Knowledge Check #2: Our Common Language

Which one of the following Five Themes of Geography best fits this definition...

"_____ involves looking at how the environment and humans affect each other."

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Movement

• Region

• Location

• Place

Which one of the following Five Themes of Geography best fits this definition...

"_____ involves classifying parts of the world with names and labels."

• Region

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Location

• Place

• Movement

Which one of the following Five Themes of Geography best fits this definition...

"_____ involves providing other landmarks or features that help describe where on Earth a thing is being studied."

• Location

• Place

• Movement

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Region

Which one of the following Five Themes of Geography best fits this definition...

"_____ involves a description of the physical characteristics of the location being studied."

• Place

• Location

• Movement

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Region

Which one of the following Five Themes of Geography best fits this definition...

"_____ involves describing the effects of going from place to place across the Earth."

• Movement

• Region

• Location

• Place

• Human-Environment Interactions

Which of these topics could be studied by a geographer? Choose all that apply.

Hint: think about ALL the definitions of geography!

• The spread of COVID-19 across the globe

• The distribution of ethnic Albanians in Turkey prior to WW I.

• The great floating "islands" of garbage found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

• A map of the US during the Civil War.

• Earthquakes in California.

Below, choose the best example to match the definition for Human-Environment Interaction.

• Deforestation in the rainforests of Brazil.

• Earthquakes in California.

• Learning more about the hyrodsphere.

• Creating a model of how plate techtonics work.

This "sphere" contains gasses that surround the Earth, including the air we breathe.

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• cryosphere

• lithosphere

This "sphere" is made up verious types rocks and sediment found on the Earth.

Hint: It's not the sphere where one studies rocks/erosion over time. That's the Pedosphere.

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Cryosphere

• Ionosphere

This "sphere" is where erosion has changed rocks and sediments over time.

Hint: It's not the sphere where one studies the varieties of rocks and sediment. That is the Lithosphere.

• Ionosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Cryosphere

• Pedosphere