DMC College Foundation

Sta. Filomena, Dipolog City

Higher Education
Midterm Examination
Name:_________________________________

BEED 11 - Geography
Mark Jasper G. Cielo, RChem
Score:________________

MCQ: Encircle the letter of the correct answer. No erasures.

1. What does the prefix geo- in geography stand for?
a. Land
c. Earth
b. Ocean
d. Planet
2. What does the portion -graphy of geography stand for?
a. Study
c. Science
b. Writing
d. Understanding
3. Which branch of geography deals with the physical nature of landmasses?
a. Physical Geography
c. Human Geography
b. Classical Geography
d. Cultural Geography
4. In which country can you find Mt. Fuji?
a. South Korea
b. Japan
c. Brazil
d. China
5. Which of the following countries lies along the Alps?
a. Ireland
b. Gibraltar
c. Romania
d. Switzerland
6. Which country is at the eastern end of the Himalayas?
a. Pakistan
b. India
c. Afghanistan
d. Bhutan
7. Which of the following countries lies along the Andes?
a. Peru
b. Guatemala
c. Mexico
d. Grenadas
8. Which mountain range is the effect of the movement of the Indian Subplate versus the Mainland Asianic
plate?
a. Himalayas
b. Andes
c. Alps
d. Ural
9. Which body of water separates archipelagic Asia and North America?
a. Atlantic Ocean
b. Bering Sea
c. Bering Strait
d. Pacific Ocean
10. Which body of water separates continental Asia and North America?
a. Indian Ocean
b. Bering Sea
c. Bering Strait
d. Pacific Ocean
11. Which city is found in in Mainland Asia.
a. Burma
b. Singapore
c. Kingdom of Siam d. North Korea
12. Which of the countries does NOT have TYPE A climates?
a. South Korea
b. Jamaica
c. Timor Leste
d. Malaysia
13. Which of the following best describes a TYPE E climate?
a. It is the climate at the ice caps
b. It is the climate of tropical places
c. It is the mid-latitude climate
d. It is the high latitude cold climate
14. Which of the following is a natural forcing mechanism for climate change?
a. Increase of Greenhouse Gases
c. Albedo of Cities
b. Albedo of Ice Caps
d. Volcanic Ash Albedo
15. Which of the following does not affect world climatic regions?
a. Air Masses
c. Altitude
b. Mountain Barriers
d. Greenhouse Gases
16. The oldest existing map was one made over 2000 BC. Which civilization made the map which is set on
clay tablets?
a. Babylonian
c. Hindu
b. Chinese
d. Egyptian
17. What kind of map shows political boundaries?
a. Physical Maps
c. Elevation Maps
b. Political Maps
d. Contours Maps
18. What are depicted in ancient maps?
a. Land Masses
c. Latitude and Longitude
b. Pictographs of Landmarks
d. Cardinal Directions
19. What is the WORST flaw of Medieval Maps?
a. They are made by monks.
c. They are made in monasteries.
b. They are religiously biased.
d. They are expensive.
20. What is the BEST feature of Renaissance Maps?
a. They are honestly made.
c. They are artistically made.
b. They are made on paper.
d. They are made by Ptolemy.
21. What BEST describes the usage of Ancient maps before Babylonian maps?
a. Dividing Political Boundaries
c. Dividing Estates
b. Showing distances between Cities d. Locating Places
22. What BEST describes the added usage of Ancient Maps made by Egyptians and Chinese?

