Basic Geography

Which is NOT one of the 5 Themes of Geography

• Location

• Place

• Latitude

• Region

• Movement

Answer explanation

The five themes of geography are Location, Place, Movement, Region, and Human-Environment Interaction.

Which two features are necessary to understand what is on a map?

• Key and Title

• Title and Colors

• Key and Colors

• Title and Lines

Cutting down trees to build a mall is an example of what?

• Movement

• Region

• Place

• Human-Environment Interaction

People leaving their homes to move to a new country is an example of which of the 5 Themes?

• Place

• Region

• Movement

• Location

The Midwest is an example of what...?

• Region

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Location

• Movement

Lines of longitude run which way?

• Horizontal

• North of Equator

• Vertical

• South of Equator

What is the location of the Equator?

• 0 degrees

  latitude

• 30 degrees longitude

• 90 degrees

  latitude

• 0 degrees longitude

Which type of map shows features such as lakes, rivers, mountain ranges or things that nature created?

• Special Purpose

• Political

• Historical

• Physical

Which type of map shows human made divisions of countries or regions?

• Elevation

• Political

• Physical

• Special Purpose

The International Date line is located 180 degrees from the _____.

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

• Prime Meridian