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Worksheets5 Themes of Geography
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 28mins
Which theme of geography describes where things are located?
Location
Place
Movement
Region
A symbol on a map that shows the four Cardinal Directions and the four Intermediate Directions is called a:
Map Key
Scale
Directionator
Compass Rose
Latitude lines run in what directions?
north and south
east and west
north and east
south and west
Susie is doing a research project on the Appalachian Mountains. Which type of map would she use to identify where the mountains can be found in the US?
Political map
parallel map
physical map
resource map
Using latitude and longitude or an address to show the EXACT location of a place is called
Relative Location
coordinates
measurement
Absolute Location
Which theme of geography does this map represent?
Movement
Region
Human-Environmental Interaction
Place
What line of longitude divides the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres?
Prime Meridian
Equator
North Pole
Tropic of Cancer
Latitude lines MEASURE distance _______ and _______ of the equator.
east and west
left and right
north and south
east to south
The general location of a place in relation to another place is called
Relative Location
Absolute Location
Exact Location
Specific Location
Which of the 5 Themes of Geography does this picture represent?
Place
Region
Location
Movement
Longitude lines MEASURE distance _______ and _______ of the Prime Meridian.
North and West
East and West
North and South
East and North
What line of latitude is found at 0 degrees?
Prime Meridian
North Pole
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
What 2 hemispheres does the line of latitude in the picture divide the earth into?
eastern and western
northern and southern
northern and western
southern and southern
The study of the Earth and the way people interact with the Earth is called
History
Economics
Government
Geography
An area with certain things in common is a
place
region
location
common place
This theme of geography answers the question, "Where is it?"
Location
Place
Region
Movement
This theme of geography answers the question, "How are places different?'
Movement
Place
Region
Location
This theme of geography answers the question, "How and why people, goods, and ideas get from place to place?"
Movement
Place
Location
Region
This theme of geography answers the question, "How do people affect the environment and how does the environment affect people?
Movement
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Location
A map that shows boundaries between cities, states, and countries is this kind of map.
Political map
Physical map
Climate map
Dora's map
What are 2 ways to show absolute location?
time and temperature
latitude/longitude and an address
physical and political map
on paper and on a laptop
Which of the following is a physical characteristic of a place?
roads
bridges
mountains
monuments
Which of the following is a human characteristic of a place?
rainforest
culture
landforms
climate
Catching fish in the Nile River and using the water to irrigate your crops is an example of:
modify
adapt
depend
Turning on the heat and insulating your house for the winter is an example of:
modify
adapt
depend
Deforestation is an example of:
modify
adapt
depend
You move to another area because your country is at war. What is the factor for movement?
political
social
environmental
economic
You move to another country because you are being treated unfairly because of your race. What is the factor for movement?
political
environmental
social
economic
You have to move to another area because a tsunami destroyed the place where you live. What is the factor for movement?
economic
environmental
social
political
Your parent got a job at a new factory opening up in Cleveland. What is the factor for movement?
political
environmental
economic
social
Your grandparents leave Ohio and go to Florida for the winter because the climate is better. What is the factor for movement?
social
political
economic
environmental
The government is cruel and you fear for your life so you leave. What is the factor for movement?
political
social
economic
environmental
You leave the city you are in because you feel you are being discriminated against because of your gender. What is the factor for movement?
political
social
economic
environmental
You move to a new country because the people there will pay a high price for your products. What is the factor for movement?
political
environmental
economic
social
Reasons people move TO a place:
push factor
pull factor
Reasons people LEAVE a place:
push factor
pull factor
Another word for farming:
agriculture
irrigation
geography
politcal
When people CANNOT control what happens around them, they must ________ to their environment
modify
adapt
depend
escape
Terrace farming on a mountainside is an example of:
modifying the environment
adapting to the environment
depending on the environment
harming the environment
Half the earth is a ____________.
half-sphere
hydrosphere
hemisphere
atmosphere
North, East, South, West
Intermediate Directions
Cardinal Directions
Captain Directions
Bluebird Directions
Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest
Cardinal Directions
Interaction Directions
Intermediate Directions
Middle Directions
What is the line at 0 degrees longitude?
Equator
Prime Meridian
division line
parallel line
This line of longitude divides the earth into the _________ and _________ hemispheres.
eastern and western
northern and southern
top and bottom
eeny and meeny
True or False: A place may be part of more than one region.
True
False
True or False: Human-Environment Interactions can be both positive and negative.
True
False
longitude
Imaginary lines that run north to south but measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian
Imaginary lines that run east to west but measure distance north and south of the Equator
Latitude
Imaginary lines that run north to south but measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian
Imaginary lines that run east to west but measure distance north and south of the Equator.
5 Themes of Geography
Movement, Region, Place, Location, Hemisphere
Geography, History, Economics, Government
Movement, Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Location, Place
Latitude, Longitude. Location, Movement, Windham
Western Hemisphere
All the land and water north of the equator
All the land and water west of the Prime Meridian
All the land and water west of the equator
All the land and water that belongs to the United States
