5 Themes of Geography

A collection of places with similar features is called a

• Place
• Region
• Location 
• Human Environment Interaction 

38 degrees South Latitude, 83 degrees East latitude is an example of

• Absolute location 
• Relative location 

These are features that occur naturally.  (Examples: rivers, lakes, dunes, mountains)

• human-environment interaction
• physical
• human
• region

What is movement?

• Tells us how people, goods, recourses, and ideas move from one place to another
• Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
• Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike.

Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?

• Location
• Place
• Human-Environment Interaction
• Movement

People leaving their homes in Syria and travelling to Turkey to avoid ISIS is an example of which?

• Human-Environment Interaction
• Movement
• Absolute Location
• Relative Location

What is a Region

• Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike
• Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
• Tells us where people and places are

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

The statement:  "The Eiffel Tower is located at 48.8584° N, 2.2945° E," is an example of which of the 5 Themes of Geography?

• Movement
• Region
• Place
• Location

All of the following are examples of Physical characteristics EXCEPT 

• The Empire State Building 
• Mountains 
• Rivers 
• Lakes

If there were no trees in your area and you used sod (grass and dirt) to build a home, what type of interaction is that?

• Modify
• Adapt
• Depend