GEOGRAPHY UNIT TEST REVIEW
Name:_________________________________________
1. How are latitude and longitude lines measured?
2. Which lines run North and South like the Prime Meridian?
3. Which latitude line runs East and West and divides the Earth into 2 hemispheres?
4. What does Hemi mean?
5. What is the degree of the equator?
6. Name an example of a continent?
7. What is the world’s largest Ocean?
8. Which ocean is between North America and Africa?
List 3 types of maps we studied.
9. Which kind of map can tell you how much precipitation falls in a certain country?
11. Label the compass rose in 8 places.
12. What is a piece of land called that is surrounded on 3 sides by water?
13. What is an Isthmus?
14. On which type of map would you find borders of countries?
15. How much of the earth is Saltwater?
List 4 forms of precipitation.
16. What is the largest continent in the world?
17. What are materials found on/in the Earth that are used to make other products called?
18. Why are tops of mountains so cold?
19. Name the 2 types of erosion we studied?
20. The gradual wearing down of the Earth’s surface by wind or water is called…..
21. What is the largest mountain range in the world?
22. What is the largest river in the world that is found in S. America?
23. Which way do rivers run?
24. What is the average temperature of an area over a 20-30 year time is called?
25. Which word best describes a desert?
26. Why are imported goods usually more expensive?
27. How are mountains formed?
a. By 2 plates pushing against each other
b. By 2 plates moving away from each other
c. They grow from underground caverns that contain calcium deposits.
d. Superman molds them like Play dough
28. True or False: New water is never made on Earth it is just recycled over and over again.
29. What are the coordinates for B?
a.
b.
c.
d.
0 degrees, 80 degrees south
0 degrees, 80 degrees north
45 degrees North, 0 degrees south
180 degrees east, 10 degrees South
30. What are the approximate coordinates of J?
a. 10 degrees South, 40 degrees West
b. 10 degrees South, 40 degrees East
c. 40 degrees East, 10 degrees South
d. Right on the Equator