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Marquardt's 5 Themes of Geography SPMS

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is geography?

a)

Study of the world we live in

b)

Study of the stars and planets

c)

Study of rocks and fossils

d)

Study of nation's history

2.

What are the two types of geography?

a)

Physical and Chemical Geography

b)

Human and Chemical Geography

c)

Physical and Human Geography

d)

Cultural and Economic Geography

3.

The 5 themes help geographers ________________ information.

a)

delete

b)

create

c)

organize

d)

invent

4.

Which theme tells where a point is on the Earth's surface?

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Region

5.

Which theme of geography provides a description of a location?

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Location

c)

Place

d)

Region

6.

Which theme involves the exchange of people, goods, and ideas around the world?

a)

Movement

b)

Location

c)

Place

d)

Region

7.

Which theme of geography looks at how people interact with their environment?

a)

Region

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Human Environment Interaction

8.

What theme of geography has places that are united by shared characteristics?

a)

Region

b)

Location

c)

Place

d)

Human Environment Interaction

9.

Which of these is an example of an absolute location?

a)

20N, 130W

b)

205 Main Street

c)

2 blocks from Sauk Prairie Middle School

d)

Both 1 and 2

10.

What is an example of relative location?

a)

207 Maple Street

b)

Sauk City, Wisconsin

c)

50S, 100E

d)

Sauk Prairie is north of Madison

11.

Many goods in the USA are shipped up and down the Mississippi River is an example of what theme of geography?

a)

Region

b)

Human Environment Interaction

c)

Place

d)

Movement

12.

The Rocky Mountain states include Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana is an example of what theme of geography?

a)

Region

b)

Place

c)

Location

d)

Human Environment Interaction

13.

Sauk Prairie Middle School is at 207 Maple Street is an example of what theme of geography?

a)

Place

b)

Region

c)

Movement

d)

Location

14.

The Bahamas is still recovering from a devastating hurricane is an example of what theme of geography?

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Region

15.

Orlando, Florida has Disney World, Universal Studios, and Sea World is an example of what theme of geography?

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Region

d)

Movement

16.

Sauk Prairie is north of Madison and south of Baraboo is an example of which theme of geography?

a)

Movement

b)

Place

c)

Location

d)

Region

17.

Humans pollute the atmosphere through emissions from factories is an example of what theme of geography?

a)

Place

b)

Region

c)

Movement

d)

Human Environment Interaction

18.

Farmers in Japan grow rice on terraced fields because of all the mountains there is an example of what theme of geography?

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Region

d)

Movement

19.

Christianity is the dominant religion throughout South American countries is an example of what theme of geography?

a)

Place

b)

Movement

c)

Region

d)

Location

20.

A series of bullet trains allow people to quickly travel between Chinese cities is an example of what theme of geography?

a)

Place

b)

Human Environment Interaction

c)

Movement

d)

Region

21.

Milwaukee is home to the Public Museum, Milwaukee Zoo, the Brewers, and the Bucks is an example of what theme of geography?

a)

Location

b)

Human Environment Interaction

c)

Place

d)

Region

22.

What theme does this picture best represent?

a)

Location

b)

Human Environment Interaction

c)

Movement

d)

Place

23.

What theme of geography does this picture best represent?

a)

Region

b)

Place

c)

Location

d)

Movement

24.

What theme best fits this picture?

a)

Movement

b)

Human Environment Interaction

c)

Region

d)

Location

25.

Which theme of geography best fits this picture?

a)

Place

b)

Movement

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Region

26.

Which theme of geography does this picture best represent?

a)

Region

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Location

27.

Which theme best represents this picture?

a)

Location

b)

Region

c)

Place

d)

Human Environment Interaction

28.

Which theme of geography does this picture best represent?

a)

Movement

b)

Place

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Region

29.

Geographers ask what two questions to think spatially?

a)

Where is it? and Why is it there?

b)

What is it like? and How did it get there?

c)

Where is it? and Who created it?

d)

What is it? and When did it get there?