Geography Quiz

What does the term "Significant" mean?

• The process of supplying water to plants

• A map showing boundaries of political regions

• Sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention

• A portion of land surrounded by water

What is "GDP per capita"?

• A map showing physical features of an area

• The total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year

• A country's economic output per person

• A primary source of information

What does "Irrigation" refer to?

• The division of the earth by the equator or prime meridian

• The watering of land by artificial means to foster plant growth

• A portion of land nearly surrounded by water

• A map that shows the locations of landforms

What is a "Primary source"?

• A secondary source that provides indirect evidence about an event, object, person, or work of art.
• A source that is not reliable and lacks credibility.
• an account or record reflecting direct experience of a thing (such as an historical event) that is being researched or studied

  
  

• A source that is outdated and irrelevant to the topic.

What is a "Secondary Source"?

• A 'Secondary Source' is a source that is only used in academic research.
• A 'Secondary Source' is a source that is always unbiased.
• an article, report, etc. that is based on firsthand accounts or records of a thing being researched or studied but that is not itself a firsthand account

  
  

• A 'Secondary Source' is a source that is the original creator of information.

What is a "Political Map"?

• A map that shows the locations of landforms, bodies of water, and other geographical features

• A map that shows boundaries of continents, countries, states, and cities

• A portion of land nearly surrounded by water and connected with a larger body by an isthmus

• A country's economic output per person

What does a "Physical Map" show?

• The economic output per person of a country

• The boundaries of political regions

• The locations of landforms, bodies of water, and other geographical features

• A portion of land nearly surrounded by water

What is a "Hemisphere"?

• A map showing boundaries of political regions

• Half of the earth determined by the equator or prime meridian

• The watering of land by artificial means

• A country's economic output per person

What is a "Peninsula"?

• A map that shows the locations of landforms, bodies of water, and other geographical features

• A portion of land nearly surrounded by water and connected with a larger body by an isthmus

• A country's economic output per person

• An account or record reflecting direct experience of a thing being studied