5 Themes of Geography

The five themes of geography are useful because...

• they teach us how to take notes about world events
• they help us organize information about our world
• they keep geographers employed
• they prepare us for social studies

Absolute and relative are two ways of describing the theme of...

• regions
• movement
• location
• human environment interaction

The human and physical features of a location are included in which theme?

• location

• region

• place

• movement

Which theme includes how humans adapt, modify or depend on the environment?

• movement
• place
• region
• human environment interaction

Which geography theme helps us understand how people, goods, information, and ideas move from one place to another?

• human environment interaction

• regions

• movement

• location

The theme that helps us understand one area in terms of a unifying feature that it shares in common with another area is...

• place
• region
• location
• movement

The construction of a new skyscraper in the city is classified as what?

• Adapted Environment
• Natural Environment
• Deforestation
• Human Environment

When would a geographer use absolute location?

• To identify the exact location of a place.
• To describe the physical features of an area.
• To locate a place by identifying what areas it is near.
• To show what the cultural characteristics of a place are.

What question does the theme of place ask?

• “What is it like?” (or “What makes this place different from other places?”)
• Where is it?
• How do people and the environment interact?
• What do places have in common?

Human-environment interaction is the relationship between _____ and _____.

• people, the world
• people, the government
• people, other people
• God, man