Five Themes of Geography

What are the two types of location?

• absolute

• relative

• near

• close

• north

How is absolute location measured?

• a compass rose

• latitude and longitude coordinates

• in miles

• using a scale

Describes where a place is on earth.

• region

• location

• place

• movement

Describes how goods, ideas and people migrate.

• human-environment interaction

• place

• movement

• location

Describes an area with similar cultural and physical characteristics.

• location

• region

• human-environment interaction

• movement

What are the two types of Regions?

• human

• physical

• maps

• cultural

• multiple

What are the two ways humans can interact with the environment?

• adapt/adjust

• help/create

• grow

• modify/change

Which Theme of Geography answers the question

"Where is it?"

• movement

• location

• place

• human-environment interaction

• region

What Theme of Geography answers the question

"What similarities exist in this area?"

• location

• place

• region

• movement

• human-environment interaction

What Theme of Geography answers the question

"What is it like there?"

• movement

• place

• location

• human-environment interaction

• region