Geography 5 Themes Quiz

1. The description of a place that uses landmarks as identifiable directions.

• absolute location
• relative location
• map
• place

2. The physical features of a location is known as which theme of geography?

• location
• place
• region
• movement

3. What is the difference between absolute and relative location?

• No difference terms that mean basically the same thing.
• Absolute location is exact determined by lat. and long.
• Absolute describes how a place is related to other locations
• Absolute location isn’t as important as relative location.

4. Geographers describe a place by

• its colorful borders.
• its many maps
• its physical and human characteristics
• its distance from the equator

5. When studying place, geographers want to determine:

• the characteristics that distinguish one place from another
• he traits shared by every place on earth
• how to find a place on a map
• how to give directions for finding a place

6. In studying human/environment interaction, geographers look at

• the natural and cultural features of a place
• where human beings choose to settle
• the ways people have destroyed the environment
• + and - effects that occur when interacting with environment

7. Studying the consequences of human/environment interaction

• helps people describe their community
• helps people plan and manage the environment responsibly
• helps people determine ways that their community is unique
• helps people compare their community to other communities

8. The theme of movement shows how

• people are destroying the environment
• people are very self-sufficient
• people don’t really move very often
• people are connected to and dependent upon others

9. A region is:

• area on the earth defined by unifying characteristics
• describe people change the environment to suit their needs
• way to show patterns or trends
• none of the above

10. Geographers use which theme of geography to divide the world into manageable units for study?

• location
• movement
• human/environment interaction
• regions