Five Themes of Geography - Week 2

The five themes of geography help us study

• government, English, and music

• history, economics, and science

• economics, science, and music

• history, economics, and government

The theme or main idea of movement is about

• mountains, deserts and oceans

• boundaries, cities, and states

• migration, ideas, and transportation

• globes, maps, and a compass

The theme or main idea of regions is about

• similar characteristics

• migration

• diversity

• physical features

The theme of human-environment interaction is about

• animals and habitats

• people and changing the environment

• water evaporation in the environment

• vegetation and land use

What are examples of physical characteristics?

• clouds, temperature, and rainfall

• trees, insects, and birds

• mountains, deserts, and oceans

• latitude, longitude, and scale

What type of location includes a place's exact address or longitude and lattitude?

• absolute location

• relative location

What type of location uses describing words like near, close by, across from...?

• absolute location

• relative location

Globes are a model of Earth that show us where

• climates, biomes, and deserts

• mountains, boundaries, and weather

• oceans, weather, and land

• water, land, and countries

What is one reason that people may be FORCED to move to a new place?

• natural disaster

• better houses

• new job

• poor churches

The three things that people need to survive include all of the following except:

• food

• shelter

• jobs

• clothing