a. Dividing Political Boundaries

c. Dividing Estates
b. Showing distances between Cities d. Locating Places
23. Which of the following are NOT known to be uses of maps in the Medieval Era?
a. War Time
c. Partition of estate
b. Prediction of Climate
d. Locating lland marks
24. What element of modern maps are not observed in ancient maps?
a. Scales
c. Location
b. Direction
d. Landmarks
25. In which era were maps made in monasteries by monks?
a. Renaissance Era
c. Cyber Era
b. Industrial Era
d. Ancient Era
26. Who made maps using concepts of mathematics?
a. Claudius Ptolemy
c. Claver Ptolemy
b. Nicholas Copernicus
d. Clausius Ptolemy
27. In what publication was the first maps with longitudes and latitudes first appeared?
a. Geographia
c. Cartographia
b. Astrologia
d. Heografiya
28. Which of the following technological advances are used to create modern era maps?
a. Satellite Imaging
c. Barometircs
b. Global Positioning System
d. All of the choices
29. Which of the following key descriptors does not describe physical maps made during the modern era?
a. Pictographic
c. Gridded
b. Scaled
d. Accurate
30. Which type of maps show elevation using color difference?
a. Physical Maps
c. Contour Maps
b. Climatic Maps
d. Elevation Maps
31. Which type of maps show elevation using contour lines?
a. Physical Maps
c. Contour Maps
b. Climatic Maps
d. Elevation Maps
32. Which type of maps show temperature differences on the surface of the earth?
a. Physical Maps
c. Contour Maps
b. Climatic Maps
d. Elevation Maps
33. Which type of map shows even man-made structures?
a. Physical Maps
c. Political Maps
b. Resource Maps
d. Topographic Maps
34. Which type of maps shows only natural structures?
a. Physical Maps
c. Contour Maps
b. Resource Maps
d. Topographic Maps
35. What color designates a water body in Physical Maps?
a. Dark Brown
c. Light Blue
b. Blue
d. Green
36. What color designates a high mountain in Physical Maps?
a. Light Brown
c. Light Blue
b. Green
d. Dark Brown
37. What color designates plains in Physical Maps?
a. Light Brown
c. Light Blue
b. Blue
d. Green
38. What term is used to refer to the directions, North, East, West and South on maps?
a. Cartesian Direction
c. Cardinal Directions
b. Azimuthal Direction
d. Normative Directions
39. What part on the map divides the earth into to North and South halves?
a. Latitude Lines
c. Prime meridian
b. Longitude Lines
d. Equator
40. What map shows elevation, physical features, man-made features and political boundaries at the same
time?
a. Physical Maps
c. Contour Maps
b. Resource Maps
d. Topographic Maps
41. Which map type shows vegetation distribution or mineral deposits?
a. Physical Maps
c. Contour Maps
b. Resource Maps
d. Topographic Maps
42. Which type of map is necessary to determine where Zamboanga del Norte meets Zamboanga
Sibugay?
a. Physical Maps
c. Elevation Maps
b. Political Maps
d. Topographic Maps
43. Which type of map is necessary to determine the highest point in Dipolog?
a. Physical Maps
c. Elevation Maps

b. Political Maps
d. Topographic Maps
44. Which type of map is used to know where most houses can be located in Galas?
a. Residential Maps
c. Political Maps
b. Resource Maps
d. Topographic Maps
45. Which type of map is referred to, to identify the crops produced in Pinan and Polanco?
a. Residential Maps
c. Crop Maps
b. Resource Maps
d. Topographic Maps
46. What is the distance between Dapitan and Dipolog City, if you measured on the map 1.5 cm and the
scale is 1 cm: 10 km?
a. 15 km
b. 10 km
c. 5 km
d. 1.5 km
47. What is the direction of a place which is found to the right of the upper part of the map?
a. North
b. Northwest
c. Northeast
d. Northsouth
48. What is the direction of a place which is found to the left of the upper part of the map?
a. North
b. Northwest
c. Northeast
d. Northsouth
49. What is the cardinal direction of a place found in the upper part of the map?
a. North
b. Northwest
c. Northeast
d. Arctic Circle
50. Where does south point to if you raise the map perpendicular to your sight?
a. To the sky
b. To the ground
c. To the right
d. To the left
51. What line dissects the earth parallel its axis of rotation?
a. Laitutude
c. Longitude
b. Grid Line
d. Ley Line
52. What line dissects the earth perpendicular to its axis of rotation?
a. Laitutude
c. Longitude
b. Grid Line
d. Ley Line
53. What is the centermost latitude?
a. Equator
c. Beijing Meridian
b. Prime Meridian
d. Tropic Line
54. What is the centermost longitude?
a. Greenwhich Meridian
c. Beijing Meridian
b. Prime Meridian
d. None
55. What tropic is found in the northern hemisphere?
a. Tropic of Libra
c. Tropic of Cancer
b. Tropic of Capricorn
d. Tropic of Taurus
56. What tropic is found in the southern hemisphere?
a. Tropic of Libra
c. Tropic of Cancer
b. Tropic of Capricorn
d. Tropic of Taurus
57. What polar circle is found in the northern hemisphere?
a. Arctic Circle
c. Polar Circle
b. Antarctic Circle
d. Celestial Circle
58. What polar circle is found in the southern hemisphere?
a. Arctic Circle
c. Polar Circle
b. Antarctic Circle
d. Celestial Circle
59. What term is used to call the set of numbers defining the location of a place?
a. Ordinates
c. Coordinates
b. Congruates
d. Cartesian
60. What unit is NOT used in the nomenclature of global positioning?
a. Degrees
c. Minutes
b. Celcius
d. Seconds
61. How many hours apart are GMT +8 and GMT -6?
a. 12
c. 14
b. 2
d. They are the same time zone

62. How many hours apart are GMT +3 and UTC +3?
a. 3
c. 6
b. -6
d. They are the same time zone
63. What is the GMT zone of the Philippines?
a. GMT +8:00
c. GMT +9:00
b. GMT - 8:00
d. GMT -9:00
64. What is the GMT zone of Greenwich?
a. GMT +0:00
c. GMT +1:00
b. GMT - 24:00
d. GMT -12:00
65. What does GMT mean?
a. Greenwich Meridian Time
c. Great Meridian Time
b. Greenland Meridian Time
d. Grand Meridian Time

II Coordinate System: Locate the following cities on the Asian Map. Make sure you provide coordinates up to
1 decimal place. You may use rulers. (5 points each)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Shanghai
Manila
Macau
Jakarta
Taipei