Chapter 1 - Basic Geography Skills - Review

This theme of geography refers to where a place is located.

• Location

• Place

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Movement

This themes refers to the characteristics of a place.

• Place

• Location

• Region

• Movement

This theme refers to the way people, animals, and ideas get from one place to another.

• Region

• Location

• Movement

• Human-Environment Interaction

This theme refers to a group of places that share common characteristics

• Location

• Place

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Region

This theme refers to how people interact with the environment and how the environment affects people.

• Movement

• Region

• Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

This map element tells you the subject of the map.

• Legend

• Title

• Compass Rose

• Scale

This map element tells you what the colors or symbols mean.

• Legend

• Scale

• Compass Rose

• Grid of longitude and latitude

This map element tells you how much distance is being represented on a map.

• Scale

• Locator Globe

• Title

• Grid of longitude and latitude

This map element helps you identify an absolute location.

• Scale

• Key

• Grid of longitude and latitude

• Compass Rose

Latitude lines run ________ to _________.

• east to west

• north to south