Transcript Chapter 1 Review Quiz - Marshall County Schools

Chapter 1 Review Quiz
7th Grade World Geography
1. Through their study of the
Earth, geographers learn how
the Earth and its people affect
A.
B.
C.
D.
Human health
The solar system
Each other
Political systems
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2.
A.
B.
C.
D.
To learn more about the Earth, geographers
organize information according to what
themes?
Region, population, and place
Latitude, longitude, and movement
Location, population, and longitude
Location, place, human-environment
interaction, movement, & regions
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3. Which pair of basic questions
guides geographers in their work?
A. Where are things located? Why are they
there?
B. What is the climate. Why has it
changed?
C. When did the earth form? What is it
made from?
D. Who lived where? When did they move?
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4. What do geographers learn by
studying the theme of humanenvironment interaction?
A. How people move from one region to
another.
B. How cultural features define a location.
C. How people and the environment affect
each other.
D. How regions differ from each other.
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5. Latitude and longitude lines help
geographers identify
A.
B.
C.
D.
Absolute location
The depths of the oceans
The Earth’s distance from the sun
The heights of mountains
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6. Why is the sun important to life
on earth?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It provides light and heat
It creates gases that make up the earth
It orbits around the earth
It is close to the earth
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7. Which of the following
statements explains why there
are always distortions in a map?
A. Maps are flat and the earth is round
B. Small towns are hard to represent on a
map
C. Mountains or plains don’t show up on a
map
D. Maps are too small to hold enough
information.
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8. One result of the earth’s tilt is
that the earth has
A.
B.
C.
D.
Winds
Weather
Seasons
Daylight
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9. Which of the following things
would geographers be most likely
to study?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The moon
The planets
Landforms and their locations
Chemicals and chemical reactions
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10. Geographers study how
people
A.
B.
C.
D.
And the earth affect each other
Interact with each other
And animals communicate
learn
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11. Geographers study regions so
that they can
A.
B.
C.
D.
Get people to move there
Change the cultures
Understand folk music
Make comparisons between areas
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12. A globe is more accurate than
a map because a globe can show
A. The true shapes of continents and
oceans
B. City streets
C. A distorted view of the earth
D. A particular region in great detail
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13. Flat maps were invented
because it was impossible to make
a globe that was
A. Pretty enough for people to want
B. Big enough to fit the oceans on
C. Complete enough to use and convenient
enough to carry
D. Strong enough to last.
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14. Why do flat maps distort
shapes of landmasses?
A. No one is sure where the equator really
is.
B. The earth is round, not flat
C. The paper shrinks with time
D. Landmasses are always shifting
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15. The earth travels around the
sun every
A.
B.
C.
D.
Month
Day
Two weeks
Year
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