1st Six Weeks Exam

What are the five major themes of geography?

• Maps, climate, population, continents, and oceans

• Location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions

• Culture, economy, government, cities, and technology

• Landforms, water, resources, boundaries, and trade

Which theme of geography describes where something is located?

• Place

• Location

• Movement

• Region

Which theme of geography describes the features that make a site unique?

• Movement

• Region

• Place

• Location

Which geographic theme involves the way people affect and are affected by their surroundings?

• Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Movement

• Place

What are areas called that share common characteristics?

• Places

• Continents

• Regions

• Zones

What is a three-dimensional, round model of the Earth?

• Atlas

• Satellite

• Globe

• Map

What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Equator

• Latitude Line

What is the study of the Earth and the way people live on it?

• History

• Cartography

• Geography

• Ecology

What is a flat drawing that shows all or part of Earth’s surface?

• Model

• Map

• Globe

• Satellite

What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

• Equator

• International Date Line

• Tropic of Cancer

• Prime Meridian