Five Themes

Which characteristics would you expect to find in a physical region?

• Landforms and Climate
• Animal Life and Language
• Plant Life and Religion
• Culture and Topography

Which statement is the best definition of a region?

• A region is an area in which people speak the same language.
• A region is an area that has common characteristics that distinguish it from neighboring areas.
• A region is an area set off from other areas by mountain ranges.
• A region is determined by an area's closeness to bodies of water.

Throughout history, people have lived on mountains, in deserts, and along rivers and coastlines. What does this great variety in the areas of human settlement demonstrate? 

• People organize similar types of governments.
• People enter similar occupations in very different regions.
• People can adapt to different physical environments.
• People prefer to live away from where other people settle.

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.

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.
  

A place is...

• The physical and human characteristics of a place.
  
• The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
  
• Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.

An example of relative location would be............

• 37.02 degrees N, 96.2 degrees W

• 10 miles south of Springfield on HWY 65

• Paris, France

All of the following are examples of Physical characteristics EXCEPT 

• The Empire State Building 
• Mountains 
• Rivers 
• Lakes

All of the following are examples of Human characteristics EXCEPT 

• The Golden Gate Bridge 

• The Pacific Ocean 

• The Super Bowl

• The Eiffel Tower 

Lucky Peak Dam controls flooding, produces electricity, and helps provide water for irrigation.  This is an example of

• Human Environment Interaction
• Location
• Movement
• Place