The 5 Themes of Geography

Describes where something is on earth.

• Location

• Place

• Region

• Movement

Describes the EXACT location using latitude and longitude coordinates.

• Absolute location

• Relative location

• Region

• Place

Describes the relationship of where something is, in relationship to another place.

• Absolute Location

• Region

• Plate

• Relative Location

Describes the physical and human characteristics of a place.

• Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Movement

• Place

Plymouth's ___________ characteristics include low plains, hills, forests, ponds and shore lines.

• movement

• human

• physical

• interaction

_________ describes the similarities you may find in a place. These can be language, culture, and similar historical background.

• human-environment interaction

• region

• place

• absolute location

_____ describes how people, goods, information, and culture got to a particular place.

• human-environment interactions

• relative location

• movement

• absolute location

_____ describes how humans have changed a particular place and how human adapt to the environment around them.

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Location

• Physical Characteristics

• Movement

Building roads and wearing jackets in cold weather are examples of which theme of geography?

• Movement

• Absolute Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Relative Location

Plymouth is located on the western shore of Cape Cod Bay. What is this an example of?

• Absolute location

• Place

• Relative location

• Movement