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Seventh Grade Geography and Economics Pre/Post Quarter One Exam 2016-2017
1. What is geography?
a. Geography is the study of human and nonhuman features of the Earth, our home.
b. Geography is the study of rocks
c. Geography is the study of space.
d. Geography is the study of human biology.
2. One of the five themes of geography is location. What is a location according to the five themes?
a. Location is how people interact.
b. Location is how we move and breathe.
c. Location is where a place exits exactly or where a place is relative to another place.
d. Location is the strengths and weaknesses of a country.
3. Geographers use the term place to describe which of the following?
a. The mix of human and nonhuman features at a given location
b. The altitude of a given position
c. A specific latitude and longitude
d. A street address with a zip code
4. Geographers use this theme to study groups of places that share at least one common characteristic
(history, culture, climate, language, etc.)
a. Plate
b. Valley
c. Region
d. Continent
5. Which of the following statements best describes the geographic theme of movement?
a. Countries in northern Africa share a desert, or arid, climate.
b. Europe and North America are separated by the Atlantic Ocean.
c. Human activity may be a cause of global warming.
d. Millions of people from Mexico have traveled north to the United States for better economic
opportunities.
6. Most maps have a key and a scale bar in order to
a. Display degrees of longitude and latitude.
b. Indicate north, south, east, and west.
c. Provide information on distance and map symbols.
d. Show the area on the map in relationship to a larger area.
7. What type of map would you use to find the elevation of mountain ranges?
a. A physical map
b. A political map
c. A special-purpose map
d. A road map
Seventh Grade Geography and Economics Pre/Post Quarter One Exam 2016-2017
8. What causes the seasons?
a. Earth moving closer to or further away from the sun as it makes it yearly journey
b. Changes in the intensity of the sun’s energy output
c. Earth’s tilt causing different amounts of light to fall on certain areas at different times
d. Changes in the core temperature of Earth
9. Moving from the outer-most layer to the inner-most layer, what is the correct order of the layers of
the Earth?
a. crust, mantle, core
b. mantle, core, crust
c. core, mantle, crust
d. crust, core, mantle
10. Large chunks of the Earth’s crust called plates slide against one another. These movements
sometimes result in
a. earthquakes.
b. global warming.
c. pollution of the Earth’s atmosphere.
d. diseases.
11. Which of the following factors make up a place’s climate?
a. amount of rain or snow
b. temperature
c. latitude
d. all of the above
12. An ecosystem is a network of _____________ that depend on one another and their environment
for survival.
a. plants
b. animals
c. living things
d. people
13. Ecosystems can change over time because of physical processes or
a. grass or forest fires.
b. hurricanes or tornadoes.
c. very cold winters.
d. human activities.
14. The theme of human-environment interaction includes
a. only ways in which humans harm the environment through pollution.
b. only natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes.
c. both how the environment affects humans and how humans affect the environment.
d. only events that have happened since the Industrial Revolution.
Seventh Grade Geography and Economics Pre/Post Quarter One Exam 2016-2017
15. A useful material found in the environment is known as a ______________
a. nonrenewable resource.
b. energy resource.
c. natural resource.
d. renewable resource.
16. ________________ is the movement of new settlers and their culture into a new area.
a. Land use
b. Colonization
c. Industrialization
d. Environmental change
17. Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable resource?
a. Oil
b. Soil
c. Water
d. Animals
18. What is an example of a negative impact humans can have on the environment?
a. recycling materials in order to reduce the amount of trash
b. clearing out large portions of forests for other land use
c. turning large areas of land into national parks
d. using alternative forms of energy, such as solar and wind, rather than burning fossil fuels
19. The difference between wants and reality creates ____________, or having a limited quantity of
resources to meet unlimited wants.
a. supply
b. economy
c. scarcity
d. choices
20. Which type of economic system has the highest level of government control?
a. Traditional economy
b. Market economy
c. Command economy
d. Mixed economy
21. Which of the following are ways to increase economic development?
a. Encouraging more farming
b. Investing in education and training
c. Establishing price controls
d. Lowering wages
Seventh Grade Geography and Economics Pre/Post Quarter One Exam 2016-2017
22. Countries exchange products and resources through imports and exports. This is an example of
what?
a. Free trade
d. International trade
c. trade barrier
d. domestic trade
23. Using up resources is one of the negative effects of
a. the birthrate.
b. the death rate.
c. the infant mortality rate.
d. rapid population growth.
24. ______________ and _____________ are two problems created by urbanization.
a. More jobs; new highways
b. Slums; suburban sprawl
c. Education; better lives for children
d. Better health care; new water lines
25. Scientists believe that more than 50,000 years ago, some early humans migrated from to Asia and
then went to
a. Europe
b. Africa
c. North America
d. Antarctica