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5 Themes of Geography

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.
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.
3.
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.
4.
Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
5.
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
6.
The Middle East is an example of which?
a)
Human-Environment Interaction
b)
Relative Location
c)
Movement
d)
Region
7.
The fact that Africa is south of Europe is an example of which?
a)
Movement
b)
Absolute Location
c)
Relative Location
d)
Place
8.
Biochemical warfare that pollutes the water in a country is an example of which?
a)
Place
b)
Human-Environment Interaction
c)
Region
d)
Movement
9.
The European Union is a group of countries that share similar economic and government policies, in addition to all being located near one another and sharing a common history.
a)
Human Environment Interaction
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Location
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.
What is the acronym to remember the Five Themes of Geography?
a)
MAD
b)
MRHELP
c)
PIG
d)
COW
12.
Where is it exactly on the Earth?
a)
Place
b)
Perfect Location
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Relative Location
13.
Where is it?
a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Movement
d)
Region
14.
Using lines of latitude and longitude to find an exact location is...
a)
Absolute Location
b)
Relative Location
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Place
15.
Canada is north of the United States
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Movement
16.
Florida has very hot and humid summers.
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Movement.
17.
Describes characteristics of people, Culture, Religion, Buildings, Landmarks, Landforms, and Climate
a)
Movement
b)
Region
c)
Human interaction
d)
Place
18.
Let's meet at Walmart near the mall is an example of which?
a)
Location
b)
Human Interaction
c)
Place
d)
Region
19.
Fruit grown in South America is shipped to your local grocery store.
a)
Region
b)
Location
c)
Movement
d)
Human Interaction
20.
New Orleans has the Mississippi River and it is hot and muggy in the summer.
a)
Movement
b)
Region
c)
Place
d)
Human Interaction
21.
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
22.
Sending an email to a friend about how to do something is which theme?
a)
Movement
b)
Human Interaction
c)
Region
d)
Location
23.
This picture best represents which of the following?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Movement of Ideas
24.
The climate in the Sahara desert is really hot and dry
a)
Place
b)
location
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
25.
The amount of cars on the road has led to a high amount of smog in cities
a)
Absolute Location
b)
Movement
c)
Human Environment Interaction
d)
Place: Physical Characteristic
26.
Which are examples of technology being used in the theme of movement?
a)
instant messaging
b)
the internet
c)
email
d)
all of the above
27.
How people and their surroundings interact
a)
human/environment interaction
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Location
28.
The study of the Earths surface, climate, landforms, and bodies of water.
a)
Migration
b)
Geography
c)
Social Studies
d)
Geology
29.
What are the two types of location geographers are interested in?
a)
Absolute and Relative
b)
Latitude and Relative
c)
GPS and Satellite
d)
General and Relative
30.
Relative location is:
a)
Latitude and Longitude
b)
Given by GPS
c)
a general location, not specific
d)
a specific place:
31.
Absolute location is:
a)
general
b)
not used on GPS
c)
is saying that Two Rivers is in East Hartford
d)
uses latitude and longitude to give a specific area
32.
The theme Place consist of:
a)
Human and Physical characteristics
b)
the movement of people and trade
c)
places that are similar with one another
d)
The location of an area
33.
New England is an example of what theme:
a)
Movement
b)
Region
c)
Location
d)
Place
34.
The theme movement has to do with what two ideas:
a)
Migration and Trade
b)
Latitude and longitude
c)
Pollution
d)
Human and Physical Characteristics
35.

A company who pollutes the air is an example of what theme:

a)

Place

b)

Movement

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Region

36.
What is the question for movement?
a)
Where is it?
b)
How do people and ideas get around?
c)
What does it look like?
37.
What does it look like when you get there? What theme of geography is this?
a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Region
d)
Human environment interaction
38.

What is the question for region?

a)

Where it is?

b)

What does it look like when you get there?

c)

What do locations have in common?

d)

What do people do to the environment?

39.
What is the question for place?
a)
What does it look like when you get there?
b)
How do people get places?
c)
What do locations have in common?
d)
Where is it?
40.

Which of the following is an example of absolute location?

a)

Take a right on Man O'War BLVD and then a left at Walmart.

b)

My house is located at 80.00235 degrees north and 32.1774 degrees east.

c)

Turn right out of Hayes parking lot and then left at the big tree.

d)

Turn right at the second stop light and then stay straight for 3.2 miles.

41.

My classroom is down the hall from Mr. Gill's.

a)

Relative Location

b)

Absolute Location

c)

Movement

d)

Human Environment Interaction

42.
Which of the following is NOT a theme of geography?
a)
place
b)
location
c)
history
d)
human-environment interaction
43.
People cutting down trees, creating watersheds, draining wetlands and polluting soil are all examples of this theme.
a)
regions
b)
movement
c)
human-environment interaction
d)
location
44.

People in New York use the underground subway to get around.

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Region

45.

Venezuela is in South America.

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place: Human characteristic

c)

Movement

d)

Relative location

46.

The United States imports a great deal of products from other countries.

a)

Region

b)

Relative Location

c)

Movement

d)

Human environment interaction

47.
The percentage of people who live in Austin has grown tremendously in the last 10 years.
a)
Movement
b)
Region
c)
Human Environment Interaction
d)
Absolute Location
48.
An area that contains similar physical and/or human features that separate it from other areas.
a)
Place
b)
Region
c)
Absolute location
d)
human/environment interaction
49.
Is the position of something in relationship to a landmark.
a)
Absolute location
b)
Place
c)
Relative location
d)
Region
50.
How people and their surroundings interact
a)
human/environment interaction
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Location
51.
What do we use to find absolute location?
a)
latitude and longitude
b)
the equator and international dateline
c)
a GPS and an XLP
d)
landmarks and distances
52.
What question does the theme of place ask?
a)
“What is it like?” (or “What makes this place different from other places?”)
b)
Where is it?
c)
How do people and the environment interact?
d)
What do places have in common?
53.
How do we modify the environment?
a)
We build irrigation ditches
b)
We build landfills
c)
We build dams
d)
All of the above
54.
Only people move.
a)
True
b)
False
55.

A cultural region might have a common language.

a)

True

b)

False

56.
Regions can be based off more than one feature.
a)
True
b)
False
57.

Oklahoma is north of Texas.

a)

Movement

b)

Relative Location

c)

Absolute Location

d)

Region

58.

The rocky mountain states include Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Movement

c)

Absolute Location

d)

Region

59.

Hawaii is an island.

a)

Place: Physical characteristic

b)

Region

c)

Movement

d)

Human Environment Interaction

60.

Austin, Texas is located at 30 degrees N, 90 degrees W.

a)

Absolute location

b)

Relative location

c)

place

d)

region

61.

This kind of location tells me exactly where something is.

a)

Relative

b)

Total

c)

Accurate

d)

Absolute

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