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Introduction to Geography 1.2
Introduction to Geography 1.2
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A quiz to introduce geography concepts.
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1
What is this?
A map scale
A map key
a continent
a compass rose
2
What did the United States Congress vote to do on Tuesday?
Add a year 13 to all high schools.
Create a day called Hug a clown Day.
Make the Super Bowl a national holiday.
Open impeachment investigation.
3
What is this?
A map scale
A map key
A compass rose
A map
4
The lines of latitude that divide the globe into units called ______.
Continents
Degrees
Oceans
Poles
5
Lines of ________ circle the Earth parallel to the Equator.
latitude
longitude
Prime Meridian
degrees
6
What is a Glacier?
A huge, slow moving sheet of ice
A boat
where snow comes from
A huge, slow moving river
7
People invented flat maps because globes cannot show __________.
Cities
Too much detail
Oceans
Enough detail
8
A representation of the earth on a flat piece of paper is called________________.
Scale
A globe
Projection
Cardinal Direction
9
The Prime Meridian runs through _______________.
Alaska
North America
Greenwich, England
South America
10
What continent is this?
South America
Europe
Asia
Africa
11
What is this?
A map scale
A map key
Longititude
A compass rose
12
There is a leap year in 2020.
False
True
13
The _____ is the imaginary line that circles the earth at its widest point.
Equator
Degrees
Compass Rose
Prime Meridian
14
What is Mr. Levitt's favorite hour of the day?
3rd Hour
1st Hour
2nd Hour
6th Hour
15
What continent is this?
North America
South America
Africa
Antarctica
16
This statement best describes the Great Lakes.
They are salt water lakes
They are a huge, slow moving sheet of ice
They are the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world
HOMES
17
Gum chewing is allowed in certain areas of Derby.
True
False
18
What continent is this?
North America
Japan
Africa
Australia
19
What continent is this?
Austrialia
Africa
Europe
Asia
20
Geographers study many things, including oceans, plant life, landforms and ___________.
people
asteriods
comets
geography
21
What continent is shown in red?
Africa
Antarctica
North Pole
South America
22
This Derby teacher is in their college Hall of Fame.
Mr. Thayer
Mr. Courage
Mrs. Wind
Mr. Tuomi
23
To pinpoint absolute location of a place, geographers use __________________.
nearby location
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
latitude and longitude
the North and South poles
24
What continent is this?
Europe
North America
South America
Alaska
25
A round model of the earth is called ___________
Distortion
Scale
A globe
Map Key
26
All flat maps show some ______, or misrepresentation, of the original shapes.
Scale
Distortion
Projection
Misrepresentation
27
How were the Great Lakes formed?
Mountains
Rivers
Glaciers
Ocean water
28
What is the study of the earth called?
Earthology
Social Studies
Geography
Earth Science
29
A globe shows the Earth's continents on a much smaller _______________.
key
Projection
Detail
scale
30
What continent is this?
North America
South America
Australia
Asia