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Five Themes of Geography

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the five themes of geography

a)

Location and Place

b)

Regions and Movement

c)

Human environment interaction

d)

All of the above

2.

what is geography

a)

study of animals

b)

study of humans

c)

study of earths human and physical features

d)

all of the above

3.

What does cartography mean ?

a)

studying and making maps

b)

taking photos

c)

study of cars

d)

all of the above

4.

what is the difference between absolute and relative location?

a)

specific definition and relation to other places

b)

formal region

c)

mapping

d)

all of the above

5.

what does physical and human features describe?

a)

place

b)

regions

c)

location

d)

all of the above

6.

whats the name of the person who studies geography?

a)

geographers

b)

photographers

c)

botanist

d)

scientist

7.
Which statement is the best definition of a region?
a)
A region is an area in which people speak the same language.
b)
A region is an area that has common characteristics that distinguish it from neighboring areas.
c)
A region is an area set off from other areas by mountain ranges.
d)
A region is determined by an area's closeness to bodies of water.
8.

Geography is...

a)

The study of Earth and how we, the people who live there, interact with it.

b)

The study of Earth and its atmosphere.

c)

The study of rocks, minerals, and all physical attributes of Earth

9.
Movement is ...
a)
The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
b)
The way people and the environment affect each other.
c)
Where a place is on Earth.
10.

Regions are ...

a)

Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.

b)

An absolute location on Earth.

c)

The physical and human characteristics of a place.

11.
Human and Environment Interactions are ...
a)
The way people and the environment affect each other.
b)
Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
c)
The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
12.
Location is ...
a)
The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
b)
Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
c)
Where a place is on Earth.
13.
A place is...
a)
The physical and human characteristics of a place.
b)
The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
c)
Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
14.

An example of an absolute location would be.........

a)

37.02 degrees N, 93.20 degrees W

b)

United States of America

c)

The South

15.

An example of relative location would be............

a)

37.02 degrees N, 96.2 degrees W

b)

10 miles south of Springfield on HWY 65

c)

Paris, France

16.
What is the movement theme about?
a)
A place with unifying characteristics
b)
how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another.
c)
Where something is
d)
A location’s physical and human features.
17.
What is the Location Theme about?
a)
How people affect their environment
b)
The relationship among places
c)
Where something is
d)
A place with unifying characteristics, such as climate or history
18.
What is the Place theme about?
a)
A place with unifying characteristics, such as climate or history
b)
A location’s physical and human features
c)
Where something is
d)
How people affect their environment, the physical characteristics of their natural surroundings, and how their environment affects them.
19.

What is the Region theme about?

a)

A place with unifying characteristics, such as climate or history

b)

How people affect their environment, the physical characteristics of their natural surroundings, and how their environment affects them.

c)

Where something is

20.
What is the human/environment interaction theme about?
a)
How people affect their environment, the physical characteristics of their natural surroundings, and how their environment affects them.
b)
A location’s physical and human features.
c)
A place with unifying characteristics, such as climate or history
d)
The relationship among places
21.

Which of the following could define a physical region?

a)

language

b)

religion

c)

mountain ranges

d)

political barriers

22.

40 degrees North and 55 degrees West is an example of which theme?

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Region

23.

A description of Canada as "north of the United States" is an example of which location?

a)

absolute

b)

relative

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