5 Themes of Geography and Map Skills Too

The United States is in what hemisphere?

• North

• South

• East

The study of Earth’s surface and the people, environments and resources that shape it is what Social Science

• Historian

• Economist

• Geography

• Anthropology

Usually how we describe where we are in every day conversation

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

• Generic Location

Where are we is which theme of Geography?

• Region

• Human Environment Interaction

• Movement

• Location

How do HUMANS and the ENVIRONMENT affect each other is which theme of Geography?

• Location

• Human Environment Interaction

• Place

• Movement

What’s it like there is which theme of Geography?

• Location

• Movement

• Place

• Region

What links where we are to the places around us is which theme of Geography?

• Place

• Movement

• Location

• Region

Lines of latitude are Imaginary horizontal lines around the globe. They are also called?

• Parallels

• Meridians

• Angles

• Rays

Lines of Longitude are imaginary vertical lines around the globe. They are also called

• Parallels

• Meridians

• Angles

• Rays

This shows you where on the globe the area of the map is located

• Scale

• Key

• Compass Rose

• Locator Map