Themes of Geography

Paris is a three-hour train ride from London. It is an example of

• absolute location

• Global Grid

• relative location

• location on the job

Which one of the following is not an example of relative location?

• Western Europe

• Eastern Australia

• Central Asia

• NewYork

A broader, more universal method of ____________ is to use the global grid of latitude and longitude lines.

• relative location

• absolute location

• GPS

• world map

Places have both _________and____________characteristics that make them unique and memorable.

• environmental, historical

• physical, human

• natural, biological

• historical, human

A place is any area — no matter its_______.

• width

• length

• properties

• size

One of the largest movements in U.S. history, the

Great Migration, took place between ______and ______.

• 1900-1930

• 1914-1920

• 1932-1949

• 1950-1965

A cultural geographer might be interested in regions defined by:

• continents, mountains and water bodies

• the languages spoken

• the climate

• latitude

The great America we see today was heavily influenced by _________.

• mediterranean fishing patterns

• the great migration

• corn fields

• revolutions

Human transformations in the environment are usually fueled by ________.

• agriculture

• aesthetic

• technology

• recreation

Which of these is an example of how humans adapt to the environment?

• Farmers use irrigation systems to water crops

• Factories burn coal to generate electricity

• Lemon growers in Italy turn steep hills into layered fields

• Residents of Pacific islands eat a diet heavy in fish