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5 Themes of Geography

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 28mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which theme of geography describes where things are located?

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Region

2.

A symbol on a map that shows the four Cardinal Directions and the four Intermediate Directions is called a:

a)

Map Key

b)

Scale

c)

Directionator

d)

Compass Rose

3.

Latitude lines run in what directions?

a)

north and south

b)

east and west

c)

north and east

d)

south and west

4.

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?

a)

Political map

b)

parallel map

c)

physical map

d)

resource map

5.

Using latitude and longitude or an address to show the EXACT location of a place is called

a)

Relative Location

b)

coordinates

c)

measurement

d)

Absolute Location

6.

Which theme of geography does this map represent?

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Human-Environmental Interaction

d)

Place

7.

What line of longitude divides the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

North Pole

d)

Tropic of Cancer

8.

Latitude lines MEASURE distance _______ and _______ of the equator.

a)

east and west

b)

left and right

c)

north and south

d)

east to south

9.

The general location of a place in relation to another place is called

a)

Relative Location

b)

Absolute Location

c)

Exact Location

d)

Specific Location

10.

Which of the 5 Themes of Geography does this picture represent?

a)

Place

b)

Region

c)

Location

d)

Movement

11.

Longitude lines MEASURE distance _______ and _______ of the Prime Meridian.

a)

North and West

b)

East and West

c)

North and South

d)

East and North

12.

What line of latitude is found at 0 degrees?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

North Pole

c)

Equator

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

13.

What 2 hemispheres does the line of latitude in the picture divide the earth into?

a)

eastern and western

b)

northern and southern

c)

northern and western

d)

southern and southern

14.

The study of the Earth and the way people interact with the Earth is called

a)

History

b)

Economics

c)

Government

d)

Geography

15.

An area with certain things in common is a

a)

place

b)

region

c)

location

d)

common place

16.

This theme of geography answers the question, "Where is it?"

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Region

d)

Movement

17.

This theme of geography answers the question, "How are places different?'

a)

Movement

b)

Place

c)

Region

d)

Location

18.

This theme of geography answers the question, "How and why people, goods, and ideas get from place to place?"

a)

Movement

b)

Place

c)

Location

d)

Region

19.

This theme of geography answers the question, "How do people affect the environment and how does the environment affect people?

a)

Movement

b)

Place

c)

Human-Environment Interaction

d)

Location

20.

A map that shows boundaries between cities, states, and countries is this kind of map.

a)

Political map

b)

Physical map

c)

Climate map

d)

Dora's map

21.

What are 2 ways to show absolute location?

a)

time and temperature

b)

latitude/longitude and an address

c)

physical and political map

d)

on paper and on a laptop

22.

Which of the following is a physical characteristic of a place?

a)

roads

b)

bridges

c)

mountains

d)

monuments

23.

Which of the following is a human characteristic of a place?

a)

rainforest

b)

culture

c)

landforms

d)

climate

24.

Catching fish in the Nile River and using the water to irrigate your crops is an example of:

a)

modify

b)

adapt

c)

depend

25.

Turning on the heat and insulating your house for the winter is an example of:

a)

modify

b)

adapt

c)

depend

26.

Deforestation is an example of:

a)

modify

b)

adapt

c)

depend

27.

You move to another area because your country is at war. What is the factor for movement?

a)

political

b)

social

c)

environmental

d)

economic

28.

You move to another country because you are being treated unfairly because of your race. What is the factor for movement?

a)

political

b)

environmental

c)

social

d)

economic

29.

You have to move to another area because a tsunami destroyed the place where you live. What is the factor for movement?

a)

economic

b)

environmental

c)

social

d)

political

30.

Your parent got a job at a new factory opening up in Cleveland. What is the factor for movement?

a)

political

b)

environmental

c)

economic

d)

social

31.

Your grandparents leave Ohio and go to Florida for the winter because the climate is better. What is the factor for movement?

a)

social

b)

political

c)

economic

d)

environmental

32.

The government is cruel and you fear for your life so you leave. What is the factor for movement?

a)

political

b)

social

c)

economic

d)

environmental

33.

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?

a)

political

b)

social

c)

economic

d)

environmental

34.

You move to a new country because the people there will pay a high price for your products. What is the factor for movement?

a)

political

b)

environmental

c)

economic

d)

social

35.

Reasons people move TO a place:

a)

push factor

b)

pull factor

36.

Reasons people LEAVE a place:

a)

push factor

b)

pull factor

37.

Another word for farming:

a)

agriculture

b)

irrigation

c)

geography

d)

politcal

38.

When people CANNOT control what happens around them, they must ________ to their environment

a)

modify

b)

adapt

c)

depend

d)

escape

39.

Terrace farming on a mountainside is an example of:

a)

modifying the environment

b)

adapting to the environment

c)

depending on the environment

d)

harming the environment

40.

Half the earth is a ____________.

a)

half-sphere

b)

hydrosphere

c)

hemisphere

d)

atmosphere

41.

North, East, South, West

a)

Intermediate Directions

b)

Cardinal Directions

c)

Captain Directions

d)

Bluebird Directions

42.

Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest

a)

Cardinal Directions

b)

Interaction Directions

c)

Intermediate Directions

d)

Middle Directions

43.

What is the line at 0 degrees longitude?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

division line

d)

parallel line

44.

This line of longitude divides the earth into the _________ and _________ hemispheres.

a)

eastern and western

b)

northern and southern

c)

top and bottom

d)

eeny and meeny

45.

True or False: A place may be part of more than one region.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

True or False: Human-Environment Interactions can be both positive and negative.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

longitude

a)

Imaginary lines that run north to south but measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian

b)

Imaginary lines that run east to west but measure distance north and south of the Equator

48.

Latitude

a)

Imaginary lines that run north to south but measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian

b)

Imaginary lines that run east to west but measure distance north and south of the Equator.

49.

5 Themes of Geography

a)

Movement, Region, Place, Location, Hemisphere

b)

Geography, History, Economics, Government

c)

Movement, Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Location, Place

d)

Latitude, Longitude. Location, Movement, Windham

50.

Western Hemisphere

a)

All the land and water north of the equator

b)

All the land and water west of the Prime Meridian

c)

All the land and water west of the equator

d)

All the land and water that belongs to the United States