Geography Quiz

What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

• parallels

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• meridians

What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• parallels

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• meridians

What is the type of map that has characteristics related to government, like borders and capital cities?

• Topographical

• Physical

• Political

• Population

What type of map includes observable characteristics of Earth shown on maps, like continents and oceans?

• Topographical

• Physical

• Political

• Population

What type of map shows the amount of people living in different places?

• Population

• Topographical

• Political

• Physical

What is a mountain?

• The highest places on continents that rise high above the land around them.

• Grassy and warm flatlands or gentle rolling hills with few trees.

• A place with very little vegetation and precipitation, usually very cold and everything is frozen.

• A place with very little vegetation and precipitation, usually hot but has extreme temperature changes

Which river is NOT in the United States?

• Rio Grande River

• Mississippi River

• Nile River

• Ohio River

Which mountain range is NOT in the United States?

• Himalaya Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

The arrow is pointing to the:

• Lines of Latitude

• Lines of Longitude

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

The arrow is pointing to the:

• Lines of Latitude

• Lines of Longitude

• Prime Meridian

• Equator