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1
Based on this map: which hemisphere is North America in?
Southern
Northern
2
Which lines
RUN
East to West but
MEASURE
North to South
Prime Meridian
Lines of Latitude
Equator
Lines of Longitude
3
True or False: an archipelago is a chain of islands clustered in the sea or ocean.
False
True
4
Which theme of geography is about a location that shares a common feature? (language, political, climate, etc.)
Region
Place
Location
Human Environment Interaction
5
What is the name of a mouth of a river where it flows into an ocean, sea, or lake?
Swamp
Barge
Delta
Dam
6
What theme of geography is the Silk Road an example of?
Movement
Scale
Place
Location
7
What is a body of land surrounded by water on three sides?
Delta
Peninsula
Island
Swamp
8
What line divides the world into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
Equator
Prime Meridian
9
What theme of geography describes a location using physical and human descriptors?
Region
Location
Place
Movement
10
What is the southernmost ocean in the world?
Indian
Arctic
Pacific
Antarctic
11
Which theme of geography has to do with the exchange of goods, people, and ideas from place to place?
Location
Movement
Human Environment Interaction
Place
12
According to this key, what does the campfire mean?
Gas station
Park
Road
Campground
13
What continent do we live on?
Europe
South America
Australia
North America
14
How many oceans are there?
6
3
7
5
15
Which intermediate direction is Massachusetts on this map? (Massachusetts is highlighted red)
Northeast
Southwest
Northwest
Southeast
16
What explains the symbols or shading on a map?
Key/Legend
Compass
Cardinal
Title
17
What divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Equator
Prime Meridian
18
How many continents are there?
7
6
5
4
19
True or False: Human-Environment interaction is the study of people and their relationship with the environment.
True
False
20
What is the name for the directions "North, South, East, and West?"
Compass directions
GPS
Intermediate
Cardinal
21
What is pictured below?
Equator
Latitude
Map Grid
Parallels
22
What is a piece of land surrounded by water?
Delta
Plateau
Mountain
Island
23
Half of the Earth is called a
Grid
Hemisphere
Line of latitude
Globe
24
True or False: a delta is a flat, large area of land higher than the surrounding land.
False
True
25
What ocean lies between North America and Europe?
Pacific
Arctic
Atlantic
Indian
26
The Prime Meridian is also a line of
latitude
longitude
27
What landform is a muddy, freshwater wetland that is forested with trees and shrubs?
Mountain
Delta
Swamp
Volcano
28
What type of landform is pictured below?
River
Volcano
Mountain
Plateau
29
What shows how much space on the map represents a real distance?
Scale Bar
Title
Latitude
Key
30
True or False: Absolute Location explains the location of a place based on things in relation to it
True
False
31
What is an example of a
negative
human-environment interaction?
Preserving wetlands
Cleaning up trash
Cutting down trees in the Amazon Rainforest
32
What is the name of the circle showing the principal directions on a map?
Compass Rose
Key
Scale
Legend
33
What is the imaginary line at zero degrees that runs from East to West?
Equator
Prime Meridian
