Physical and Human Geography

Tools of Geography

Landforms and Waterways

A Spatial Way of Thinking

Five Themes of Geography

Vocabulary

Culture

100

The study of Earth and its people is called

A. geography

B. demography

C. geology

D. history

geography

100

What landform/waterway is A?

A. canyon

B. plateau

C. hill

D. bay

A. canyon

100

Geographers look at the world in spatial terms. This means

A. they only study how changes to Earth occur.

B. they examine why people choose to live in a certain place.

C. they look at how things are arranged relative to each other.

D. they prefer the use of maps to answer geographic questions.

they look at how things are arranged relative to each other.

100

Vietnam is in the northern hemisphere.

Movement

Region

Human/Environment Interaction

Location

Place

location

100

Maps can help us with the ____________of any place in the world.

absolute location

distortion

map projection

relative location

absolute location

100

Beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by a group of people who share similar experiences.

culture

200

Physical geography is the study of

A. Earth and its people.

B. how things appear on a map.

C. people as they have spread across Earth.

D. natural features on the surface of Earth.

natural features on the surface of Earth.

200

What landform/waterway is B?

A. river

B. tributary

C. canyon

D. delta

A. river

200

Which of the following will you find on a map that shows physical features?

A. businesses
B. landforms
C. population
D. vegetation

B. landforms

200

What languages are spoken in Brazil?

Movement

Region

Human/Environment Interaction

Location

Place

200

There are seven of these giant landmasses.

A. plain

B. continent

C. plates

D. basin

B. continent

200

Name 3 elements of culture.

Language

Arts

Social organization

Customs and tradition

Religion

Forms of government

Economic systems

300

Which of the following is an example of human geography?

A. a city is built near a large river

B. a volcano erupts on a small island

C. a geographer examines a location on a map

D. a large mountain range separates two valleys

a city is built near a large river

300

What landform/waterway is C?

A. peninsula

B. basin

C. desert

D. hill

C. desert

300

Which term means the pattern of weather over a long period of time?

A. climate
B. density
C. region
D. vegetation

A. climate

300

An area of earth with similar characteristics.

Movement

Region

Human/Environment Interaction

Location

Place

Region

300

The _________________of the building is three blocks away from the train station.

absolute location

relative location

map projection

distortion

relative location

300

Dance, music, and literature are examples of which trait of culture?

art

400

What does a map’s scale compare?

A. direction on a map with direction on Earth
B. distance on a map with distance on Earth
C. location on a map with location on a globe
D. distortion on a map with distortion on a globe

B. distance on a map with distance on Earth

400

What landform/waterway is D?

A. island

B. delta

C. lake

D. tributary

B. delta

400

What are coal, iron, uranium, and petroleum?

A. land uses
B. vegetation zones
C. natural resources
D. economic activities

C. natural resources

400

Products made in China and shipped to the United States.

Movement

Region

Human/Environment Interaction

Location

Place

Movement

400

What are north, south, east, and west known as?

A. cardinal directions

B. GPS

C. GIS

D. location

A. cardinal directions

400

What is the most important social organization for someone's culture?

families

500

Which two continents are located entirely in the Western Hemisphere?

A. Europe and Africa
B. Asia and Antarctica
C. North America and Australia
D. North America and South America

D. North America and South America

500

What landform/waterway is E?

A. basin

B. desert

C. plateau

D. plain

500

What does an economic activity map of a country show?

A. where its people live
B. what kind of climate it has
C. how high its mountains are
D. how its people make a living

D. how its people make a living

500

Many states have to prepare for earthquakes and construct building that won't fall over.

Movement

Region

Human/Environment Interaction

Location

Place

Human/Environment Interaction

500

Another name for a map key

A. grid

B. basin

C. legend

D. hemisphere

C. legend

500

Social classes are based on...

money

occupation

education

600

What does the relative location of a place tell you?

A. the longitude and latitude of a place
B. which symbol shows a place on a map
C. where a place is compared to another place
D. the map projection being used to show a place

C. where a place is compared to another place

600

What landform/waterway is F?

