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WorksheetsGeography Vocabulary Worksheet
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 22mins
What is the term for the name given to anything on Earth?
Toponym
Eponym
Acronym
Homonym
What is the term for Absolute + Relative Location, lat + long?
Situation
Region
Scale
Place
What is the term for the physical characteristics of a place?
Site
Situation
Region
Location
What is the term for countries surrounding the core with limited access to the world, and centers of consumption, communication, wealth and power which are clustered into the core?
Periphery
Semi-periphery
Metropolis
Global South
What is the term for an area of the world defined by one or more distinctive characteristics?
Region
Continent
Hemisphere
Country
What is the term for the extent of an object's spread over space; clustered vs dispersed?
Concentration
Pattern
Density
Distribution
What is the term for a physical gap or interval between two objects?
Space
Force
Energy
Matter
What is the term for the arrangement of a feature in a space?
Distribution
Diffusion
Scale
Pattern
What is the term for an increasing gap between core and periphery countries, where the global economy has produced greater disparities in wealth and well-being?
Globalization
Industrialization
Urbanization
Decolonization
What is the term for the frequency at which an object occurs in a space?
Density
Velocity
Volume
Mass
What is the term for the arrangement of objects in an area?
Pattern
Texture
Color
Shape
What is the term for large scale vs small scale, the relationship of a feature size on a map to size in real life?
Scale
Projection
Legend
Contour
What is the term for the practice of making maps?
Cartography
Geology
Astronomy
Botany
What is the term for a 2D representation of the 3D earth?
Projection
Latitude
Equator
Meridian
What is the term for diffusion that includes 3 different types: hierarchial, contagious, and stimulus?
Expansion Diffusion
Relocation Diffusion
Reverse Diffusion
Cultural Assimilation
What is the term for when a person physically moves to a place, causing diffusion?
Relocation Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
What is the term for a location on the earth where an innovation emerges from?
Hearth
Peninsula
Delta
Basin
What is the term for the process by which a group's cultural features are altered to resemble those of another group?
Assimilation
Diffusion
Segregation
Acculturation
What is the process of changes in culture that result from the meeting of two groups?
Acculturation
Assimilation
Segregation
Enculturation
What is the combining of two groups into a new cultural feature?
Syncretism
Assimilation
Diffusion
Acculturation
What is any substance in the environment that is useful to humans and able to be accessed called?
Sustainability
Pollutant
Hazard
Waste
What term describes the phenomenon where the farther away someone is from someone else, the less likely they are in contact, and contact diminishes with increased distance and eventually disappears?
Distance decay
Spatial assimilation
Cultural diffusion
Time-space compression
What is it called when something spreads from a higher class to the masses, such as influencers or government positions?
Hierarchical diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
Contagious diffusion
Reverse diffusion
What is something that spreads quickly or virally called?
Contagious diffusion
Linear expansion
Gradual assimilation
Static distribution
What is it called when parts of an idea spread?
Stimulus diffusion
Cultural assimilation
Hierarchical diffusion
Contagious diffusion
Which layer is composed of all the water on the Earth's surface, and helps provide the atmosphere with water vapor, which gets returned in the form of precipitation?
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
Biosphere
Atmosphere
What surrounds the crust and a little bit of the mantle, and includes landforms like mountains and valleys?
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Core
Hydrosphere
What is the layer of gasses that surround the earth at an altitude of up to 690 kilometers, containing gasses such as nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide?
Atmosphere
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
What is composed of all living things on Earth, and relies on the hydrosphere, lithosphere, and atmosphere?
Biosphere
Stratosphere
Cryosphere
Magnetosphere
What system divides the world into 5 main climate regions?
Koppen system
Fahrenheit system
Richter scale
Beaufort scale
What is Spatial Association?
When the distribution of one feature within a region is related to the distribution of another feature.
A method used to measure the height of mountains.
The process of mapping only urban areas.
A technique for predicting weather patterns.
Which type of region is easy to identify, such as a country or political entity?
Formal/unified region
Functional/nodal region
Perceptual/vernacular region
Climatic region
What is a function/nodal region?
A region such as a TV market or radio station; central point, rest of the region tied to it.
A region defined only by physical boundaries, like a mountain range.
A region where all people share a common language.
A region that is only based on political divisions.
What is a vernacular or perceptual region?
A region that enough people can agree exists as a place, based on an informal sense of place. Examples: South, Midwest, New England.
A region defined strictly by governmental boundaries, such as states or countries.
A region characterized by a uniform physical or cultural feature throughout.
A region determined solely by economic activities and trade routes.
Name several neighboring countries that share important features.
Balkans, Middle East, Southeast Asia, Latin America
Scandinavia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Oceania, Antarctica
Greenland, Iceland, Australia, New Zealand
Canada, Japan, South Africa, Brazil
Name many localities within a single country.
United States, Iraq, Germany, United Kingdom
California, Texas, Florida, New York
Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nice
Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai
What is the difference between GIS and GPS?
GIS is a computer system for capturing, storing, and displaying data related to positions on the Earth's surface. GPS uses 24 satellites to compute position, speed, and time based on satellite data.
GIS is a type of satellite used for navigation, while GPS is a mapping software.
GIS and GPS are both types of satellites used for weather forecasting.
GIS is used for measuring temperature, while GPS is used for measuring humidity.
What is the Brundtland Report (1987) about?
Environmental protection, economic growth, and social/meeting human needs.
International trade agreements and tariffs.
Technological advancements in agriculture.
History of global financial crises.
What is Environmental Determinism?
The physical environment causes social development. Modern geographers reject it because it gives a limited view of the environment.
It is the belief that human actions are not influenced by the environment at all.
It refers to the idea that only economic factors shape societies.
It is the concept that technology alone determines social progress.
What is Possibilism?
While the physical environment may limit some human actions, people have the ability to adjust to their environment.
Humans are completely controlled by their physical environment.
The environment has no influence on human activities.
Possibilism is the belief that only technology shapes human society.
What is a Mental/Cognitive map?
A Mental/Cognitive map is a type of map that represents a person's perception of the world or a part of it.
A Mental/Cognitive map is a physical map showing only political boundaries.
A Mental/Cognitive map is a map that only shows weather patterns.
A Mental/Cognitive map is a map used exclusively for navigation at sea.
What is the main characteristic of the Gall-Peters map?
The Gall-Peters map is a map projection that attempts to represent the sizes of countries more accurately.
The Gall-Peters map shows the shortest routes between points as straight lines.
The Gall-Peters map preserves the shapes of continents perfectly.
The Gall-Peters map is known for its use in navigation due to accurate direction representation.
What is true about the Dymaxion/Fuller map? Size of countries are accurate but shape of countries are not accurate.
True
False
