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Introduction to Geography Unit Pretest
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1
What two basic questions do geographers always ask when they study the earth?
Where are things located? Why are they there?
What is the climate? Why has it changed?
When did the Earth form? What is it made of?
Who lived where? When did they move?
2
Which theme describes a location's physical features? (Ex.- climate and landforms)
Place
Region
Movement
Location
3
The 5 major religions of the world include all of the following EXCEPT
Judaism.
Buddhism.
Christianity.
Catholicism.
4
Which theme groups locations based on common characteristics like climate, population and land?
Location
Place
Region
Movement
5
Which of the following statements is most accurate?
All of the statements above are accurate.
The number of farmers in Kansas is increasing.
People in KS are leaving rural towns to live in urban areas.
People in KS are leaving urban areas to live in rural towns.
6
How would you describe the physical features of a place?
You may say it frequently rains and there are mountains.
You may discuss the political organization of the place.
You might discuss the popular foods within the place.
You might list the things that people do for fun.
7
Which of the following options is NOT one of the 5 themes of geography?
Distortion
Place
Location
Human-Environment Interaction
8
How would you describe the human features of a place?
Both A and C are correct.
You might list the things people do for fun.
You might describe the climate and the land.
Discuss the moon and stars and how they interact with earth.
9
Which country provides an example of a democratic government?
North Korea
Russia
United States
China
10
5 things geographers study are oceans, plants, landforms, people, and how earth/people interact
False
True
11
Which of the following statements about map projections is true?
All maps have some distortion.
Some map projections have no distortion.
No map can accurately show sizes of places.
Geographers use map projections that eliminate distortion.
12
Which country provides an example of a communist government?
United States
Brazil
China
South Korea
13
The four compass points: North, South, East, and West are called
cardinal directions.
degrees.
intermediate directions.
keys.
14
This explains where a place is by describing places near it.
On Location
Absolute Location
Relative Location
Summative Location
15
Almost anything can be mapped.
True
False
16
Geographers are able to pinpoint the location of a place from east to west by using
latitude lines.
parallel lines.
longitude lines.
the equator.
17
What is the section of a map that explains symbols for the map features called?
compass rose
key
projection
scale
18
Halfway between the North and the South poles, the _________________ circles the globe.
prime meridian
equator
tropic of cancer
tropic of capricorn
19
If a person wants the most accurate example of the world they should invest in a
flat map.
globe.
Both A and B are correct.
Neither A nor B are correct.
20
When transferring a globe to a flat map it is impossible do so without _________.
distortion.
All of the above are correct.
topography.
projection.
21
Culture includes all of the following EXCEPT:
food.
physical features.
language.
education.
22
Imaginary east-west circles parallel to the Equator are called___________________ lines.
imaginary
longitude
latitude
distortion
23
Which theme helps geographers understand cultural changes?
Place
Region
Movement
Human-Environment Interaction
24
Latitude and Longitude help geographers identify:
the depth of the oceans
Relative Location
Absolute Location
the height of the mountains
25
The study of the Earth is called __________________.
degree
science
cardinal direction
geography
