Understanding Geography Review

The five themes of geography include location, place, movement, region, and __________.

• human-environment interaction

• physical systems

• the world in spatial terms

• uses of geography

The six __________ of geography include “places and regions” and “human systems.”

• key areas

• essential elements

• environments

• spatial terms

Analyze the map and answer the question that follows.

Image by Dr. Blofeld

As a geographer, which essential element of geography would you be studying if you used this map to study locations?

• the world in spatial terms

• human systems

• environments and societies

• physical systems

Which of the following examples is the best way of describing the essential element of geography called “places and regions”?

• understanding the cultures that humans create

• learning about how the environment affects humans

• studying what places are like and why they are grouped together

• seeing why things are located in different places

Analyze the map and answer the question that follows.

Photo by Vervictorio

This map shows Southeast Asia - an area made up of countries that have been grouped together. If you were studying why these areas were grouped together, which of the essential elements of geography would you be using?

• environment and society

• the world in spatial terms

• places and regions

• physical systems

The essential element of geography called “physical systems” focuses on the study of __________.

• the regions that people create by grouping areas together

• the Earth’s natural environments and the systems that shape them

• the locations of places in relation to one another

• the cultures that people create

Analyze the photo and answer the question that follows.

Photo by Manuel Werner

Imagine that you are sent to the forests of the Rwenzori Mountains in Africa (shown above). As a geographer, if you were studying this natural environment and the natural processes that shape it, which of the essential elements of geography would you be using?

• physical systems

• the world in spatial terms

• places and regions

• human systems

Human systems, one of the six essential elements of geography, can best be described as the study of __________.

• where people live and what cultures they create

• where things are located in relation to one another

• how people group places into regions

• how the Earth’s natural environments are changing

Analyze the photos and answer the question that follows.

Photos by tsc_traveler and Rungbachduong

As a geographer, you’re sent to two parts of the world to study where people live and what cultures they’re creating. Your task is to study homes like the ones shown above.

Which of the six essential elements of geography would you be focusing on?

• physical systems

• the world in spatial terms

• movement

• human systems

The essential element of geography called “environment and society” can best be described as the study of __________.

• why people create cultures in different areas

• how people affect the natural world and how it affects them

• where things are located in relation to each other spatially

• how people group places together into regions