Assessment Exam : Class 7
History and Geography
Name: ____________________ Date: _______________
Part 1: Multiple Choice Questions (Circle the correct answer) 10 Marks
1. What is geography primarily the study of?
A) Cultures
B) The Earth and its features
C) Languages
D) Mathematics
2. What does a physical map typically show?
A) Populations
B) Borders
C) Natural features
D) Trade routes
3. Which tool is essential for geographers when analyzing the Earth's surface?
A) Abacus
B) GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
C) Stethoscope
D) Compass
4. What does GPS stand for?
A) Global Positioning System
B) General Postal Service
C) Geographic Population Study
D) Global Polar Satellite
5. What is a primary function of GPS?
A) To predict weather
B) To measure land
C) To provide positioning
D) To map the oceans
6. What does human geography primarily study?
A) The moon's surface
B) Human societies and their cultures
C) Animal habitats
D) Ocean currents
7. Which type of map would show country borders and cities?
A) Physical map
B) Political map
C) Topographic map
D) Climate map
8. What do geographers study in environmental geography?
A) Political systems
B) Interactions between humans and natural environments
C) Historical documents
D) Planetary movements
9. What does the term 'latitude' refer to?
A) Lines running parallel to the Equator
B) Lines running from North to South
C) The length of a river
D) Depth of the ocean
10. What does a physical map show?
A) Populations
B) Borders
C) Natural features
D) Trade routes
Part 2: Short Answer Questions 05 Marks
1. Describe what GPS stands for and its primary function.
2. Explain the main difference between a physical map and a political map.
3. What does the term 'latitude' refer to?
4. Define human geography?
5. Climate maps show what kind of information?
Part 3: True/False (Write 'True' or 'False' next to each statement) 05 Marks
1. GIS stands for Geographic Information Systems and is used to predict weather.
2. The term 'longitude' refers to lines running from North to South.
3. A political map shows natural features like mountains and rivers.
4. History studies only the events that happened more than 500 years ago.
5. The Mercator projection is a tool used primarily in environmental geography.
Part 4: Match the Column 05 Marks
Column A Column B
A) Longitude 1) A navigational tool used to measure the angle between objects
B) Chronology 2) An object made by humans, typically an item of cultural or historical
interest
C) Sextant 3) The arrangement of events in their order of occurrence
D) Cultural 4) Lines running from North to South
history
E) Artifact 5) The study of ideas, beliefs, and the arts within societies
