Geography Themes and Map Features

1. Geography is the study of Earth. Which list represents the 5 themes of geography?

•           Location;  Place;  Human/Environment Interaction; Movement; Region

• Location; Homes;  Religion;  Movement;  Human/Environment Interaction

• Location;  Plants and Animals; Watershed Systems; Region; Movement

• Location; Human Customs, Place, Watershed Systems, Movement

Which of these is the best description of a globe?

•           Globes are flat representations of Earth.        

• Globes show streets, buildings and historical places.

• Globes are a round, small copy, or model, of Earth that you can hold in your hands.

• Globes are less accurate than maps.

Which list below describes the features of globes?

•          They are flat, display hemispheres, show roads, grids, and lines of longitude and latitude.

•             They are round, display railroads, list small cities, have lines of longitude and latitude.

•           They are round, display hemispheres, have a grid,  show the poles, list cities.

•      They are round, displays hemispheres, contain the Equator and Prime Meridian, show lines of longitude and latitude, show the poles.

Which 5 features are common to all maps?

• Title, Rivers, Mountains, Prime Meridian, Hemispheres   

• Title, Map Key, Compass Rose,  Symbols,  Scale

• Title, Prime Meridian, Hemispheres, Locator, populations

• Title, equator, Prime Meridian, Hemispheres, bodies of water

Pennsylvania is located in what region of the United States?

• Northeast Region

• Southeast Region

• Midwest Region

• Southwest Region

• Western Region

Lancaster County is found in which region of Pennsylvania?

• Allegheny Plateau

• Ridge and Valley

• Atlantic Coastal Plain

• Piedmont

Which statement explains how both corn and blueberries can grow in Pennsylvania?

• A variety of habitats supports a variety of vegetation.

• Many hardwood trees grow in the state.

• Wildflowers bloom throughout forest areas.

• Several softwoods grow in the mountains.

How did the Delaware River affect settlement in the Atlantic Coastal Plain?

• Most people did not settle near the river.

• People did not want to live near a crowded river.

• The river made transportation better, so people settled near it.

• The river’s location had little effect on settlement.

An elevation map shows what important feature of a place?

• How flat the land is.

• How high the land is.

• How wide the land is.

• The natural resources of the land.

Pennsylvania landforms DO NOT include:​​​​​​​

• deserts

• mountains

• valleys

• plateaus