Five Themes of Geography and Absolute/Relative Location

Movement is...

• The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.

• The way people and the environment affect each other.

• Where a place is on Earth.

• None of the above are correct.

Regions are ...

• Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.

• An absolute location on Earth.

• The physical and human characteristics of a place.

• All of the above are correct answers.

An example of an absolute location would be.........

• St. Louis and Chicago

• United States of America

• The South

• 37.02 degrees N, 93.20 degrees W

What is the location theme about?

• How people affect their environment

• The relationship among places

• Where something is

• A place with unifying characteristics, such as climate or history

What is the place theme about?

• A place with unifying elements, such as climate or history

• A location’s physical and human features

• Where something is

• How people affect their environment, the physical characteristics of their natural surroundings, and how their environment affects them.

What does relative location tell you?

• a place's exact position on Earth

• why people moved to a certain place

• a place's position in relation to other people and places

• how a place is similar to other places

Which of the following is a human characteristic of a place?

• landforms

• climate

• vegetation

• language

Someone tells you about the population, languages spoken, landforms and animal life in Virginia. Which theme of geography is he or she most likely talking about?

• location

• place

• movement

• human-environment interaction

When would a geographer use absolute location?

• To identify the exact location of a place.
• To describe the physical features of an area.
• To locate a place by identifying what areas it is near.
• To show what the cultural characteristics of a place are.

Geography is...

• The study of Earth and how we, the people who live there, interact with it.

• The study of Earth and its atmosphere.

• The study of rocks, minerals, and all physical attributes of Earth