GG 4MP Benchmark Review

True or False: Rich dark soil made up of sand and mud that is deposited by moving water is called alluvial soil.

• True

• False

Seasonal winds that affect the weather patterns of South Asia.

• tsunami

• monsoon

• cyclone

Huge waves caused by underwater earthquakes.

• tsunami

• monsoon

• cyclone

The Equator is the imaginary line at 0* Latitude on globe. It divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

• True

• False

The science of map-making is referred to as

• cartography

• mapology

• meteorology

What mark the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia?

• Sayan mountains

• Volga River

• Ural Mountains

The frigid __________ climate region dominates the landscape in Russia’s far north.

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Temperate Forest

______ location describes the exact location of a place on the Earth.

• Relative

• Absolute

• Approximate

The majority of Russian people live on the Northern European Plain.

• True

• False

When attacking Russia in 1941, German forces ____

• were defeated in part by Russia’s harsh winter.

• were defeated with very little loss of life.

• were very well prepared for the harsh winter to come.