5 Themes of Geography Review

5 Themes of Geography Review

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What Is Geography??

The study of the Earth's land, water, people, plants, and animals.

Location

• Relative Location: Where something is compared to something else. For example, New Mexico is east of Arizona.

• Absolute Location: Identifies the exact location of a place using coordinates of latitude and longitude, or a street address. For example, South Valley Academy is located at 3426 Blake Rd SW, Albuquerque, NM 87105.

Latitude

• Lines of latitude measure north-south position between the poles. 

• The Equator is defined as 0 degrees, the North Pole is 90 degrees north, and the South Pole is 90 degrees south. 
  

• Lines of latitude are all parallel to each other, thus they are often referred to as parallels.

Longitude

• Lines of longitude, or meridians, run between the North and South Poles. They measure east-west position. 

• The Prime Meridian is assigned the value of 0 degrees, and runs through Greenwich, England.

• Meridians to the west of the Prime Meridian are measured in degrees west, and likewise those to the east of the Prime Meridian are measured to by their number of degrees east.

Coordinates

• Cartographers and geographers divide the Earth into longitudes and latitudes in order to locate points on the globe. Each location on Earth has its unique latitude and longitude.

• Each location on Earth has its unique latitude and longitude. 
  

• Where the latitude and longitude intersect are the "coordinates" of a location. 

• Coordinates are generally written latitude (North or South), and then latitude (East or West) =  (3°N, 102°E)

Hemispheres

• The Equator and the Prime Meridian both divide Earth in two. Each half of Earth is called a "hemisphere". 

• The Equator divides Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres. 

• The Prime Meridian divides Earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres.

• Every location is in two hemispheres - North or South AND East or West.

Multiple Choice

Maps and Global-Positioning Satilites (GPS) must use __________ and ____________ to form coordinates.

• miles and kilometers

• latitude and longitude

• Equator and Prime Meridian

• directions and guesswork

Multiple Choice

Which hemispheres is New Mexico located in?

• North-Southern

• North-Western

• South-Western

• North-Eastern

Regions

• A region has a unifying human or physical feature such as population, history, climate,or landforms.

• Example: The Rocky Mountain region of the USA would include all states the Rocky Mountains run through.

• Locations can be in multiple regions, depending on the unifying characteristic being described or compared.

Multiple Choice

Which states would be included in the "4-Corners Region" of the USA?

• New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, and California

• Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Texas

• Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Arizona

• New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado

Multiple Choice

The areas included in the "Southwest Region" of the United States is changeable, depending on what is being compared, but it usually includes New Mexico, Arizona, and parts of Texas, Colorado, and Utah.

• True

• False

"Place" is how you describe a location.

• Physical Characteristics are things in the environment, such as the climate, weather, animals, plants, land forms, or bodies of water.

• Human Characteristics are things like culture, language, buildings, transportation, population, etc.

• In this picture, what Physical and Human characteristics can you identify?

Open Ended

Describe a place in New Mexico by listing 2 physical and 2 human characteristics. Be specific!

Human-Environment Interaction

• How humans impact the environment (like farming, building, hunting, irrigation, domestication, etc.), AND

• How the environment impacts humans (like climate, weather, types of soil, availability of water, natural disasters, etc.)

Multiple Choice

Wearing a coat when it snows is an example of the environment impacting human behavior.

• True

• False

Movement

• Refers to the movement of people, things, goods, or ideas. 

• For example, people might move to find better opportunities.

• Goods such as mobile phones are transported around the world.

Multiple Choice

Celebrations such as Dia de los Muertos coming to New Mexico with immigrants from Mexico is an example of movement.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Coordinates like (3°N, 102°E) are an example of which of the 5 Themes of Geography?

• Place

• Movement

• Region

• Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

Multiple Choice

Hurricane Katrina flooding sections of New Orleans is an example of:

• Place

• Movement

• Region

• Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

Multiple Choice

Human migration is an example of:

• Place

• Movement

• Region

• Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

Multiple Choice

The Taj Mahal in India is an example of:

• Place

• Movement

• Region

• Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

Multiple Choice

Areas of the USA where Catholicism is practiced is an example of:

• Place

• Movement

• Region

• Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

Multiple Choice

Refers to the exact point where a site is found on a map or globe:

• Place

• Movement

• Region

• Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

Multiple Choice

This theme groups places according to a characteristic (e.g., culture, climate, literacy rates, goods production, etc.)

• Place

• Movement

• Region

• Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

Multiple Choice

This theme looks at the relationship (positive and negative) between homo sapiens and the natural world.

• Place

• Movement

• Region

• Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

Multiple Choice

Refers to the way humans, goods, and ideas are transferred around the world.

• Place

• Movement

• Region

• Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

Multiple Choice

New Mexico is located south of Colorado, east of Arizona, west of Texas, and north of Mexico, is an example of:

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

• Region

• Place

Multiple Choice

This theme describes both natural and human-created areas.

• Place

• Movement

• Region

• Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

Multiple Choice

Chaco Canyon is located at 36N, 107W

is an example of:

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

• Region

• Place