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WorksheetsThe Five Themes of Geography
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is not one of the "Five Themes of Geography"?
Place
Location
Climate
Region
What is the 0-degree line of latitude called?
The Prime Meridian
The Equator
The Major Parallel
The Hemisphere
What is a map?
A spherical scale model of the earth.
It's portable.
It's used for navigation.
A flat representation of the earth.
What is not a measurement of longitude?
Meridians
Degrees
Minutes
Seconds
What best defines "absolute location"?
Exact position on earth.
Where something is in relation to something else.
What it is like there.
What do people do to the environment.
Which comes first in absolute location?
Latitude
Longitude
What part of a map shows cardinal directions?
Scale
Key
Compass Rose
Grid
What is an advantage of a map?
Distorted
Shows detail
Shapes are accurate
Distances are accurate
What is another name for meridians?
Lines of longitude
Lines of latitude
Parallels
Grids
What is a map key?
It shows distances on a map.
It shows directions on a map.
It tells the subject of a map.
It shows what symbols on a map mean.
What is a main question geographers ask?
Why are they there?
What do people do to the environment?
Why do people move from one place to another?
What is it like there?
What is the 0-degree line of longitude called?
The Prime Meridian.
The Equator
The Hemisphere
The North-South Centerline
Which one of the "Five Themes of Geography" asks the following question?: What is it like there?
Location
Place
Human Environment Interaction
Region
What type of map projection is used for navigation?
Interrupted
Robinson
Mercator
Equal Area
What is another name for a line of latitude?
Meridians
Prime Meridian
Equator
Parallels
How many hemispheres does the earth have?
1
2
3
4
Which one of the "Five Themes of Geography" looks at crops, population, culture, religion, and climate?
Location
Region
Place
History
What type of location is described like: Vista Hermosa is about 20 miles from Prescott?
Absolute
Relative
What is not a cardinal direction?
South
Altitude
West
North
What does a map scale measure?
Location
Heights
Distances
Latitude
