Daily Quizzes
Name                           Class                             Date
SECTION 1
True/False • (10 points each) Indicate whether each statement
below is true or false by writing T or F in the space provided. If the
statement is false, use the space below to explain why.
1. All people in the United States share the same perspective on the world.
2. Geographers use spatial perspective to look at the world.
3. Scientists have determined that the study of geography has no application
to real life.
4. Geographers study a wide variety of Earth’s processes and their impact
on people.
5. One area of interest to geographers is how governments change and how
those changes affect people and their lives.
6. Geographers study issues only at the global level.
7. One way for students to learn geography is for them to study their communities
at the local level.
8. Regional studies cover smaller areas than studies done at the local level.
9. Urban areas are those that contain cities.
10. Rural areas contain open land usually used for farming.

                                                                              Daily Quizzes
Name                              Class                              Date
SECTION 2
Matching • (10 points each) Match each of the following terms
with the correct description by writing the letter of the description in
the space provided. Some descriptions will not be used.
1. themes
2. movement
3. absolute location
4. relative location
5. place
6. physical features
7. region
8. diffusion
9. human-environment
interaction
10. adaptations
a. Changes people make in their own behavior so that they
are better suited to live in an environment
b. For example, language, religion, history, or other cultural
qualities
c. An exact spot on Earth
d. The location of one’s parents, siblings, or children
e. Can be described both by its physical location and by its
physical and human features
f. The geography theme that studies how and why
people move
g. Position of a place in relation to another place
h. Topics of study
i. Process by which ideas or behaviors spread from one
region to another
j. Area of Earth’s surface with one or more shared characteristics
k. For example, landforms, coastlines, types of soils, lakes,
or rivers
l. How people and their surroundings affect each other

                                                                              Daily Quizzes
Name                                  Class                       Date
SECTION 3
Fill in the Blank • (10 points each) For each of the following statements,
fill in the blank with the appropriate word, phrase, or name.
1. The focus of is people—past or present, their
location and distribution over Earth, their activities, and their differences.
2. geographers study the exchange of goods and services
across Earth.
3. The study of Earth’s physical landscapes, including the atmosphere, is the focus of
.
4. Mountains, plains, and deserts are examples of different types of .
5. Because you live and go to school in your hometown, it is important that you know your
geography.
6. The term refers to the art and science of mapmaking.
7. Today, most geographers who create maps use a computer system called
.
8. The field of forecasting and reporting temperature, rainfall, and other atmospheric
conditions is known as .
9. The field of focuses on Earth’s larger atmospheric systems.
10. Scientists who study Earth’s larger atmospheric systems are called .