Review for Map and Geography Skills

The culture of a people relates best to which theme of geography.

• Movement

• Region

• Human and Environment Interaction

• Location

• Place

The theme of place in geography answers what question?

• Where is it?

• What do locations have in common?

• What is it like when you get there?

• LocationHow do people, goods, and ideas get around?

• What day is it today?

Humans using natural resources like oil, coal, wood, rocks, etc. is an example of which of the 5 themes of geography.

• Movement

• Region

• Human and Environment Interaction

• Location

• Place

What are the 2 types of location?

• up and down

• absolute and coordinate

• absolute and coordinate

• relative and absolute

Someone relocating to take a new job is an example of which of the 5 themes of geography.

• Movement

• Region

• Human and Environment Interaction

• Location

• Place

Geography is defined as:

• the study of humans

• the study of the earth and the people living on it

• the study of dinosaurs

• the study of plant life on the earth

A person who makes a map is called a ___________.

• geographer

• mapologist

• cartographer

• geotechnologist

Which two continents can be combined to change the number of continents from 7 to 6?

• North America and Europe

• Europe and Australia

• Asia and Africa

• Europe and Asia

Which of the landmasses below is NOT a continent?

• North America

• Greenland

• Australia

• Europe

List the oceans from smallest to largest:

• Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, Southern

• Southern, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic

• Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic

• Arctic, Southern, Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific