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Geography: 5 Themes

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which theme answer the question "Where is it?"

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Location

d)

Region

2.

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

3.

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

a)

Place

b)

Human Environment Interaction

c)

Region

d)

Location

4.

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

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Region

5.

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

6.

The country is 34 degrees north and 127 degrees east.

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

Movement

7.

The ocean has become very polluted.

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Region

8.

California is part of the western United States.

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Region

9.

I received a present in the mail from my grandma.

a)

Movement

b)

Place

c)

Location

d)

Human Environment Interaction

10.

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

a)

Movement

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

Place

11.

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

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Location

12.

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

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Human-environment interaction

d)

Movement

e)

Region

13.

When places share a common characteristic

or set of characteristics

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Human-environment interaction

d)

Movement

e)

Region

14.

This picture to the right best represents which theme of

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Location

e)

Place

15.

The image above best represents which theme of

geography?

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Location

e)

Place

16.

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

17.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into a part of Mount Rushmore to honor 4 presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The Mount Rushmore Memorial represents which themes of geography? Choose all the correct answers.

a)

location

b)

place

c)

human-environment interaction

d)

region

18.

When we describe a place by saying it has "large mountains and beautiful lakes," we are describing the place by its:

a)

human characteristics

b)

physical characteristics

19.

Tornado Alley is the name given to a group of states that gets more tornadoes than any other place on earth each year. Tornado Alley is an example of which theme of geography?

a)

location

b)

place

c)

region

d)

movement

20.

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

21.

Which theme of geography does the image represent?

a)

location

b)

place

c)

region

d)

movement

22.

Cinco de Mayo is an annual celebration held on May 5th in Mexico. Cinco de Mayo is an example of a:

a)

physical characteristc

b)

human characterstic

23.

The imaginary line that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres is called:

a)

prime meridian

b)

equator

c)

latitude

d)

longitude

24.

The imaginary line that runs north and south and divides the earth into the western and eastern hemispheres is called:

a)

equator

b)

prime meridian

c)

latitiude

d)

longitude

25.

Satellites communicate information all over the world. This is an example of which themes of geography?

a)

human-environment interaction

b)

movement

c)

location

d)

place

26.

Many items we use everyday are sent from China to the United States on large cargo ships. Which theme of geography does this represent?

a)

location

b)

place

c)

region

d)

movement

27.

The Statue of Liberty is a popular destination for people visiting New York City. The Statue of Liberty is an example of which theme of geography?

a)

location

b)

place

c)

region

d)

movement

28.

Building roads and highways in places that never had them before is an example of which theme of geography?

a)

location

b)

place

c)

human-environment interaction

d)

region

29.

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

a)

Absolute location

b)

Continental Location

c)

Maritime Location

d)

Relative Location

30.

It is a measurement that shows how far north or south a place is from the Equator which is at 0 degrees.

a)

Coordinates

b)

Latitude

c)

Longitude

d)

Meridians

31.

It is a measurement that shows how far east or west of the Prime meridian which is at 0 degrees.

a)

Coordinates

b)

Latitude

c)

Longitude

d)

Meridians

32.

It is created when longitude and latitude lines intersect.

a)

Map

b)

Plane

c)

Quadrants

d)

Grid

33.

What software is readily available on most gadgets that helps you identify the absolute location of places?

a)

Closed-circuit Television

b)

Global Positioning System

c)

Greenwich Mean Time

d)

Open Broadcaster Software

34.

Is a description of where a place is in relation to other places.

a)

Relative Location

b)

Absolute location

c)

Prime Meridian

35.

Are imaginary lines that run from East to West. They help us get an absolute location of a place.

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

c)

equator

36.

The White House is located on 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington D.C 20500

a)

absolute location

b)

relative location

c)

map

37.

Paraguay is between Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia.

a)

absolute location

b)

relative location

c)

street address

38.

What divides a globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

a)

Equator

b)

a line of longitude

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

International Date Line

39.

The United States of America is in which two hemispheres?

a)

North and West

b)

South and East

c)

North and South

d)

East and South

40.

Which continent is in all four hemispheres?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

Antarctica

d)

Africa

41.

Is the Indian Ocean located in the Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere?

a)

Western Hemisphere

b)

Eastern Hemisphere