Geography 101

Test One Sample Questions

1) Water constantly circulates through the

A) lithosphere.

B) biosphere.

C) atmosphere.

D) all of the above

2) Geography:

A) is another word for cartography

B) comes from two words meaning: earth and writing

C) is a field that developed in the last 100 years

D) is a field of geology

E) comes from two words meaning sea and drawing

3) At the fall equinox, there will be __ hours of daylight in Bremerton:

A) 6

B) 12

C) 18

D) 24

E) 0

4) John Harrison is considered noteworthy because he

A) produced the first Mercator map

B) determined that the prime meridian should go through Greenwich

C) made an accurate clock that could be used to measure latitude

D) made an accurate clock that could be used to measure longitude

5) Draw a diagram of the earth as it appears at winter solstice. Label the poles, the equator, the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and the Arctic and Antarctic Circles. Label each of your parallels with their degrees (remember to add N or S). Mark in the terminator and label it.

6) On the map mark in the Pacific Ocean, Bolivia, Jamaica, Canada, Cuba, El Salvador, and Australia.