A. mesa

B. basin

C. plateau

D. hill

B. basin

600

What do geographers call an area with one or more features that set it apart from other areas?

A. a city
B. a region
C. a landform
D. a climate zone

B. a region

600

Blue Valley Southwest

Movement

Region

Human/Environment Interaction

Location

Place

Region

600

Longitude labeled 0 degrees, from which all other degrees of longitude are measured.

A. equator

B. prime meridian

C. Tropic of Cancer

D. Tropic of Capricorn

B. prime meridian

600

What is the name of Taylor Swift's 2025 album?

The Life of a Showgirl

700

What do geographers use to indicate the absolute location of any place on Earth?

A. a global grid
B. a map legend
C. a map scale
D. a compass rose

A. a global grid

700

What landform/waterway is G?

A. basin

B. peninsula

C. strait

D. island

B. peninsula

700

Flows from mountains and makes their way to the sea

A. river
B. mountain range
C. basin
D. isthmus
E. bay
F. canyon

A. river

700

Amazon truck delivering packages.

Movement

Region

Human/Environment Interaction

Location

Place

Movement

700

A large area of Earth with a particular pattern of weather

A. vegetation zone

B. weather patterns

C. climate zone

D. vegetation patterns

C. climate zone

700

Which team lost to the OKC Thunder in the last NBA Finals

Indiana Pacers

800

A meridian of longitude is an imaginary line that runs

A. parallel to the Arctic Circle.
B. parallel to the Tropic of Cancer.
C. from the North Pole to the South Pole.
D. from the Prime Meridian to the International Date Line.

C. from the North Pole to the South Pole.

800

What landform/waterway is H?

A. sea

B. strait

C. bay

D. lake

A. sea

800

Body of water that cuts deeply into shorelines and enclosed by land on 3 sides

A. gulf
B. mountain range
C. isthmus
D. plain
E. peninsula
F. canyon

A. gulf

800

ABMS has the mascot of Wolverine and they wear green.

Movement

Region

Human/Environment Interaction

Location

Place

800

Any action that relates to the making, buying, and selling of goods and services

A. regions

B. economic activity

C. elevation

D. climate zone

B. economic activity

800

What is the name of the rules that ABMS has?

Wolverine Way

900

Which of the following is the main advantage of the type of map projection shown below?

A. It shows the area of oceans more accurately.
B. It shows distances between places more accurately.
C. It shows relative locations of places more accurately.
D. It shows the size and shapes of continents more accurately.

D. It shows the size and shapes of continents more accurately.

900

What landform/waterway is I?

A. strait

B. lake

C. gulf

D. reef

C. gulf

900

Landform that is created from the weathering and erosion from water.

A. gulf
B. mountain range
C. isthmus
D. plain
E. peninsula
F. canyon

F. canyon

900

Construction of the new gym at ABMS.

Movement

Region

Human/Environment Interaction

Location

Place

Human/Environment Interaction

900

A change in the shape or size of a place when Earth is represented on a flat map.

absolute location

distortion

map projection

relative location

Distortion

900

What is the name of the mascot at the new middle school?

Coyote

1000

Which two lines mark the northernmost and southernmost points where the sun’s rays ever beat straight down?

A. the Arctic Circle and the Antarctic Circle
B. the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
C. the prime meridian and the International Date Line
D. the prime meridian and the equator

B. the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn

1000

What landform/waterway is J?

A. bay

B. peninsula

C. strait

D. delta

C. strait

1000

Landform that covers western Kansas.

A. gulf
B. mountain range
C. isthmus
D. plain
E. peninsula
F. canyon

D. plain

1000

Urban Air one Metcalf Avenue.

Movement

Region

Human/Environment Interaction

Location

Place

Location

1000

Geographers choose the ___________________ that best suits the kind of information they want to present.

absolute location

relative location

map projection

distortion

map projection

1000

What subject will be taught in the 2nd semester in social studies?

Kansas History