Geography Basics

5 Themes: What Theme describes areas that share one or more unique characteristics?

• Movement

• Region

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Place

5 Themes: What Theme describes WHERE something is?

• Movement

• Region

• Location

• Place

5 Themes: What Theme describes WHAT makes an area unique?

• Movement

• Region

• Location

• Place

5 Themes: What Theme describes how people and nature affect one another?

• Movement

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Location

• Place

5 Themes: What Theme describes how people, ideas, and/or things are transported from one area to another?

• Movement

• Place

• Region

• Location

5 Themes: "New York City contains the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, and Central Park" is an example of which Theme?

• Movement

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Place

• Region

5 Themes: "People use the trees in the forest to build houses" is an example of which Theme?

• Movement

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Place

• Region

6 Elements: What Element describes the characteristics that make up an area or areas?

• The World in Spatial Term

• Places and Regions

• Physical Systems

• Human Systems

6 Elements: What Element describes how people interact with other people?

• Physical Systems

• Human Systems

• Environment and Society

• The World in Spatial Terms

6 Elements: Which Element describes how Geography helps understand everything around us?

• The World in Spatial Terms

• Human Systems

• Places and Regions

• The Uses of Geography