CIVICS AND CULTURE

GRADE 4
FIRST PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

NAME: ______________________________________________________

I. Fill in the blanks.

1. __________________________ are big land masses on the earth’s surface.
2. __________________________is the study of the Earth’s surface.
3. __________________________is the exact model or representation of the Earth.
4. __________________________ is the most outermost part of the Earth’s surface.
5. About ____________________ of the Earth’s surface is water.
6. __________________________is the horizontal line around the middle of the
globe.
7. __________________________is the vertical or horizontal half of the Earth.
8. The _______________________ is the first layer of the atmosphere that extends
from the surface of the Earth up to ten kilometres.
9. The _______________________is the uppermost layer of the atmosphere that
receives most of the radiation from the sun.
10. The _____________________ is the layer of the atmosphere that is between 15
to 50 kilometers above the trophosphere.
11. The vertical line at zero degrees longitude is called the
________________________________________.
12. _________________________are the imaginary horizontal lines around the globe.
13. _________________________ are the imaginary lines running from north to south
on the map on the globe.
14. The __________________ pole is the farthest place on the south of the Earth.
15. The __________________pole is the farthest place on the north of the Earth.

II. Write T if the statement is true and F if the statement is false.

_________1. Geography is the study of the Earth’s surface and of the life on it.
_________2. The Earth is flat like a dinner plate.
_________3. Ferdinand Magellan discovered that the Earth is flat.
_________4. Big land masses are called islands.
_________5. A globe is a replica of the Earth.
_________6. The Northern Hemisphere is the part of the globe south of the equator.
_________7. The Earth’s surface is made up of landforms and bodies of water.
_________8. The poles of the globe are at its opposite top and bottom.
_________9. There are horizontal and vertical lines on the globe.
_________10 . The equator divides the Earth into the Northern and the Southern
Hemispheres.

III. Matching type

_______1. Polar region

_______2. Antarctic Circle
_______3. Arctic Circle
_______4. South Temperate Region
_______5. Tropical region
_______6. Tropic of Capricorn
_______7. Tropic of Cancer
_______8. Earth’s grid
_______9. Longitude and lines of longitude
_______10. Latitude and lines of latitude
_______11. Parallels
_______12. International Date Line
_______13. Zero/prime meridian
_______14. North Temperate Region
_______15. Equator

a. region between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic circle.

b. 23 ½ ° North latitude
c. 23 ½ ° South latitude
d. exact opposite of the Prime Meridian
e. Greenwich Meridian
f. areas that extend from 66 ½ ° North & South latitudes
g. area between the tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn
h. region between the tropic of cancer and the arctic circle
i. is the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
j. the network of lines of latitude and longitude
k. is the distance north or south of the equator
l. zero degrees latitude
m. 66 ½ ° North latitude
n. 66 ½ ° South latitude
o. lines drawn parallel of the equator

IV. Label the primary and secondary directions indicated by the arrows.
N

V. Encircle the correct answer.

1. Which of the following can a map show?
a. the countries c. The kinds of natural resources
b. the provinces d. All of the above

2. Which is a kind of cultural environment?

a. plains b. Mountains c. Cities d. Lake

3. What can identify the meaning of the symbols on a map?

a. compass rose b. Grid c. Legend d. Scale

4. What can you identify when you use the compass rose?
a. the relative location of a place c. The size of a place
b. the exact location of a place d. The kind of climate of a place

5. If a place is above the equator and at the left of the Prime Meridian, what
directions is the place in?
a. north and east c. South and east
b. north and west d. South and west

6. It is the proportion that a map or model has to the object it represents.

a. grid b. Scale c. Compass rose d. Legend

7. It tells us the direction of an object or a place in relation to another.

a. grid b. Relative location c. Legend d. Scale

8. It refers to the places and the infrastructures tat are made or built by people
on the surface of the Earth.
a. Map b. Globe c. Physical environment d. Cultural
environment

9. It refers to the natural features of the Earth that were formed by nature.
a. Map b. Globe c. Physical environment d. Cultural
environment

10. It is a collection of maps

a. Axis b. Atlas c. Globe d. Smart

11. Why can’t we feel the continuous movement of the Earth?

a. Because the sun is very big c. Because of the size of the
Earth
b. Because the Earth is always moving d. Because the moon moves
around the Earth

12. Why do we have night and day?

a. Because of the moon and stars
b. Because of the slanted position of the Earth on its axis
c. Because of the movement of the Earth around the sun
d. Because of the movement of the Earth around its axis

13. Which of the following describes summer?

a. The plants and leaves start to grow. C. The surrounding is covered with
snow.
b. The surrounding is covered with snow d. The plants have many flowers.

14. Which is in correct order?

a. summer, winter, autumn, spring
b. autumn, winter, spring, summer
c. winter, autumn, summer, spring
d. spring, summer, autumn, winter
15. Which describes the Polar region?
a. The climate is very hot. C. The climate is temperate
b. The climate is very cold. D. It is found between 23 ½ ° N latitude & 66 ½
° N latitude

16. The third largest island in the Philippines is ________________.

a. Luzon b. Samar c. Negros Mindanao

17. The Philippines is an archipelago because ___________________.

a. there are many mountains in the country c. The country is surrounded
by water
b. the country is made up of many islands d. The country is in Southeast Asia

18. Saluag island is the farthest point of the Philippines in the________________.

a. Luzon c. Singapore
b. Visayas d. Malaysia

19. The average annual temperature in the Philippines is _________________.

a. 20.6 °C b. 26.7°C c. 30.2°C d. 33.2°C
20. There is more rainfall in __________________________.
a. Aggunetan,Cagayan c. Baguio City
b. Manila d. Baras, Catanduanes

VI. Write True if the sentence is correct. If it is wrong, change the underlined
word with the correct one and write it in the blank.

_______________1. The Earth completes one rotation in one year.

_______________2. Rotation is the movement of the Earth around the sun.
_______________3. The countries in the Tropical Zone experience four seasons.
_______________4. The different regions have different kinds of climate.
_______________5. The Polar Region is covered with ice the whole year.

VII. Identify the following words

1. vegetation
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2.
wildlife__________________________________________________________________________
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3. savanna
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4. tamaraw
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5. tarsier
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6. Pandaca pygmea
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VIII. Essay
1. What can the people do in the preservation of the rare plants and animals in
our country?
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2. There are times when the dry season is very long and the farmers are very much
affected by it. What can the government do to help the farmers?
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3. What do you think is the effect of pollution to the Earth’s environment? What
can we do to prevent it?
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