5 Themes of Geography Post-Assessment

What is a Region?

• A region tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike

• A region tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area

• A region tells us where people and places are

What is movement?

• Movement tells us how people, goods, resources, and ideas move from one place to another

• Movement tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area

• Movement tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike.

What is location?

• Location tells us where people and places are

• Location tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area.

• Location tells how people, goods, resources, and ideas move from one place to another.

Latitude lines run

• East/West

• North/South

Longitude lines run _________.

• East/West

• North/South

The imaginary line splits the Earth into eastern and western hemispheres is known as the

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Date Line

Building houses on stilts to avoid floodwaters is an example of

• Location

• Place

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Movement

You and your family relocating as a result a one of your parents getting a new job is an example of

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Movement

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

The Pacific Coast is an example of

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Relative Location

• Movement

• Region

St. Louis is west of the Mississippi River is an example of

• Movement

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

• Place