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WorksheetsGeography Midterm
Total questions: 120
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
1 - What is the system of customs, traditions and habits that a group of people uses to make something of their world?
1 - What is the view that all cultures are equally good and that each culture has its own truths and values that those in other cultures must always accept as valid?
Multiculturalism
1 - What imaginary lines run east and west around the earth?
1 - What imaginary lines run north and south around the earth?
1 - What verse is generally cited when discussing the Creation Mandate?
Genesis 19:1
Genesis 5:16
Genesis 20:13
1 - Who was the mapmaker whose system is still used today?
Copernicus
Eratosthenes
Mercator
Ortelius
1 - Any method used to show the earth's round surface on a flat map is called ...
1 - What is the main problem with any flat map?
time
space
perspective
distortion
1 - Matching the Map Terms
Lines of separate colors on a relief map to indicate the same altitude
Contour
Shows the orientation of the map
Compass Rose
A box that explains what various symbols on a map stand for
Legend
Type of map that records information about a region or nation's climate, population or resources
Thematic
Method used to show the earth's round surface on a flat map
Map Projection
2 - True or False: The three major types of landforms are mountains, planes, and plateaus.
2 - True or False: The most powerful erosion force is running water.
2 - Scientists have developed models that divide the planet into what four physical systems?
2 - __________ are deep cracks in the earths surface where two pieces of land have moved in different directions.
2 - ________ is the breakdown of rocks by water, plant roots, and temperature changes.
2 - __________ a theory that states that the Earth’s surface is broken into pieces that crash into and pull apart from each other, releasing energy that causes earthquakes.
2 - __________ is a term that refers to all of the most basic industries.
secondary industries
tertiary industries
primary industries
2 - _______ is the process that created the fjords.
2 - What is the natural removal of small pieces of rock or soil?
2 - What is the growing of large cash crops for profit?
Commercial Farming
2 - Substance husbandry is also known as ——— and is common in mountainous and dry areas were farming is difficult.
Nomadic Herding
2 - What is the cultivation of or farming of seafood in a controlled, artificial environment called
3 - The movement of warm and cold air masses, combined with ______________, explains the basic movement of thermal energy around the Earth.
The Coriolis effect
The rotation effect
The alluvial fan
The northern winds
3 - Earth’s movement on its access every 24 hours
orbit
revolution
axis tilt
rotation
3 - composed of the sun, planets, small solar system, bodies and other objects around the sun by the sun’s gravity
3 - any large region where distinct populations of plants and animals are found living together
3 - hot, prevailing winds that blow in the tropics
3 - Matching
latitude zone that receives only a small amount of sunlight in winter
polar region
latitude zone that consistently has very warm temperatures
tropics
latitude zone that reaches neither constant warmth nor extreme cold
temperate
the event when the length of day and night are approximately equal all over the planet
equinox
the event when the sun reaches its greatest angular distance from the equator
solstice
3 - Matching
the condition of the atmosphere at any given time and place
weather
average weather in an area over an extended length of time
climate
land beyond the mountains that usually remains dry because little water vapor survives the trip over the mountains.
rain shadow
rain, sleet, or snow resulting from contact with the mountains
orographic
the line where warm and cold air masses meet
front
4 - ____________ is a type of economy to blend free market principles with the tight government regulations of socialism
4 - What is the term that refers to all of the primary and secondary goods that a country ships to other countries
4 - What is the term that applies to people in a free market who take risk to start businesses
4 - a type of economy that allows competition with the least government interference
4 - the art of negotiating agreements between nations
4 - the study of the process by which individuals and countries make decisions about the use of their resources
4 - the money and equipment necessary to build and operate businesses
4 - a large group of people with a common history and a language who have developed a strong sense of identity
community
mass
nation
4 - term for a ban on trading
4 - mountain ranges and rivers are example of geographic features that often form ________
natural borders
4 - Term for the locations where different cultures appeared around the world
cultural hearths
4 - Term for the average number of people living on each square mile of land
4 - Matching
the rule of man over man
government
system where the clergy rule the state
theocracy
ruled by a small group of people
oligarchy
led by an elected leader
republic
unitary government where all the power lies in the central government
autocracy
4 - Matching
ruled by the people
democracy
ruler receives authority from birth and rules as he pleases
absolute monarchy
ruled by the authority of the military
dictatorship
the power of the monarch is limited by law
constitutional monarchy
most extreme form of authoritarian government
totalitarian government
5 -
________ is a word that best describes both the people and the geography of the United States
5 - What are America’s core values?
5 - 82% of Americans live in _______
5 - What state is separated from the “lower forty-eight” by Canada?
5 - ________ is a method used to extract oil or natural gas, and was previously considered to be too expensive to extract.
5 - The _________ is the governing document that is “law of the land “in the United States.
