Geography Unit 1 Test Review

What are the five themes of geography?

• Location, Place, Region, Movement, Human Environment Interaction

• Latitude, Longitude, Climate, Weather, Map Projection

• Mountains, Rivers, Deserts, Oceans, Forests

• North, South, East, West, Center

What question does the theme 'Location' answer?

• What is it like there?

• Where is it?

• How do people interact with the environment?

• How are places similar or different?

What direction do lines of latitude run?

• North to South

• East to West

• Diagonal

• Circular

What do lines of latitude tell us?

• Time zones

• Climate zones

• Distance from the equator (north and south)

• Distance from the prime meridian (east and west)

What direction do lines of longitude run?

• North to South

• East to West

• Diagonal

• Circular

What do lines of longitude tell us?

• Time zones

• Climate zones

• Distance from the equator (north and south)

• Distance from the prime meridian (east and west)

Which theme of geography is related to the construction of roads?

• Place

• Region

• Movement

• Location

Which theme of geography would be used to describe how expanding a city changed the natural landscape?

• Place

• Human Environment Interaction

• Region

• Location

Absolute location is defined as:

• A place's position relative to other locations

• A place's exact position on Earth

• A place's cultural characteristics

• A place's climate

Relative location is defined as:

• A place's position relative to other locations

• A place's exact position on Earth

• A place's cultural characteristics

• A place's climate