Geography Quiz

What is one way to describe the location of New York?

• By its climate

• By its landforms

• By its population

• By its history

What does geography study?

• The history of people

• The art of people

• The people and places of Earth

• The technology of people

What does the environment include?

• Only the land

• Only the water

• Water, land, and air

• Only the air

What is a question geographers might ask when studying a place?

• What is the population?

• What is the history?

• Where is it?

• What is the language?

What is a region?

• A place with no features

• An area with one or more features in common

• A city in New York

• A type of map

Which of the following is a feature of New York's geography?

• Deserts

• Mountains

• Oceans

• Volcanoes

What influences what people eat and how they build homes in New York?

• The government

• The environment

• The economy

• The weather

What do people in New York use to build houses?

• Metal

• Plastic

• Wood from trees

• Stone

What is a continent?

• A small island

• A very large landmass

• A type of ocean

• A mountain range

What is a hemisphere?

• A type of weather

• One half of Earth's surface

• A kind of animal

• A type of plant