Checkpoint Review- 1st Six Wks

Geographers often use tools to study the Earth. Geographers use tools like-

• money, globes, beds, and food

• diplomas, rings, and notebooks

• computers, hair drier, and teeth

• maps, satellite images, beakers, nets, and microscopes

Imaginary lines that circle the Earth from north to south are called longitude lines. Another word for longitude lines is:

• Parallels

• Meridians

• Equators

• Tropics

What are the five themes of Geography?

• Movement, Regions, Human-Environment Interaction, Location, Place

• Mountains, Rivers, Climate, Population, Culture

• Latitude, Longitude, Equator, Hemisphere, Continent

• Weather, Seasons, Continents, Oceans, Countries

What are natural and sudden movements of the Earth’s crust that cause seismic waves and make the ground shake called?

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Tsunamis

• Landslides

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. He wrote that we are born with unalienable rights that cannot be taken away by governments. This rights include-

• freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of assembly

• life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• property, the right to vote, and the right to bear arms

• freedom of press, right to a jury trial, and freedom to spend

A resource that Earth replaces naturally (ex. forests, soil, plants, animals) is called a _________.

• fossil fuel

• nonrenewable resource

• renewable resource

• synthetic material

The spread of desert-like conditions is called _________

• erosion

• drought

• renewable resource

• desertification

Physical processes change the environment. Which physical process was responsible for the Grand Canyon?

• erosion

• volcanic eruption

• earthquake

• desertification

What does the Declaration of Independence state?

• That the KING is above the law.

• That only the wealthy have rights.

• That ALL men are created equal.

• That only citizens can vote.

Which theory suggests that the continents were once part of one supercontinent?

• Uniformitarianism

• Plate Tectonics

• Seafloor Spreading

• Continental Drift