Geography Quiz (Grade 7)
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Geography Quiz
1.
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is
- where the Equator and Prime Meridian meet.
- the basis for all time zones in the world,
- the tropical time zone,
- the sub-tropical time zone.
2.
How many Time Zones are in the world?
- 12
- 24
- 16
- 5
3.
What caused people around the world to coordinate time?
- Importing and exporting
- Mass production of agriculture
- The creation of Time Zones
- Railroad construction
4.
Prior to the creation of Standard Time, time was measured by
- the moon's position in the sky.
- the sun's position in the sky.
- the changing of the rivers.
- mountain shadows,
5.
O degrees longitude is also known as:
- Greenwich Mean Time
- GMT
- the exact location for establishing time zones east and west of it
- all of these are true statements
6.
The latitude and longitude numbers that tell the address of a place on the map are called
- grids
- relative locations
- parallels
- coordinates
7.
What is the name of the intersecting pattern that is formed by the lines of longitude and latitude?
- geographic grid
- intersecting circles
- degrees
- coordinates
8.
What is the unit of measure in which latitude and longitude is expressed?
- kilometers
- miles
- tons
- degrees
9.
What lines in the grid are east-west?
- longitude
- prime meridian
- meridians
- latitude
10.
Latitude and longitude are imaginary lines which
- separate the earth into hemispheres.
- show where major highways are located.
- locate a point on the map.
11.
The meridian at Greenwich, England, from which longitude is measured east and west.
- Map Projection
- artifact
- Meridian Mississippi
- Prime Meridian
12.
An imaginary circle around the earth, equally distant from the North Pole and the South Pole
- cartographer
- location
- equator
- longitude
13.
A measure of distance north or south of the equator.
- latitude
- artifact
- Prime Meridian
- equator
14.
Longitude lines are usually recorded in 15 degree intervals because every 15 degrees,
- the Earth spins on its axis once (rotates once)
- Polaris gets higher in the sky
- is an hour of time
- the Earth changes seasons
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