5 Themes Study Guide for Test

What are the 5 Themes of Geography?

• Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Location, Weather, and Place

• Movement, Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Location, and Place

• Place, Movement, Location, Region, and Human-Alien Interactions

• Absolute Location, Relative Location, Climate, Vegetation, and Movement

Australia is located to the west of New Zealand..... this is a statement representing which of the 5 Themes of Geography?

• Place
• Location
• Movement
• Human-Environment Interaction

The sentence below best shows which subcategory and theme of geography?

Luna Lovegood lives near Ottery St. Catchopole in Devon.

• relative location

• absolute location

Which type of location am I referring to when I say: "Arkansas is south of Missouri"?

• absolute

• relative

A navigation system that allows people to determine their exact location is _____________.

• GPS

• Equator

• geography

• Prime Meridian

The Appalachian Mountains are east of the Rocky Mountains.

This is an example of ________________.

• Place: Physical

• Absolute Location

• Place: Human

• Relative Location

True or False: Stating “The island is (64°N ,16°E)" is an example of absolute location.

• True

• False

Absolute Location is a specific place on the Earth.

• True

• False

What question does the theme of place ask?

• “What is it like when you get there?”

• Where is it?

• How do people and the environment interact?

• What do places have in common?

Examples of human characteristics:

• trees, mountains
• river, lakes
• buildings, bridges, roads
• desert, snow