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Five Themes of Geography

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is geography the study of?

a)

The Earth

b)

People

c)

Animals

d)

The Earth and everything on it

2.

What do geographers study?

a)

Mountains

b)

Rivers

c)

Oceans

d)

People

e)

All of the above

3.

Which is NOT one of the Five Themes of Geography?

a)

Regions

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Valleys

e)

Human Environment Interaction

4.

Which of the following is an example of Absolute Location?

a)

Down the hill from the gas station.

b)

Across the street from the water tower.

c)

57 Maple Street, Twin Oaks, Ohio

d)

About a mile from the shopping mall.

5.

What is an example of Relative Location?

a)

245 Simpson Road, Hill Valley, California

b)

Down the street from the Big Lots

c)

35.7796° N, 78.6382° W

d)

Lone Pine Mall, 1236 Eastview Lane, Pasadena, California

6.

What is true about lines of latitude?

a)

These are the vertical lines on a map/globe

b)

These are the horizontal lines on a map/globe

c)

These lines are used to measure West to East

7.

What is true about lines of longitude?

a)

These are the horizontal lines on a map/globe

b)

These lines measure North to South on a map/globe

c)

These are the vertical lines on a map which measure West to East

8.

Which of the following describes the human characteristics of a place?

a)

Hilly or flat terrain

b)

Languages, customs and beliefs.

c)

Hot and dry climate

d)

Animal migratory patterns

9.

How do people interact with their environment?

a)

Adapt, modify, and create

b)

Depend, Adapt, and create

c)

Modify, adapt, and depend

d)

Depend, create, and adapt

10.

People, goods, and information are all related to which ONE of the Five Themes of Geography?

a)

Movement

b)

Regions

c)

Location

d)

Place

11.

Which of the following is an example of a formal region?

a)

Newspaper coverage area

b)

Cell phone service area

c)

Electrical service company

d)

State and county boundaries

12.

What is true of all regions?

a)

They all have mountains

b)

Regions must have people

c)

All regions must have culture

d)

Regions can be very humid

e)

Regions must have unifying characteristics