What well do you know about geography? Geography is the study of places and relationships between people and their environment. To learn geography, you need to study maps. Maps contain a plethora of valuable information. And they come in varying levels of detail. Make sure you pick maps that provide the information for which you are looking. This quiz will tell you what you know about basic geography.
What is climate? Why has it changed?
When did Earth form? What is Earth made of?
Where are things located? Why are they there?
Who lived there? Where did they move?
Absolute location.
Depths of the oceans.
Earth's distance from the sun.
Heights of the mountains.
How people move from one region to another.
How people and the environment affect one another.
How cultural features define a location.
How regions differ from each other.
How people fight.
Mountains.
Immigration.
Farming methods.
Population, size of cities, location, movement, population density
Location, regions, place, movement, human-environment interaction
Transportation, absolute location, immigration, human interactions, culture
Climate, weather, temperature, precipitation, occupations
365 1/4 days
24 hours
12 months
12 hours
Distortion
Key
Scale
All of the above
Renewable resources.
Recyclable resources.
Reusable resources.
Nonrenewable resources.
75%
50%
25%
100%
365 1/4 days
24 hours
1 day
1 week
Nuclear family
Matriarchal family
Patriarchal family
Extended family
Cultural Diffusion
Cultural Migration
Cultural Immigration
Cultural Traits
The standard of living in an area.
How long the average person lives.
The length of employment in an area.
The expected type of life for a person in an area.
Social structure.
Class system.
Faculty.
Gangs.
Plastic bottles
Paper
Water
Glass bottle
Points on a map.
A Compass Rose.
A map's Key.
Cardinal directions.
Acculturation
Cultural Diffusion
Acceptance
Cultural Migration
System of Writing
Discovery of Fire
Invention of Tools
Herbal Medicines
Lack of suitable housing
Spread of disease and sickness
Abundance of available jobs
Shortage of fresh water
Commercial Farming.
Substance Farming.
Subsistence Farming.
Substitute Farming