GEOGRAPHY QUIZ 1.What type of map can show the population of an area? 2.T or F: A political map shows locations of boundaries. 3.Name 2 things that determine where and how people live. 4.What body of water is located west of Florida and east of Texas? 5.What goes in the lower left hand corner of all maps?

6.What is the movement of the continents called? 7.How many themes of geography are there? 8.T or F: Latitude lines run east and west. 9.What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres? 10.Polluting the earth is an example of which theme of geography? 11.T or F: According to your map guidelines sheet, you do not have to label land and oceans in capital letters. 12.T or F: You can find mountains shown on a physical map.

13.The earth is made up of mostly _________. 14.Which type of map shows boundaries of countries and states? 15. What is the world’s grid system? 16.How many Themes of Geography are there? 17. Name and describe one landform from your list. 18. Which ocean is missing from the list? Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian and ________ 19. Movement of the Earth’s plates under the surface is called ______________. 20. T or F: Most of the Earth’s freshwater is found in lakes.

Answers: 1.What type of map can show the population of an area? Special Purpose (Distribution) 2.T or F: A political map shows locations of boundaries. True 3.Name 2 things that determine where and how people live. Land and Water 4.What body of water is located west of Florida and east of Texas? Gulf of Mexico 5.What goes in the lower left hand corner of all maps? Compass Rose

6.What is the movement of the continents called? Continental Drift 7.How many themes of geography are there? 5 8.T or F: Latitude lines run east and west. True 9.What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres? Equator 10.Polluting the earth is an example of which theme of geography? Human/Environment Interaction 11.T or F: According to your map guidelines sheet, you do not have to label land and oceans in capital letters. False 12.T or F: You can find mountains shown on a physical map. True

13.The earth is made up of mostly water. 14.Which type of map shows boundaries of countries and states? Political 15. What is the world’s grid system? Latitude and Longitude lines 16. Peninsulas, plateaus and volcanoes are examples of what? Landforms 17. Name and describe one landform from your list. 18. Which ocean is missing from the list? Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian and Southern. 19. Movement of the Earth’s plates under the surface is called Plate Tectonics. 20. T or F: Most of the Earth’s freshwater is found in lakes. False