Geography Basic Skills

The exact location of a place on earth base upon a latitude and longitude

• pop spot
• city
• point of origin
• absolute location

North, South, East, and West

• names of Kanye's kids
• intermediate directions
• cardinal directions
• never eat soggy waffles

Maps that show things like coal, forests, iron ore, oil, etc .

• physical
• natural resource
• political
• historical

Natural aspects of geography including landforms, waterways, natural resources, and climate

• political features
• cultural features
• physical features
• landform features

Maps that show boundaries such and country and state boundaries

• political
• physical
• professional
• population

Maps that show the amount of people who live in a given area

• physical
• political
• population
• prime

This theme of geography refers to where a place is located.

• Location

• Place

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Movement

This themes refers to the characteristics of a place.

• Place

• Location

• Region

• Movement

This theme refers to the way people, animals, and ideas get from one place to another.

• Region

• Location

• Movement

• Human-Environment Interaction

This theme refers to a group of places that share common characteristics

• Location

• Place

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Region