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The Five Themes of Geography

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where is it exactly on the Earth?
a)
Place
b)
Perfect Location
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Relative Location
2.
Where is it in relation to other areas or things?
a)
Place
b)
Perfect Location
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Relative Location
3.
How do people, plants, animals, and ideas move through out time and place?
a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Region
d)
Movement
4.
In what ways do people adapt to their environment, or change their environment in order to meet their needs.
a)
Human Environment Interaction
b)
Place
c)
Location
d)
Region
5.
How are areas similar or united (physically, politically, or culturally) to other areas around them?
a)
Movement
b)
Absolute Location
c)
Region
d)
Place
6.
Virginia is north of North Carolina
a)
Place
b)
Absolute Location
c)
Region
d)
Relative Location
7.
Canada is north of the United States
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Movement
8.
Washington D.C. is at 38.8 North Latitude and 77 West Longitude
a)
Relative Location
b)
Place
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Region
9.
Many species of birds travel south in the winter to be near warmer temperatures and then return north in the spring and summer.
a)
Human Environment Interaction
b)
Movement
c)
Region
d)
Place
10.
The states in the area known as the "Southwest" of the United States are often grouped together because they are very hot and dry desert-like areas.
a)
Region
b)
Location
c)
Human Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
11.
The migration of ducks  is an example of:
a)
Movement
b)
Location
c)
Place
12.
Which is the activity most related to "Human-Environment Interaction".
a)
Caribou Migration
b)
Building a house near the Everglades
c)
Plotting a point on a map
13.
There are a total of 8 themes of geography.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
One way to determine location is using Latitude and Longitude.
a)
False
b)
True
15.
Place asks the question...
a)
What is it like there?
b)
Where is it?
c)
How do people adapt to his place?
d)
How and why are places connected? 
16.
Addresses the way people adapt to where the live or the way the place affects their lives.
a)
H.E.I
b)
Movement
c)
Location
d)
Region
17.
This theme asks "where is it?"
a)
Movement
b)
H.E.I.
c)
Location
d)
Place
18.
What is movement?
a)
Tells us how people, goods, recourses, and ideas move from one place to another
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
c)
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike.
19.
What is location?
a)
Tells us where people and places are
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area.
c)
Tells how people, goods, resources, and ideas move from one place to another.
20.
Latitude lines run
a)
East/West
b)
North/South
21.
Longitude lines run _________.
a)
East/West
b)
North South
22.
The imaginary line that runs through the middle of the earth east and west is called?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
Date Line
23.
Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
24.
People leaving their homes in Syria and travelling to Turkey to avoid ISIS is an example of which?
a)
Human-Environment Interaction
b)
Movement
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Relative Location
25.
What is the Relative Location of the Gulf of Mexico?
a)
west of Houston
b)
85 degrees W by 27 degrees N
c)
85 degrees N by 27 degrees W
d)
west of Miami
26.
Using lines of latitude and longitude to find an exact location is...
a)
Absolute Location
b)
Relative Location
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Place
27.
What is a Region
a)
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
c)
Tells us where people and places are
28.
Which of the following is not one of the Five Themes of Geography?
a)
Society
b)
Place
c)
Movement
d)
Location
29.
Name the theme that this statement falls under: "Physical characteristics including landforms, climate, vegetation, and bodies of water."
a)
Movement
b)
Region
c)
Place
d)
Location
30.
A company who pollutes the air is an example of what theme:
a)
Place
b)
Movement
c)
Interaction
d)
Region