Five Themes of Geography Quiz

What is the main job of the theme called “Location”?

• Telling how people change the environment

• Describing where a place is on Earth

• Explaining how people move from one place to another

• Dividing the world into different regions

When we say “Australia is at approximately 25° South latitude and 135° East longitude,” we are using:

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Place

“Australia is south of Asia and surrounded by the Indian and Pacific Oceans” is an example of:

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

• Region

• Movement

The theme of “Place” helps us understand:

• How goods and ideas travel

• What a location looks like and feels like (its physical and human features)

• How people depend on, adapt to, and modify the environment

• How we group areas together

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

• Sydney Opera House

• Great Barrier Reef

• People speaking English

• Tourists visiting from China

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

• Hot desert climate

• Tall eucalyptus trees

• Aboriginal Dreamtime stories and the Sydney Opera House

• Kangaroos hopping in the Outback

The theme “Human-Environment Interaction” is all about:

• How people and the natural environment affect each other

• Finding the exact coordinates of a country

• Moving people and products around the world

• Creating different regions on a map

When Australians build desalination plants because they have little fresh water, they are:

• Using Movement

• Modifying the environment

• Showing Relative Location

• Creating a Formal Region

The theme “Movement” focuses on:

• What a place looks like

• How people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another

• Where a place is located

• How we divide the world into regions

When immigrants move to Australia from many different countries, this is an example of the theme:

• Location

• Place

• Movement

• Region