Five Themes of Geography

Which of these is NOT one of the Five Themes of Geography?

• Location

• Place

• Movement
  

• Space

The Theme of Geography summarised as "What and Who" is (a)   .

A region has (a)   features.

Select one of the unifying characteristics that can define a region.

• Physical Characteristics

• Natural Characteristics

• Human Characteristics

• Cultural Characteristics

Movement is...

• Motion

• How people, products, information and ideas move from place to place.

• An area that is defined by everything in it that separates it from other areas.

What of these is NOT an example of human-environment interaction?

• Building a house on a hill in an area that is prone to flooding.

• Fishing if you live on the coast.

• Setting up irrigation to prevent land from drying out.
  

• Writing down the coordinates of a location.

Relative location is...

• The exact location of a place, typically shown through addresses or coordinates.

• The general location of a place or the location of a place in relation to another place.

Answer explanation

Remember: Absolute location is exact, while relative location is more general.

38.90° N, 77.04° W is an example of (a)   location.

A place is...

• A specific area, defined by everything in it.

• The same as location

• 
  The same as relative location, but not absolute location.

• Undefined

What is the purpose of a region?

• There isn't a purpose

• To divide the world into smaller, more manageable sections

• To divide people

• To divide the world into large, unmanageable sections