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5 Themes of Geography

Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 3hrs 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What do we use to find absolute location?
a)
latitude and longitude
b)
the equator and international dateline
c)
a GPS and an XLP
d)
landmarks and distances
2.
You can find the Bahamas __________ of the States.
a)
North
b)
West
c)
Southeast
d)
Northeast
3.
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?
4.
What are flora and fauna?
a)
Birds and Deer
b)
Baby animals
c)
Plants and beasts
d)
Themes of Geography
5.
What did Egyptian farmers use the Nile flood to do?
a)
It was an excuse to take a vacation
b)
Go swimming
c)
Destroy their enemies fields
d)
Grow food
6.
How do we modify the environment?
a)
We build irrigation ditches
b)
We build landfills
c)
We build dams
d)
All of the above
7.
Only people move.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
What are merchants trading?
a)
Landforms and bodies of water
b)
All the latest, hottest products
c)
People and events from the past
9.
A cultural region might have a common tongue.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Regions can be based off more than one feature.
a)
True
b)
False
11.

The transportation of goods, people, diseases, and ideas.

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Human-environment interaction

d)

Movement

e)

Region

12.

When places share a common characteristic

or set of characteristics

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Human-environment interaction

d)

Movement

e)

Region

13.

The description of a location. What is it like there?

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Location

e)

Place

14.

The relationship between people and their environment

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Location

e)

Place

15.

Provides the exact address of a place or an estimate of where it can be found.

a)

Relative Location

b)

Absolute Location

16.

This picture to the right best represents which theme of

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Location

e)

Place

17.

The image above represents which theme of

geography?

a)

Location

b)

Region

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Movement

e)

Place

18.

The image above best represents which theme of

geography?

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Location

e)

Place

19.

An example is giving someone directions and telling them you're waiting across the road from 7/11 gas station.

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Relative Location

20.

Depend on, adapt to, or modify the environment.

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Location

e)

Place

21.

Which theme answer the question "Where is it?"

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Location

d)

Region

22.

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

23.

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

a)

Place

b)

Human Environment Interaction

c)

Region

d)

Location

24.

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

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Region

25.

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

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Place

d)

Location

26.

The country is 34 degrees north and 127 degrees east.

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

Movement

27.

Greenville has the Danish Festival every year.

a)

Location

b)

Movement

c)

Place

d)

Region

28.

The ocean has become very polluted.

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Region

29.

California is part of the western United States.

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Region

30.

California is part of the western United States.

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Region

31.

I called my friend to tell her what happened.

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Movement

c)

Location

d)

Place

32.

I received a present in the mail from my grandma.

a)

Movement

b)

Place

c)

Location

d)

Human Environment Interaction

33.

Which theme looks at what it's like to live somewhere including human and physical characteristics?

a)

Movement

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

Place

34.

Which theme involves the way people, goods, and ideas are shared?

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Location

35.

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

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

Movement

36.
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 
37.
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
38.

California's Central Valley is an example of which of the 5 Themes of Geography?

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Place

d)

Location

39.
Relative location is:
a)
Latitude and Longitude
b)
Given by GPS
c)
a general location, not specific
d)
a specific place:
40.
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
41.
Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
42.
Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
43.
What do we use to find absolute location?
a)
latitude and longitude
b)
the equator and international dateline
c)
a GPS and an XLP
d)
landmarks and distances
44.

A cultural region might have a common language.

a)

True

b)

False

45.
Regions can be based off more than one feature.
a)
True
b)
False
46.
What is movement?
a)
Tells us how people, goods, recourses, and ideas move from one place to another
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
c)
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike.
47.
The imaginary line that runs through the middle of the earth east and west is called?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
Date Line
48.

How can place be described?

a)

Place can be described by relative and absolute location.

b)

Place can be described by form and function.

c)

Place can be described by positive and negative human interactions.

d)

Place can be described by physical and human features.

49.

Farmers have to clear and water land so crops can grow.

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Region

d)

Movement

e)

Human-environment interaction

50.

What are the imaginary lines on a map called that tell absolute location?

a)

Telephone lines

b)

Power lines

c)

Septic lines

d)

Latitude and Longitude

51.

When people, ideas, and goods travel from place to place, what is it called?

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Location

d)

Theme

52.

When people, ideas, and goods travel from place to place, what is it called?

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Location

d)

Theme

53.
When we describe a place by saying it has a beautiful lake and mountains, we are describing its
a)
Physical Characteristics
b)
Human Characteristics
54.

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

55.

Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Human-Environment Interaction

d)

Movement

56.
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
57.
How do we modify the environment?
a)
We build irrigation ditches
b)
We build landfills
c)
We build dams
d)
All of the above
58.

What do we use to find absolute location?

a)

latitude and longitude

b)

the equator and international dateline

c)

a GPS and an XLP

d)

landmarks and distances

59.
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?
60.
How do we modify the environment?
a)
We build irrigation ditches
b)
We build landfills
c)
We build dams
d)
All of the above
61.
What is the question for movement?
a)
Where is it?
b)
How do people and ideas get around?
c)
What does it look like?
62.
What does it look like when you get there? What theme of geography is this?
a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Region
d)
Human environment interaction
63.
What is the question for Region?
a)
Where it is?
b)
What does it look like when you get there?
c)
What do locations have in common?
d)
What do people do to the environment?
64.
What is the question for Region?
a)
Where it is?
b)
What does it look like when you get there?
c)
What do locations have in common?
d)
What do people do to the environment?
65.

Which of the following is an example of absolute location?

a)

Take a right on Man O'War BLVD and then a left at Walmart.

b)

My house is located at 80.00235 degrees north and 32.1774 degrees east.

c)

Turn right out of Hayes parking lot and then left at the big tree.

d)

Turn right at the second stop light and then stay straight for 3.2 miles.

66.
This picture is an example of which theme of geography?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
67.
a)
Movement
b)
Region
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Location
68.
People in New York use the underground subway to get around
a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Movement
d)
Region
69.
The rocky mountain states include Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah
a)
Human Environment Interaction
b)
Movement
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Region
70.
The amount of cars on the road has led to a high amount of smog in cities
a)
Absolute Location
b)
Movement
c)
Human Environment Interaction
d)
Place: Physical Characteristic
71.
Austin, Texas is located at 30 degrees N, 90 degrees W
a)
Absolute location
b)
Relative location
c)
place
d)
region
72.
Oklahoma is north of Texas
a)
Movement
b)
Relative Location
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Region
73.
The United States imports a great deal of products from other countries
a)
Region
b)
Relative Location
c)
Movement
d)
Human environment interaction
74.
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
75.
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 
76.
The statement:  "The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 World's Fair.  It is an iconic structure located in Paris, France.  People from all over the world visit the Eiffel Tower each year." - is an example of which of the 5 Themes of Geography?
a)
Movement
b)
Region
c)
Place
d)
Location
77.
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
78.
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
79.
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
80.
This picture shows which of the 5 Themes of Geography?
a)
Movement
b)
Region
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Location
81.
Which of the 5 Themes of Geography is being represented in this picture?
a)
Location
b)
Region
c)
Movement
d)
Place

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