Geography Quiz

The Five Themes of Geography are

• North, South, East, and West

• Regions, places, time, human-environment interaction, region

• Location, place, region, movement, human-environment interaction

• Language, symbols, norms, values, beliefs

Which of the themes of geography examines how people depend on, adapt, or change their surroundings?

• Movement

• Location

• Human-environment interaction

• Landscape

Which is an example of humans interacting with their environment? Choose the best answer.

• Inuit tribes of the Arctic depend on fishing for survival.

• Someone eating a fish sandwich for lunch at a fast-food restaurant.

• A taxidermist who is paid to stuff and mount fish caught by sportsmen.

• A town council raising the cost of a fishing license from $5 to $10.

A map scale shows…

• The relationship between actual distance and distance shown on a map

• Meaning of symbols on a map

• Landforms and physical features of the earth

• The four cardinal directions and the four intermediate directions

_______ shows the four cardinal directions?

• Compass Rose

• Weather Vane

• Sundial

• Thermometer

What type of map shows all the geographic features of an area?

• A political map

• A physical map

• A road map

• A blueprint

Which of the following is a true statement about the equator?

• It influences weather patterns around the world.

• It divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres.

• It separates the earth into degrees of latitude and longitude.

• It is the location of the earth's magnetic poles.

What is the 0-degree latitude line called?

• Latitude-zero

• 180 degrees longitude

• The equator

• The prime meridian

If you're having trouble figuring out what the symbols on a map represent, where would you look?

• The back of the map

• The title of the map

• The map legend

• The compass rose

The lines of latitude and longitude form an imaginary ____ over the planet.

• Grid

• Circle

• Triangle

• Network