Geoeraphv Test 1
Directions: Read the questions carefully.
1. List the seven large landmasses known as continents.
2. What continent, country, state, city, county, and region do you live in?
is the line of longitude that divides the Eastern Hemisphere
3. The
fiom the Western Hemisphere.
4. Which two continents lie completely in the Southern Hemisphere?
The
is the line of latitude that divides the Northern
Hemisphere fiom the Southern Hemisphere.
5. Which continents lie completely in the Western Hemisphere?
6. Match the following points of latitude and longitude with the continent or ocean at
that location.
7. Map knowledge
a. What is a time zone? How many time zones are there in the Continental U. S.? List the
-4 major time zones in the U.S.
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b. What time zone do you live in? What is the time difference between Florida and
California?
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c. What is a map legend? What is it used for?
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d. What is a compass rose? What is it used for?
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e. What is a scale? What is it used for?
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f It is the difference between a political map and a physical map?
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Elements of Geography Test
Part 1 - Directions: Choose the best word that completes each sentence.
Per.
1. Code that explains the lines, symbols, and colors used on a map.
a) compass rose
b) GPS
c) equator
d) map key
2. An imaginary line that runs from north to south and divides the earth into 2 hemispheres; the
northern and southern.
a) absolute location
b) equator
c) longitude
d) relative location
3. A location of a place or area in relation to another site.
a) relative location
b) Prime Meridian
c) absolute location
d) globe
4. An imaginary line that runs from to east to west and divides the earth into, the eastern and
western hemisphere.
a) equator
b) Prime Meridian
c) globe
d) compass rose
5. A symbol found in a map that tells the cardinal directions; north, south, east, west.
a) longitude
b) latitude
c) globe
d) compass rose
6. Imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator, numbered in degrees.
a) hemispheres
b) latitude
c) map key
d) longitude
7. A round 3-D scale model of the earth.
a) map
b) globe
c) GPS
d) equator
8. Exact position of a place on the earth's surface.
a) map key
b) relative location
c) absolute location
d) NH
9. One half of the globe.
a) map key
b) GPS
d) Hemisphere
c) Prime Meridian
10. lmaginary lines that are east and west of the Prime Meridian and are numbered in degrees
a) equator
b) longitude
c) map key
d) globe
Part II - Directions: Read each question carefully and write your answer in complete sentences in the
space provided.
11. What is geography and why is it important tostudy it? Provide examples to support your
response. (2 pts.)
12. List two similarities and two differences between a map and a globe. (4 pts.)
Part Ill - Directions: Open your Geography textbook to page RA20 . Looking at the map write the
name of the absolute locations based on the given coordinates.
Part IV - Directions: Using your Geography textbook to page
. Write the coordinates for the
listed locations.
17. Mauritania
18. Ethiopia
19. N'Djamena, Chad
20. Khartoum, Sudan
BE SURE TO DOUBLE CHECK YOUR WORK! GOOD LUCK!