Geography Test

Question 1

What is a compass rose?

Answer 1

The symbol on a map that shows the cardinal directions.

Question 2

What are the cardinal directions? (Hint: There are four.)

Answer 2

North
South
East
West

Question 3

What are the intermediate directions? (Hint: There are four.)

Answer 3

Northeast
Southeast
Southwest
Northwest

Question 4

The _____ creates the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

Answer 4

Prime Meridian

Question 5

The Prime Meridian creates the _____ and _____ Hemispheres

Answer 5

Eastern; Western

Question 6

The _____ creates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Answer 6

Equator

Question 7

The Equator creates the _____ and _____ Hemispheres.

Answer 7

Northern; Southern

Question 8

Name the seven continents.

Answer 8

North America
South America
Africa
Asia
Australia
Europe
Antarctica

Question 9

Name the five oceans.

Answer 9

Atlantic
Pacific
Arctic
Indian
Southern

Question 10

How many continents does the world have?

Answer 10

7

Question 11

How many oceans does the world have?

Answer 11

5

Question 12

What is a boundary?

Answer 12

A boundary is an imaginary line that shows the outline of a location.

Question 13

What is a continent?

Answer 13

A continent is a large body of land on the Earth.

Question 14

What does continental mean?

Answer 14

Continental means having to do with a continent.

Question 15

What is a desert?

Answer 15

A desert is a dry, hot, and sandy area of land.

Question 16

What is a hemisphere?

Answer 16

A hemisphere is half of a sphere (globe) created by the Prime Meridian or the Equator.

Question 17

What does interconnected mean?

Answer 17

Interconnected means joined together.

Question 18

What does intercontinental mean?

Answer 18

Intercontinental means between or among two or more continents.

Question 19

What is an island?

Answer 19

An island is land that has water surrounding it on all sides.

Question 20

What is a lake?

Answer 20

A lake is a natural or man-made body of fresh or salt water surrounded by land.

Question 21

What is land?

Answer 21

Land is the solid surface of the Earth.

Question 22

What is a map legend?

Answer 22

A map legend is a list of shapes and symbols used ton a map that stand for objects and places.

Question 23

What is a map title?

Answer 23

A map title is the name or kind of map.

Question 24

What is a mountain range?

Answer 24

A mountain range is a series of mountains with common characteristics.

Question 25

What is an ocean?

Answer 25

An ocean is a large body of saltwater on the Earth.

Question 26

What is a peninsula?

Answer 26

A peninsula is land that is surrounded by water on three sides.

Question 27

What is a rainforest?

Answer 27

A rainforest is a dense forest of evergreens and heavy undergrowth of plants that grows in a tropical area, with plenty of rainfall throughout the year.

Question 28

What does relative location mean?

Answer 28

Relative location means near or close to the place where something is found.

Question 29

What is a river?

Answer 29

A river is a large natural stream of water flowing toward another larger body of water.

Question 30

What is a sea?

Answer 30

A sea is a large body of water on the Earth that is partially surrounded by land.

Question 31

What does surrounded mean?

Answer 31

Surrounded means to be on all sides or to encircle.

Question 32

A _____ is an imaginary line that shows the outline of a location.

Answer 32

boundary

Question 33

A _____ is a large body of land on the Earth.

Answer 33

continent

Question 34

_____ means having to do with a continent.

Answer 34

Continental

Question 35

A _____ is a dry, hot, and sandy area of land.

Answer 35

desert

Question 36

A _____ is half of a sphere (globe) created by the Prime Meridian or the Equator.

Answer 36

hemisphere

Question 37

_____ means joined together.

Answer 37

Interconnected

Question 38

_____ means between or among two or more continents.

Answer 38

Intercontinental

Question 39

An _____ is land that has water surrounding it on all sides.

Answer 39

island

Question 40

A _____ is a natural or man-made body of fresh or salt water surrounded by land.

Answer 40

lake

Question 41

_____ is the solid surface of the Earth.

Answer 41

Land

Question 42

A _____ _____ is a list of shapes and symbols used ton a map that stand for objects and places.

Answer 42

map legend

Question 43

A _____ title is the name or kind of map.

Answer 43

map

Question 44

A _____ _____ is a series of mountains with common characteristics.

Answer 44

mountain range

Question 45

6

Answer 45

ocean

Question 46

A _____ is land that is surrounded by water on three sides.

Answer 46

peninsula

Question 47

A _____ is a dense forest of evergreens and heavy undergrowth of plants that grows in a tropical area, with plenty of rainfall throughout the year.

Answer 47

rainforest

Question 48

_____ _____ means near or close to the place where something is found.

Answer 48

Relative location

Question 49

A _____ is a large natural stream of water flowing toward another larger body of water.

Answer 49

river

Question 50

A _____ is a large body of water on the Earth that is partially surrounded by land.

Answer 50

sea

Question 51

_____ means to be on all sides or to encircle.

Answer 51

Surrounded

Question 52

A hemisphere is half of a sphere (globe) created by the _____ or the _____.

Answer 52

Prime Meridian; Equator