Quiz: 5 Themes Of Geography
- 1.Which is an example of humans interacting with their environment?
- A.
Someone eating a sandwich for lunch at a fast-food restaurant
- B.
A taxidermist who is paid to stuff and mount fish caught by sportsmen.
- C.
Inuit tribes of the Arctic who depend on fishing for survival.
- D.
A town council raising the cost of a fishing license from $5 to $10.
- 2.The invisible lines on a map that pinpoint coordinates of absolute locations are called
- A.
The x axis and the y axis
- B.
Latitude and longitude
- C.
Earth coordinates
- D.
Equators and meridians
- 3.What are the major themes of geography?
- A.
Region, latitude, longitude, temperature, and humidity
- B.
Time zone, rainfall, population, movement, and language
- C.
People, places, human-environmental interaction, and locations
- D.
Location, place, region, movement, human-environmental interaction
- 4.In terms of geography, which of the following is not an example of movement?
- A.
Immigrants traveling from Asia to the United States
- B.
Construction workers modifying the landscape to build a building.
- C.
A business woman commuting to work every morning
- D.
A family taking a vacation to Florida
- 5.Which of the following is a factual statement about the theme place?
- A.
It is a description of the physical and cultural characteristics of a location.
- B.
The environment has no impact on it.
- C.
It varies depending on the seasons.
- D.
It is pinpointed using latitude and longitude.
- 6.Which statement is true about the equator?
- A.
It is the location of earth's magnetic poles.
- B.
It separates the earth into degrees of latitude and longitude.
- C.
It divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres.
- D.
It influences weather patterns around the world.
- 7.What is the 0-degree latitude line called?
- A.
The international dateline
- B.
The equator
- C.
The prime meridian
- D.
Latitude-zero
- 8.How many degrees of longitude are there to the east and west of the Prime Meridian?
- A.
90
- B.
100
- C.
520
- D.
180
- 9.What is the weather like at 90 degrees south latitude?
- A.
Temperate
- B.
Tropical
- C.
Frigid
- D.
Hot in summer, cold in winter
- 10.Which of the following is an example of a physical characteristic of a region?
- A.
A sports team that everyone in the area roots for
- B.
A mountain range located within that region
- C.
The jobs that are available in that region
- D.
The language that's spoken in that region
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