Five Themes of Geography

What are the five themes of Geography?

• Location, States, Human Environment Interaction, Music

• Place, Setting, Region, Movement

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

• Human Environment Interaction, Movement, Region, Countries

Geography is

• studying maps.

• asking questions about various people and places around the world.

• studying the world.

• asking question about where you used to live.

Absolute location is the exact location of a place.

• true

• false

What continent has an absolute location at coordinates (G,25)?

• North America

• South America

• Africa

• Asia

The theme of place answers the question

• Where is something located?

• What is it like there?

• How and why are places connected?

• How and why is one area similar to or different from another?

What things are a part of the natural environment of a place?

• landforms

• bodies of water

• climate

• buildings

Human Environment Interaction explores the relationship between people and materials.

• true

• false

The basic needs for people are

• food, shelter, and clothing.

• books, school, and water.

• parents, friends, and homes.

• food, oxygen, and life.

How do people modify their environment?

• go swimming

• building schools

• playing basketball

• building legos

How do people adapt to the environment?

• walking their dog in the spring

• wearing warm clothes in winter

• training their cat to use the litter box

• turning on the air conditioner in the summer