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5 Themes of Geography Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the two types of location?

a)

Absolute and Relative

b)

GPS and Satellite

c)

Latitude and Relative

d)

General and Relative

2.

Which theme answers the question "Where is it?"

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Location

d)

Region

3.

Which theme answers the question "How do ideas travel in and out of this place?"

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Location

d)

Movement

4.

Which theme answers the question "What is it like there?"

a)

Place

b)

Region

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Location

5.

Which theme answers the question "How have people adapted to the environment there?"

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Movement

c)

Place

d)

Region

6.

Which theme answers the question "How can this place be divided into areas that have things in common?"

a)

Movement

b)

Place

c)

Region

d)

Location

7.

Read the following statement and then choose which theme is being discussed: "California is part of the western United States."

a)

Location

b)

Movement

c)

Place

d)

Region

8.

Read the following statement and then choose which theme is being discussed: "The ocean has become very polluted."

a)

Place

b)

Human Environment Interaction

c)

Location

d)

Movement

9.

Read the following statement and then choose which theme is being discussed: "Vermont has a maple syrup festival each year."

a)

Movement

b)

Place

c)

Region

d)

Location

10.

Read the following statement and then choose which theme is being discussed: "The country is 34 degrees north and 127 degrees east."

a)

Location

b)

Movement

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Place

11.

Which theme involves looking at certain areas that have something in common?

a)

Place

b)

Movement

c)

Region

d)

Location

12.

Use the map above and relative location, which country is north of Argentina.

(CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE)

a)

Australia

b)

Antartica

c)

Brazil

d)

Russia

13.

What is the Absolute Location of Denver?

(CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE)

a)

west of St. Louis

b)

39°N, 105°W

c)

Southeast of Seattle

d)

39°W, 105°N

14.

What is the Absolute Location of Houston?

(CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE)

a)

29°N, 95°W

b)

95°W, 29°N

c)

39°N, 95°W

d)

39°N, 85°W

15.

What is the Absolute Location of Portland?

(CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE)

a)

45°N, 122°W

b)

40°N, 115 °W

c)

North of Denver.

d)

East of Boston.

16.

What is the Absolute Location of Miami?

(CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE)

a)

26°S, 90°W

b)

26°N, 88°W

c)

26°N, 80°W

d)

26°N, 80°S

17.

It refers to the exact point where an object or place is.

a)

Absolute location

b)

Continental Location

c)

Maritime Location

d)

Relative Location

18.

Comparing the location of an object in relation to the location of another object is called

a)

compass rose

b)

relative location

c)

map key

d)

directions

19.

Read the sentence and then select which theme it relates best to: "Chocolate from Switzerland is used in a cake recipe at a bakery in New York."

a)

Region

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Human Environment Interaction

20.

Read the sentence and then select which theme it relates best to: "Deserts are not all hot and dry. In fact, antarctica is the largest desert in the world."

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Region

c)

Movement

d)

Place

21.

Read the sentence and then select which theme it relates best to: "The mountains of Vermont attract a lot of skiers in the winter months."

a)

Place

b)

Movement

c)

Location

d)

Region

22.

The people who built this house used the wood and leaves from trees in the rainforest where they live. Which theme of geography does the image represent?

a)

location

b)

place

c)

human-environment interaction

d)

movement

23.

Which theme of geography does the image represent?

a)

location

b)

place

c)

region

d)

movement

24.

The United States Capitol building is one the most famous landmarks in Washington, D.C. Which theme of geography does the Capitol building represent?

a)

movement

b)

region

c)

place

d)

location

25.

Which of the 5 themes of geography is shown in this image?

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Place

d)

HEI

e)

Location

26.

Which of the 5 themes of geography is shown in this image?

a)

location

b)

movement

c)

place

d)

human environment interaction (HEI)