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5 Themes of Geography

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which theme of geography tells your WHERE something is?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
HEI
d)
Movement
2.
Which theme of geography discusses the TRAVEL of people, objects or ideas?
a)
Location
b)
Region
c)
HEI
d)
Movement
3.
Which theme of geography DESCRIBES what a place looks like?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
HEI
4.
Which theme of geography is the CHANGE of humans and the environment?
a)
Place
b)
Region
c)
HEI
d)
Movement
5.
Which theme of geography GROUPS places together that are SIMILAR?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Movement
6.

What are the 5 Themes of Geography?

a)

Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Location, Climate, and Place

b)

Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, Place, and Location

c)

Place, Movement, Location, Region, and Human-Alien Interactions

d)

Absolute Location, Relative Location, Climate, Vegetation, and Movement

7.
Words like North, South, East, Up, Down, Left, Right, Next To, and Near all show which theme of geography?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
HEI
d)
Region
8.
Wearing a snowsuit in winter is what theme of geography?
a)
LOCATION
b)
PLACE
c)
MOVEMENT
d)
HEI
9.

The statement: "The Eiffel Tower is located at 48.8584° N, 2.2945° E," is an example of which of the 5 Themes of Geography?

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Place

d)

Location

10.

The Great Plains of the United States is an example of which of the 5 Themes of Geography?

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Place

d)

Location

11.

The off-shore oil rigs, drilling hundreds of feet into the bedrock of the ocean floor is an example of which of the 5 Themes of Geography?

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Human-Environment Interaction

12.

Syrian refugees fleeing the Middle East into Europe and sanctuary countries around the world is an example of which of the 5 Themes of Geography?

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Human-Environment Interaction

13.

Australia is located to the west of New Zealand..... this is a statement representing which of the 5 Themes of Geography?

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Human-Environment Interaction

14.
Which of the 5 Themes of Geography is being represented in this picture?
a)
Location
b)
Region
c)
Movement
d)
Place
15.

Relative location is:

a)

Latitude and Longitude

b)

Given by GPS

c)

a general location, not specific

d)

a specific place:

16.

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

17.

Latitude lines run

a)

East/West

b)

North/South

18.

Longitude lines run _________.

a)

East/West

b)

North South

19.
The imaginary line that runs through the middle of the earth east and west is called?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
Date Line
20.

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

21.
Which of the following is NOT a theme of geography?
a)
place
b)
location
c)
history
d)
human-environment interaction
22.

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

23.

Which of the following are examples of the human features of a place?

a)

traditions and population

b)

occupations and language

c)

education and cultures

d)

all of the above

24.

The theme of geography that answers the question “How do goods, ideas, and people get from one area to another is called ?

a)

Region

b)

Place

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Movement

25.

The theme of geography that describes what it is like to live there using an area’s physical and human characteristics is

a)

Region

b)

Place

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Movement

26.

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

27.

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.

28.

The fact that Africa is south of Europe is an example of which?

a)

Movement

b)

Absolute Location

c)

Relative Location

d)

Place

29.

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 Florida

30.

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?

31.

How do we modify the environment?

a)

We build irrigation ditches

b)

We build landfills

c)

We build dams

d)

All of the above

32.

Only people move.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

A cultural region might have a common language.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

My classroom is beside Ms. Ferguson's Class.

a)

Relative Location

b)

Absolute Location

c)

Movement

d)

Human Environment Interaction

35.

Washington D.C. is at 38.8 North Latitude and 77 West Longitude

a)

Relative Location

b)

Place

c)

Absolute Location

d)

Region

36.

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

37.

Popular music usually starts in one place (country or local area) and then spreads around the world through sources like the internet or radio stations.

a)

Place

b)

Movement

c)

Location

d)

Region

38.

Which is an example of absolute location?

a)

Across from McDonald's

b)

North of the Rio Grande

c)

1020 Mall Lane

d)

Near Gateway Mall

39.

Choose the physical features that describe a place (3 answers)

a)

climate

b)

language

c)

bodies of water

d)

vegetation

40.

Choose all of the human features that describe place (3)

a)

religion

b)

government

c)

landforms

d)

food