5 - The __________ current is the current that flows across the northwest coast of North America bringing lots of rain
Alaska
Equatorial
Japanesse
5 - Salt Lake City, Utah is the headquarters for what religious group _________
Catholics
Methodists
Baptist
Mormon
6 - Canada‘s motto, Mari usque ad Mare means
6 - _________ is Canada‘s capital
6 - The ________ pays the doctors in Canada
6 - Canada has _____ provinces
6 - ________ is the most popular sport in Canada
6 - Canada is a leader in managing _______ operations around the world
mining
6 - Quebec is a province where _______ is predominantly spoken
6 - The __________ is the one who runs the executive branch in Canada’s political system
Canada’s political divisions are called _________ versus the US calls politcal divisions states
6 - A _____is the executive of the province
6 - Canada has a ______ economy
capitalist
command
traditional
6 - Most Canadians live in dense _____ areas
7 - __________
are dense, jungles filled with biodiversity and are usually located in tropical region
7 - _____is the country that adopted the first communist government in the western hemisphere
7 - ________ is the country that is the most developed of all central American countries doing part to its canal
7 - A ________ city is the term for a city that is the largest city in a country and a significantly larger than other cities in that country
7 - ________ is a blending of folk religion with Roman Catholicism
7 - _________ is tourism that emphasizes exotic, natural environments
7 - _________ is the financial center of Mexico
7 - _____ are manufacturing plants in northern Mexico that are owned by foreign companies
7 - ______ are people of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry
7 - _______ are a chain of smaller islands that form the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea
7 - The Bahamas, the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles combine to form _________
the West Indies
7 - The ____ Canal is a major canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for shipping
8 - ___________ is the country that is the only part of South America America still under European control
8 - The ________ desert is the desert that is considered the worlds driest desert
8 - Bolivia and Paraguay are the two South American nations that are __________
8 - The __________ river is a river system that ...
drains the largest area
carries the largest volume of water
runs 4075 miles long
8 - The__________ is a passageway in the south between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
8 - ________ and ________prevent easy movement of goods in South America
mountains, jungles
South America is considered a hollow continent because ______
it has large areas of uninhabited land and most people live on the coast.
8 - Columbia has almost 90% of the world’s supply of ________
8 - Llanos is the broad and grassy planes that covers over half of ________
Venezuela
Columbia
Brazil
Chile
8 - _______Falls is the highest waterfall in the world
Niagara
Angel
Twin
Chester
8 - ________ is the most widely spoken native language in South America
Spanish
Quechua
8 - The tribal people in South America have been the key to holding back development in the ___________
8 - Roughly 60% of the world supply of ________ comes from South America
8 - Ecuador is the country that leads the world in __________
rose production
9 - The ____________ is the current that moderates the climate of northern Europe
9 - The five countries of Scandinavia are ______, _______, ______, _______ and _______.
9 - The river Thames is located in _________.
9 - Ireland is known as the “____________ “
9 - Most of northern Europe has a__________ climate
marine-west-coast
9 - _________ is the largest island in Europe
9 - ________ has lakes in the south of the country that are connected by canals
Wales
Sweden
9 - Scandinavia is known as the" ______________"
9 - The waters in Iceland are _____________heated to provide hot springs and energy for the country
9 - Iceland sits a stride the ________ and _________tectonic plates
9 - Iceland is geologically active with __________ systems
30 metamorphic
30 tectonic
30 sedimentary
30 volcanic
9 - ___________ covers much of Iceland and Greenland
tundra
9 - __________ is a major builder of ships and has constructed some of the world’s largest cruise ships
Sweden
Finland
Norway
Great Britian
9 - __________ is the largest city in Sweden and 80% of the people in Sweden live here
9 - Great Britain has a _________ monarchy
parliamentary constitutional
9 - ___________ is called “mercy killing “which is physician assisted suicide by lethal drugs or starvation
9 - Loughs are found in ________ and Lochs are found in ________
10 - The _____ is the longest river in France
10 - The Holocaust was the systematic murder of __________ during World War II
Black people
Jewish people
Poor people
Religious People
10 - _____ is the city known as the capital of classical music
10 - The __________ is an organization of economic cooperation that was formed in 1992 by the Maastricht Treaty
NATO
10 - There are more _______ than people in the Netherlands
scooters
10 - ________ is the economic powerhouse of Europe
10 - The ________ is the common currency of the EU nations
10 - __________ is a defense alliance. Founded after World War II to counter the Soviet Union.
10 - _______ are the federal divisions of Switzerland
10 - _________ is the largest industrial region in Europe
Normandy
Wales
Britain
10 - France has the largest percentage of _________
Muslims
Christians
Agnostics
Jews
10 - Europe is called the “______________“
Peninsula of Peninsulas
The Old World
10 - _________ are people who claim they are unable to know for sure if God exists
10 - _________ are important for trade, transportation in agriculture production in northern continental Europe
Rivers
Trucks
Trains
Cars
10 - The ________ is the second longest river in Europe and is classified as an international waterway
