Midterm Sixth grade

Question 1

5 Themes of Geography

Answer 1

Location, Place, Region, Movement, and Human Enviornmental Interaction

Question 2

What divides the hemispheres?

Answer 2

The equator

Question 3

Latitude

Answer 3

North to South

Question 4

Longitude

Answer 4

East to west

Question 5

What are the seven continents?

Answer 5

South America, North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia

Question 6

What are the five oceans

Answer 6

Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and Southern Ocean

Question 7

What do tectonic plates move by?

Answer 7

By rubbing each other, sliding, or gliding

Question 8

What causes the seasons

Answer 8

The tilt of the Earth’s axis

Question 9

Democracy

Answer 9

A government where leaders rule by majority

Question 10

Command Economy

Answer 10

A system where the government makes all the decisions

Question 11

Market economy

Answer 11

Systems based on ownership, free trade, and competition

Question 12

What is the gradual wearing away of rock called

Answer 12

Erosion

Question 13

Equator

Answer 13

Divides the northern and Southern hemispheres in half

Question 14

Map elements

Answer 14

Border, Grid, Key, Title, Orientation, Author, Date, and Scale

Question 15

Ethnic group

Answer 15

Group of people who share a common culture or ancestor

Question 16

Culture

Answer 16

Set of beliefs, values, and practices that a group of people has in common

Question 17

Economy

Answer 17

System that includes all of the activities that people and businesses do to earn a living

Question 18

Recreation

Answer 18

Activity done for fun. ex: Art

Question 19

Island

Answer 19

A piece of land surrounded by water

Question 20

Canal

Answer 20

Waterway for boats and ships

Question 21

Swamp

Answer 21

Area of low land where water collects

Question 22

Oasis

Answer 22

A fertile spot in a desert where water is found

Question 23

Valley

Answer 23

A low land between hills or mountains which water usually flows through

Question 24

Penninsula

Answer 24

Piece of land flowing out into a body of water

Question 25

Customs

Answer 25

Duties levied by a government on imported goods

Question 26

Government

Answer 26

The center of a nation, state, or community

Question 27

Prime Meridian

Answer 27

Divides the Eastern and Western hemispheres in half