First 9 Weeks Test

Question 1

Which lines run parallel of the Equator?

Answer 1

Latitude

Question 2

What percent of the earth is made up of water?

Answer 2

70%

Question 3

The lithosphere consists of the earth’s what?

Answer 3

Land.

Question 4

What does the hydrosphere consist of?

Answer 4

The earth’s water.

Question 5

How many inches per year do the plates move?

Answer 5

4 inches

Question 6

How many miles is the earth from the Sun?

Answer 6

93,000,000

Question 7

What is the diameter of the earth?

Answer 7

8,000 miles

Question 8

What are earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis created by?

Answer 8

Internal forces.

Question 9

What is made up of thick rock such as silicon, oxygen, aluminium, and iron?

Answer 9

The mantle

Question 10

Which tropic is located at 23.5 degrees S?

Answer 10

The Tropic of Capricorn.

Question 11

Which tropic is located at 23.5 degrees N?

Answer 11

The Tropic of Cancer.

Question 12

What are the winds that blow in constant patterns?

Answer 12

Prevailing winds.

Question 13

Which area on the Equator is usually windless?

Answer 13

Doldrums

Question 14

Which direction do the ocean currents flow in the Southern Hemisphere?

Answer 14

Counter-clockwise

Question 15

What are the five themes of geography?

Answer 15

Location, place, movement, region, human-environment interaction

Question 16

What is the highest point of the earth’s surface?

Answer 16

Mount Everest

Question 17

What is the lowest point of the earth’s surface?

Answer 17

The Dead Sea

Question 18

What is the difference between a physical and political map?

Answer 18

A physical map shows the topography of Earth while a political map shows the division between countries or states.

Question 19

What is the deepest part of the ocean?

Answer 19

The Mariana Trench

Question 20

What are the 7 continents?

Answer 20

North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, and Antartica

Question 21

What are the five oceans?

Answer 21

Pacific, Indian, Southern, Antarctic, and Atlantic

Question 22

What is midnight sun?

Answer 22

When either the North or South pole is facing the sun and it has continuous daylight.

Question 23

What is significant about an equinox?

Answer 23

The night is equal to the day.

Question 24

What does the word “geographia” mean? Why do we study geography?

Answer 24

“Earth description”. We study geography to know more about the earth.

Question 25

Define autocracy.

Answer 25

One person has complete control over the government.

Question 26

Define oligarchy.

Answer 26

An oligarchy is when a group of people control the government.

Question 27

Give a few examples of a totalitarian dictator.

Answer 27

Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini are totalitarian dictators.

Question 28

How does direct democracy work?

Answer 28

The people vote directly on subjects in a direct democracy.

Question 29

What is the oldest and most common form of government throughout history?

Answer 29

Autocracy.

Question 30

How does a representative democracy function?

Answer 30

People elect government officials to represent them.

Question 31

What type of economy states that the government owns or directs the means of production and controls the distribution of goods?

Answer 31

A command economy

Question 32

What is the best system of government and economics that we have talked about?

Answer 32

I think that the best government and economy we have talked about are representative democracy and mixed economy. I think they are the best because a representative democracy works (fairly) well in the USA and with a mixed economy people can open their own businesses and they can choose which products they want.

Question 33

What is the hottest and lowest place in the US? How hot did it get here once setting the record?

Answer 33

Death Valley - highest recorded temperature is 134°F

Question 34

How far do the Rocky Mountains extend?

Answer 34

3,000 miles

Question 35

Which states do the Rocky Mountains begin and end?

Answer 35

Alaska and New Mexico respectively

Question 36

Which US state is first in natural gas reserves?

Answer 36

Texas is the first in natural gas reserves

Question 37

What are North America's oldest mountains and the continent;s second-longest mountain range?

Answer 37

The Appalachian Mountains

Question 38

Why is New York City's Manhattan Island important?

Answer 38

It is a leading economic centre for the US and the world.

Question 39

What percentage of the earth's land surface do the US and Canada cover?

Answer 39

12%

Question 40

Which state is composed of volcanic mountaintops?

Answer 40

Hawaii

Question 41

What is a major source of hydroelectric power for the US and Canada?

Answer 41

Niagara Falls

Question 42

How were the Great Lakes formed?

Answer 42

Glaciers formed the Great Lakes

Question 43

What is located in Greenwich, England?

Answer 43

The Prime Meridian

Question 44

How did Spain govern the colonies?

Answer 44

The Spanish monarch appointed viceroys to the colonies.

Question 45

What was the first Latin American country to get rid of European rule? Who led this revolt?

Answer 45

Haiti; Toussaint L'ouverture

Question 46

Which country was the only one to gain independence without a revolution?

Answer 46

Brazil.

Question 47

What did Protestant missionaries build in Latin America?

Answer 47

Hospitals, schools, and colleges

Question 48

Why is the literacy rate improving in Latin America?

Answer 48

All children can go to school free for 12 years.

Question 49

What is life often centred on in Latin America?

Answer 49

The family

Question 50

What is the nation sport of most Latin American countries?

Answer 50

Fútbol; soccer

Question 51

What are the names of the mountains in Mexico, Central America, and South America?

Answer 51

Sierra Madre, Central Highlands, and the Andes, respectively.

Question 52

What is the land area of Latin America?

Answer 52

8 million square miles

Question 53

What percentage of Earth's land surface is covered by Latin America?

Answer 53

16%

Question 54

What are the three groups of the Caribbean islands?

Answer 54

Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and Lesser Antilles

Question 55

Where is Patagonia?

Answer 55

South Argentina?

Question 56

Where are the world's finest emeralds found?

Answer 56

Colombia.

Question 57

Which two Latin American countries are leading oil producers?

Answer 57

Mexico and Venezuela

Question 58

What is the largest lake in Central America?

Answer 58

Lake Nicaragua.

Question 59

Which country is the world's leading exporter of copper?

Answer 59

Chile

Question 60

What affects the climates of Latin America the most?

Answer 60

Elevation

Question 61

What is unique about the Atacama Desert?

Answer 61

No rainfall recorded