Name Class Date

A Geographer’s World Chapter Test

Form A

MULTIPLE CHOICE For each of the following, write the letter of the
best choice in the space provided.

______ 1. Geographers look at the ______ 4. The two main branches of

world geography are
a. by studying cities first. a. regional and local.
b. at the local, regional, and b. cartography and
global levels. meteorology.
c. by studying only its c. the study of water and the
physical features. study of landforms.
d. as separate regions with d. physical geography and
no effect on each other. human geography.

______ 2. A geographer’s tools include ______ 5. A social science is a field that

a. maps and globes. studies people and
b. satellite images. a. geography.
c. notebooks and tape b. their relationships.
recorders. c. their environment.
d. all of the above. d. the landscapes they create.

______ 3. Which of the following is an ______ 6. Which of the following

essential element of questions might a geographer
geography? studying at a local level ask?
a. uses of geography a. Which products does a
b. latitude country export?
c. movement b. What languages do people
d. relative location speak in South America?
c. How do people in a town
or community live?
d. What features make up a
physical region?

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A Geographer’s World, continued Chapter Test Form A

______ 7. Globes can show ______ 11. Geography is considered a

a. specific information about social science because it
a place, such as languages a. deals with people and how
spoken or street names. they live.
b. a flat representation of b. can be studied using
Earth’s surface. numbers.
c. the world as it really is. c. uses satellite imaging.
d. more information than d. is studied in all countries
maps. of the world.

______ 8. Which of the following is ______ 12. Two basic types of satellite
not one of the five themes of images are
geography? a. full color and infrared.
a. movement b. true color and infrared.
b. regions c. full color and heat.
c. place d. heat and true color.
d. environment
______ 13. The study of weather and its
______ 9. Your street address describes causes is
a. absolute location. a. geography.
b. relative location. b. hydrology.
c. your environment. c. meteorology.
d. your society. d. cartography.

______ 10. Which of the following ______ 14. Which theme of geography
would a human geographer describes features that make
study? a site unique?
a. soils and plants a. human-environment
b. maps and globes interaction
c. weather and climate b. movement
d. economics and politics c. place
d. location

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A Geographer’s World, continued Chapter Test Form A

PRACTICING SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS Study the picture below and

answer the question that follows.

______ 1. Which theme of geography best describes what the picture shows?
a. location
b. movement
c. regions
d. human-environment interaction

FILL IN THE BLANK Read each sentence and fill in the blank with the
word in the word pair that best completes the sentence.

1. and other tools help geographers study the planet.

(Maps/Landscapes)

2. Geographers who study the world on a level try to

find relationships among people who live far apart. (regional/global)

3. The information gathered by helps geographers make

accurate maps. (tape recorders/satellites)

4. The is a list of 18 basic ideas that everybody should

understand about geography. (national geography standards/themes of geography)

5. Other branches of geography, such as , examine

certain aspects of the physical and human worlds. (technology/hydrology)

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A Geographer’s World, continued Chapter Test Form A

TRUE/FALSE Indicate whether each statement below is true or false by

writing T or F in the space provided.

______ 1. Geography is both a science and social science.

______ 2. Geographers divide the world into two regions based on latitude and
longitude.

______ 3. Showing the round Earth on flat maps with distort some details.

______ 4. There are no similarities between the five themes and six essential
elements of geography.

______ 5. Landforms, bodies of water, and the foods people eat are all aspects of
human geography.

MATCHING In the space provided, write the letter of the term that
matches each description. Some answers will not be used.

______ 1. the study of the world, its people, and the a. physical geography
landscapes they create
b. themes
______ 2. a part of the world that has one or more
common features that distinguish it from c. human geography
surrounding areas
d. essential elements
______ 3. six important ideas that people use to orga-
e. hydrology
nize their study of geography
f. meteorology
______ 4. the study of the world’s landforms, bodies of
water, and other natural g. landscape
features
h. cartography
______ 5. the study of the world’s people, communities,
and landscapes i. geography

______ 6. the five major ideas used to organize the j. region

study of geography
k. social science
______ 7. all the features that makes a place unique
l. map
______ 8. the study of water on Earth

______ 9. the study of weather and its causes

______ 10. the science of making maps

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