COLEGIO INGLÉS DE DURANGO.

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

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GEOGRAPHY EXAM
A. Circle the correct answer (20 7. If a map has a scale of 1:500 000
points) it means that 1 cm is equal to:

a. 500 cm
1. What is Geography? b. 5 km
c. 50 m
a. The science of the space d. 5000 cm
b. The study of the
relationship between 8. How many hours does the day has
society and nature on the spring’s equinox?
c. The study of where the
things are a. 12 hours
d. All of the above b. 24 hours
c. 0 hours
2. Which branch of geography is d. 16 hours
dedicated to the making of maps?
9. Hydrology is the branch of the
a. Physical Geography physical geography that study?
b. Cartography
c. Human Geography a. Soil
d. Ecology b. Water
c. Mountains
3. What kind of map shows the d. Animals
water and land in a natural way?
10. The geographical space can be
a. Political map dynamic because:
b. Cartogram
c. Topographical map a. It has a place in the world
d. Physical map b. It has different ways of
expression
4. Which element is NOT an element c. It changes all the time
of the maps d. All action in it has a
reaction
a. Legend
b. Scale 11. A region is:
c. Compass Rose a. a space characterized by
d. Tropic of Cancer being homogeneous in one
or more components
5. The latitude sizes the distance b. a space that
north to south from: has limits imposed by
humans.
a. The Tropic of Capricorn c. a specific point in the
b. The Prime Meridian geographical space.
c. The Equator d. The natural conditions that
d. The Arctic Circle surround us.

6. The meridians are lines of same: 12. The relationship between nature
and society is the:
a. Longitude a. Landscape
b. Latitude b. Geographical Space
c. Weather c. Territory
d. Zenith d. Map
 13. The economic geography studies: 17. What kind of map show
a. The primary, secondary movement of ideas, people,
and tertiary activities animals etc?
b. The languages of the
people a. Flow-line map
c. How many people live in b. Physical map
the cities. c. Thematic map
d. The climatic change d. Topographical map
14. A place is:
a. The natural conditions that 18. Who made the first maps?
surround us.
b. A space characterized by a. The Mayan
being homogeneous in one b. The Greeks
or more components c. The Babylonians
c. All the things we can d. The Chinese
observe as relief, climate
etc. 19. How many seconds does a degree
d. A specific point in the has?
geographical space
15. In which moment of the year the a. 3600
sun has a zenith in the tropic of b. 60
Capricorn? c. 360
a. The spring solstice d. 30
b. The winter solstice 20. The line that is the middle of the
c. The summer equinox earth is:
d. The autumn equinox a. The Tropic of Cancer
16. Which one is NOT an Element of b. The Equator
the geographical space? c. The Antimeridian
a. Economic d. The Antartic Circle
b. Political
c. Natural
d. Industrial

B. Read the sentence and Write true or false in the line (5 points)

21. The artic circle is the limit where the midnight sun occurs on summer: _____________
22. A map can be made of any material as sticks or rocks: _______________
23. The inclination of the Earth is 45°: _____________
24. The cultural geography study the migration of people: ____________
25. The geographical space can be located and diverse: ____________

C. Resolve the next problems (5 points)

26. In a map of scale 1:12 500 000 the distance between city A and the sea is of 2.6 cm.
How many kilometers is the real distance between them?

27. In a Saltillo map, on scale 1:50000, the distance between the Cathedral and Palacio de
Gobierno is of 0.7 cm. How many meters is the real distance between them?
D. Use the annex map and write the coordinates of the next places. (10 points)
City Latitude Longitude
Riga
Ankara
Paris
Lisbon
Milan