avoid war is an example of which of the 5 themes?

a)
Human-Environment Interaction
b)
Movement
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Relative Location
e)

Region

13.
The states in the area known as the "Southwest" of the United States are often grouped together because they are very hot and dry desert-like areas.
a)
Region
b)
Location
c)
Human Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
14.

Half of a sphere - in terms of the Earth, there can be Northern and Southern or Eastern and Western

a)

Latitude Lines

b)

Hemisphere

c)

Longitude Lines

d)

Sections

15.

The image above shows the _________ directions

a)

Intermediate

b)

Compass

c)

Cardinal

d)

Essential

16.

Used to measure distance on a map

a)
b)
c)
d)
17.

A map that shows countries, states, cities, borders, boundaries, roads, buildings, etc.

a)

Physical Map

b)

Topographic Map

c)

Geographic Map

d)

Political Map

18.

Lines that run North and South around the world. They are measured in degrees and are labeled as either West or East of the Prime Meridian.

a)

Latitude lines

b)

International Datelines

c)

Longitude Lines

d)

Long Lines

19.

A map that shows geographic features like oceans, mountains, and deserts.

a)

Physical Map

b)

Topographic Map

c)

Features Map

d)

Aerial Photo

20.
What is this object known as?
a)
map symbol
b)
map key
c)
map scale
d)
compass rose
21.

What kind of map is this?

a)

Physical

b)

Political

c)

Globe

22.

What type of map is this?

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Economic Activity

23.
How many continents are there?
a)
4
b)
1
c)
5
d)
7
24.

Reasons you would want to move to an area are called

a)

Push Factors

b)

Pull Factors

25.

Reasons you would want to move away from an area are called

a)

Push Factors

b)

Pull Factors

26.
The number of people living in each square mile on average.
a)
Life Expectancy
b)
Population
c)
Demography 
d)
Population Density
27.
Culture is spread by...
a)
Movement of people
b)
TV and Internet
c)
War and conquest
d)
All are correct
28.
Densely populated areas such as cities
a)
Urban areas
b)
Rural areas
c)
Countryside
d)
Suburbs
29.
Sparsely populated areas such as the country side
a)
Urban areas
b)
Rural areas
c)
Suburbs
d)
Urbanization
30.

An example of a push factor is...

a)

A new job

b)

A better school

c)

Natural disaster

d)

Better health care

31.

Near a river, population density would be...

a)

high

b)

low

32.
How people are spread out over the land is called...
a)
population density
b)
population distribution
33.
Spread of cultural traits from one culture to another.
a)
Cultural Migration
b)
Cultural Diffusion
c)
Urban Sprawl
d)
Cultural movement.
34.
Plastic products are made in the US and then shipped around the globe. What is the theme?
a)
location
b)
movement
c)
place 
d)
region
35.
Social media is one way that we...
a)
use GPS
b)
understand the unique characteristics of an area
c)
spread ideas around the world
36.

What is the definition of geography?

a)

the study of artifacts

b)

the study of the physical features of the earth and human activity that affects the earth

c)

the study of continents

d)

the study of the continent of North America

37.

This picture is an example of ...

a)

Adaptation

b)

Modification

38.

This picture is an example of ...

a)

Adaptation

b)

Modification

39.

What are the three ways humans interact with their environment?

a)

depend, modify, love

b)

adapt, depend, positive

c)

modify, adapt, depend

d)

adapt, modify, negative

40.

A geographic area in which people have certain traits in common is a ____________________________.

a)

ethnic region

b)

democracy

c)

culture region

d)

globalization