Geography Study Guide
Part One: Facts to learn for multiple choice questions:
1. Africa, South America and Asia are continents.
continent. It is a country.
The United States is not a
2. Oceans can be described as the largest bodies of water on Earth.
3. Continents are the largest bodies of land on Earth.
4. We live in the state of Texas.
5. Lakes, oceans and rivers are always colored blue on maps and globes because
water is always colored blue on maps and globes and it represents water.
6. The oceans are – Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic and Indian. The question asks which of
the following is an ocean and lists ocean names.
7. Know the shape of our state Texas -
Part Two: Be able to identify pictures of the continents. There will be a word bank –
students do not need to memorize how to spell the continent names.
___Europe___
______Asia______
__South America_____
___Australia_____
__North America___
_____Africa_____
__Antarctica_____
Part Three: Write the definition on the line. A word bank will be provided.
1. Prime Meridian – Imaginary line that goes North and South, divides the Earth into
the Eastern and Western Hemisphere
2. Equator - Imaginary line that goes East and West, divides the Earth into the North
and South Hemispheres.
3. States – the United States has 50 of these
4. Community – a place where people live, work and have fun together
5. Houston – the name of the city in which we live
6. Cardinal Directions – North, South, East and West
7. Intermediate Directions – Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest
8. Geography – the study of the Earth and the way people live on it
Part Four: Map Skills – see sample problems below – put your finger on the first point
and trace to the second point – use the compass rose to determine which direction you
traveled.
1. What direction must you travel to get from
point A to B? _____East__________________
A
B
2. What direction must you travel to get from
point B to E? _____South__________________
3. What direction must you travel to get from
C
point C to E?_______Southeast_____________
4. What direction must you travel to get from
point D to B? ________Northeast____________
5. What direction must you travel to get from
point A to E? _____Southeast_________________
D
E