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Worksheets5 Themes of Geography
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 42mins
What are the 5 Themes of Geography?
Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Location, Climate, and Place
Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, Place, and Location
Place, Movement, Location, Region, and Human-Alien Interactions
Absolute Location, Relative Location, Climate, Vegetation, and Movement
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?
Movement
Region
Place
Location
The Great Plains of the United States is an example of which of the 5 Themes of Geography?
Movement
Region
Place
Location
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?
Place
Location
Movement
Human-Environment Interaction
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?
Place
Location
Movement
Human-Environment Interaction
Australia is located to the west of New Zealand..... this is a statement representing which of the 5 Themes of Geography?
Place
Location
Movement
Human-Environment Interaction
Relative location is:
Latitude and Longitude
Given by GPS
a general location, not specific
a specific place:
Absolute location is:
general
not used on GPS
is saying that Two Rivers is in East Hartford
uses latitude and longitude to give a specific area
Latitude lines run
East/West
North/South
Longitude lines run _________.
East/West
North South
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.
Region
Location
Human Environment Interaction
Movement
People cutting down trees, creating watersheds, draining wetlands and polluting soil are all examples of this theme.
regions
movement
human-environment interaction
location
Which of the following are examples of the human features of a place?
traditions and population
occupations and language
education and cultures
all of the above
The theme of geography that answers the question “How do goods, ideas, and people get from one area to another is called ?
Region
Place
Human Environment Interaction
Movement
The theme of geography that describes what it is like to live there using an area’s physical and human characteristics is
Region
Place
Human Environment Interaction
Movement
What is a Region
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
Tells us where people and places are
What is location?
Tells us where people and places are
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area.
Tells how people, goods, resources, and ideas move from one place to another.
The fact that Africa is south of Europe is an example of which?
Movement
Absolute Location
Relative Location
Place
What is the Relative Location of the Gulf of Mexico?
west of Houston
85 degrees W by 27 degrees N
85 degrees N by 27 degrees W
west of Florida
What question does the theme of place ask?
“What is it like?” (or “What makes this place different from other places?”)
Where is it?
How do people and the environment interact?
What do places have in common?
How do we modify the environment?
We build irrigation ditches
We build landfills
We build dams
All of the above
Only people move.
True
False
A cultural region might have a common language.
True
False
My classroom is beside Ms. Ferguson's Class.
Relative Location
Absolute Location
Movement
Human Environment Interaction
Washington D.C. is at 38.8 North Latitude and 77 West Longitude
Relative Location
Place
Absolute Location
Region
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.
Human Environment Interaction
Place
Region
Location
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.
Place
Movement
Location
Region
Which is an example of absolute location?
Across from McDonald's
North of the Rio Grande
1020 Mall Lane
Near Gateway Mall
Choose the physical features that describe a place (3 answers)
climate
language
bodies of water
vegetation
Choose all of the human features that describe place (3)
religion
government
landforms
food
