Social Studies Weekly - Five Themes of Geography

___________ is the study of earth and its people.

• Geography

• Cartography

• Geometry

• Movement

Which of the following is NOT one of the five themes of geography?

• location

• human-environment interaction

• states

• region

The geographic theme of place includes __________.

• how people adapt to the environment

• physical and human characteristics

• how people, resources, and ideas move

• organization into regions

The theme of __________ explores the relationship between people and the environment.

• Location

• Place

• human-environment interaction

• movement

True or false. Migration is one way people, ideas, and materials move.

• True

• False

When we describe where something is using the terms “close,” “near,” “above,” or “below,” we are using __________.

• relative location

• absolute location

• Maps

• Globes

When we use a coordinating grid to describe a location, we are using __________.

• relative location

• absolute location

• maps

• globes

People who create maps are called __________.

• Politicians

• Historians

• Geographers

• Cartographers

Physical characteristics include which of the following?

• Landforms

• Culture

• Economics

• Movement

A place's __________ come from human ideas and interactions people have with their environment.

• Human Characteristics

• Locations

• Movements

• Regions