Name ____________________________
Period _______________
Common Assessment #2 Review
Part I- Fill in the missing latitude lines on the map and then use the box method to find the latitude and
longitude for each of the cities.
1. Buenos Aires, Argentina
a. 61N, 50W
b. 35S, 59W
c. 32S, 75W
d. 41S, 52E
4. Tehran, Iran
a. 75N, 140E
b. 34N, 80E
c. 34N, 50E
d. 25S, 82E
7. St. Petersburg, Russia
a. 45N, 71E
b. 30N, 82W
c. 60N, 30E
d. 59N, 27E
2. Rome, Italy
a. 10N, 45E
b. 15N, 72E
c. 45S, 18W
d. 42N, 14E
5. Anchorage, Alaska (USA)
a. 74N, 155W
b. 61N, 150W
c. 52S, 136W
d. 70N, 137W
8. Toronto, Canada
a. 50N, 70W
b. 65S, 95W
c. 45N, 79W
d. 36N, 71E
3. Sydney, Australia
a. 35S, 150E
b. 28S, 132E
c. 45N, 142W
d. 36S, 176E
6. Tokyo, Japan
a. 28N, 123E
b. 34N, 140E
c. 22S, 150E
d. 18N, 122W
9. Lagos, Nigeria
a. 6S, 6W
b. 9N, 2E
c. 5N, 16E
d. 2N, 17E
Part II – Seasons
1. Which of the four seasons has direct sunlight at the Tropic of Cancer?
2. When is the direct sunlight at the Equator?
3. Which of the four seasons has direct sunlight at the Tropic of Capricorn?
4. Where does the Earth receive the most sunlight year round?
5. Where does the Earth receive the least amount of sunlight throughout the year?
6. What factors create the Earth’s season?
7. What factors affect/influence the Earth’s climate?
Part III – Currents, Plate Tectonics and Weathering
1. How do wind and ocean currents change climate even along the same latitude?
2. What helps to build up the land?
3. What is the process of wearing down the land called?
4. What happens as a result of the movement of plate tectonics?
5. What are the main types of weathering?
6. What is the Ring of Fire?
Part IV – Latitude and Climate Zones
1. Color Latitude Zones
2. What Latitude zone would it
be in?
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#2 ______________
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#3 ______________
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#4 ______________
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#5 ______________
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#6 ______________
3. This climate can have a rainy and a less rainy season or a rainy and a dry season.
4. This climate is found in the high latitudes and is cold most of the year.
5. This climate is in the low latitudes and contains many different types of vegetation.
6. This climate receives very little rain.
7. This climate is found in the middle latitudes and is known for having all four seasons.
8. This climate is found in the middle and high latitudes and has many coniferous forests.
9. This climate is fairly rainy and is the temperatures rarely go below freezing.
10. Rather than having summer and winter this climate has more of a sunny and dark season.
11. If you are climbing a mountain and you begin walking through dense forests but as you get higher
the vegetation becomes thinner and thinner until there is no vegetation at all you are in what type of
climate?
12. A graph to help you visually determine the climate of a region is called what?
13.What month has the highest temperature in Memphis?
How hot does it get?
14.What month has the least amount of rain? How much
does it receive?
Part V – Match the number with the correct Physical Feature.
_____ Archipelago
_____ Island
_____ Isthmus
_____ Peninsula
_____ Mountain
_____ Delta
_____Tributary
_____ Strait
_____ Bay
_____ Source of a river
_____ Lake
_____ Mouth of a river
Part VI – Maps and Miscellaneous
1.
What are the basic elements that are included on most maps?
2.
Why do maps usually have distortion?
3.
What is the best way to show the earth? Why
4.
What 2 continents are COMPLETELY in the Southern Hemisphere? (try first by just visualizing the map)
5.
What 2 continents are COMPLETELY in the Eastern Hemisphere? (try first by just visualizing the map)
6.
What 2 continents are COMPLETELY in the Northern Hemisphere? (try first by just visualizing the map)
7.
What 2 continents are COMPLETELY in the Western Hemisphere? (try first by just visualizing the map)
8.
What 2 continents have the largest rainforests?
9.
What is the Capital of this country?
10. If you wanted to go from the capital to the only mountain shown on the
map what direction would you go?
11. How far is it from Rio de Janeiro to Sao Luis? (use kilometers).
BRAZIL
12. What Ocean boarders this country?