8th Grade Quarter Exam Review Question Preview (ID: 60169)


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Which of the following are on a political map?
a) a city
b) landforms
c) oil production
d)

What kind of map shows water features?
a) thematic map
b) political map
c) physical map
d)

Who is a person who organizes and operates a business?
a) entrepreneur
b) Framer
c) geographer
d)

What is a set of customs and beliefs?
a) geography
b) culture
c) superstition
d)

In the United States the power of the government comes from what/whom?
a) the people
b) the leaders of overnment
c) police
d)

Which of the following are common tools for a geographer?
a) telescopes and microscope
b) maps and globes
c) ecosystems and regions
d)

Which of the following was a primary reason France sought to colonize North America.
a) to reduce overpopulation in Europe
b) to profit from trading furs
c) to create a New France
d)

What is climate?
a) snow and sunlight at the same time
b) unusual weather conditions of a place for a period of time
c) usual weather conditions of a place for a period of time
d)

What is the flat plains area between the Rockies and the Appalachian Mountains called?
a) Great Plains
b) Coastal Plains
c) Edward's Plateau
d)

What European country founded the land in the Ohio river valley?
a) England
b) Spain
c) France
d)

What region has the most rainfall?
a) West
b) Northeast
c) Southeast
d)

What region has the least amount of rainfall?
a) Midwest
b) West
c) Southern
d)

What is the exchange of plants, animals, ideas and people between the new world and the old world?
a) Triangle trade
b) Columbian exchange
c) Royal exchange
d)

What European country founded the land on the Atlantic coast?
a) England
b) France
c) Spain
d)

Longest river in the US
a) Rio Grande
b) Colorado
c) Mississippi
d)

The mountain range farthest east
a) Rockies
b) Appalachian
c) Alps
d)

The mountain range farthest west
a) Rockies
b) Appalachian
c) Alps
d)

The intersection of a latitude and a longitude line shows what type of location?
a) relative location
b) absolute location
c) alternative location
d)

A document or object created during the time being studied.
a) constitution
b) Secondary source
c) Primary source
d)

Which of these is parallel to the equator on a map or globe?
a) latitude lines
b) longitude lines
c) Prime Meridian
d)

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