Five Themes of Geography Quiz

What is the term for a place's exact position on Earth?

• Relative location

• Absolute location

• Geographic address

• Imaginary lines

Which imaginary lines are used to identify absolute location?

• North and South Poles

• Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn

• Equator and Prime Meridian

• Latitude and Longitude

What question does the theme of 'Place' answer?

• Where is it?

• What is it like?

• How are places similar or different?

• How do people relate to the physical world?

Which of the following is a human characteristic of a place?

• Bridges

• Lakes

• Climate

• Mountains

What does the theme of 'Region' compare?

• Physical and human characteristics

• Absolute and relative locations

• Human-environment interaction

• Movement of goods and ideas

Which theme of geography involves the movement of people, goods, and ideas?

• Location

• Place

• Movement

• Region

What question does the theme of 'Movement' answer?

• How do people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another?

• What is it like?

• Where is it?

• How are places similar or different?

Which of the following is an example of human-environment interaction?

• Comparing political divisions

• Modifying the land for farming

• Describing a place's physical characteristics

• Identifying a place's absolute location

Why might people settle near a river?

• For water and food resources

• For political reasons

• For safety

• For natural beauty

What is an example of a physical characteristic of a place?

• Religion

• Language

• Mountains

• Culture