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5 Themes of Geography

Total questions: 73

Worksheet time: 1hrs 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Five Themes of Geography are the Following:

a)

Place, Region, Intelligence, Land-forms, Movement

b)

Place, Region, Human Environment Interaction, Location, Movement

c)

People, Race, Interaction, Location Movement

2.

What is movement?

a)

how people, goods, 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.

3.

An amazon truck bringing your delivery to your house is an example of ___________________

a)

Movement

b)

Human Interaction

c)

Region

4.
This picture best represents which of the following?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Movement of Ideas
5.

Turning on the air conditioner on a really hot day is an example of _________________

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Human-Environment Interaction

6.

"Let's meet at the McDonalds near the Taco Bell" is an example of which?

a)

Relative Location

b)

Movement

c)

Region

7.

What is Place?

a)

Describing a location by using physical and human features.

b)

Where something is

c)

A place's address

8.

What is Human-Environment Interaction?

a)

The relationship between people and their environment.

b)

The relationship between people and a place

c)

The relationship between the environment and animals

9.

What is Region?

a)

A group of places that share a common physical or human characteristic or feature.

b)

A place that only has physical features

c)

A place that only has the same human features.

10.

What is Location?

a)

Where a place is located on the Earth using absolute or relative location.

b)

The coordinates of a location

c)

How we give directions

11.

Which below are examples of physical features?

a)

Climate, vegetation, landforms

b)

Vegetation, culture, and language

c)

Climate, religion, and music

12.

Which below are all examples of human features?

a)

Language, religion, culture

b)

Landforms, language, water

c)

Religion, vegetation, culture

13.
Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
14.

The statement:  "The Eiffel Tower is located at 48° N, 29° E," is an example of which of the 5 Themes of Geography?

a)
Movement
b)
Region
c)
Place
d)
Location
15.
What is the acronym that can be used to "help" you remember the 5 Themes of Geography?
a)
MR. HELP
b)
MS. HELP
c)
MR. HIP
d)
MRS. HEL
16.

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

17.

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

18.

Which theme of geography does the image represent?

a)

location

b)

place

c)

region

d)

movement

19.

The geography theme movement includes the communication of ideas and information among people. Which of the following is NOT a way people communicate ideas and information?

a)

cell phone

b)

internet

c)

airplane

d)

television

20.

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

21.

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

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Human Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
25.

Which theme answers the question "Where is it?"

a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Movement
d)
Region
26.
In what ways do people adapt to their environment, or change their environment in order to meet their needs.
a)
Human Environment Interaction
b)
Place
c)
Location
d)
Region
27.

How are areas similar or united to other areas around them?

a)
Movement
b)
Absolute Location
c)
Region
d)
Place
28.

Room 104 is across the hall from room 112.

a)
Relative Location
b)
Absolute Location
c)
Movement
d)
Human Environment Interaction
29.
Canada is north of the United States
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Movement
30.

Wilson High School is at 189 Hornet Rd, Fishersville, VA 22939

a)
Absolute Location
b)
Relative Location
c)
Place
d)
Region
31.

Latitude and Longitude are an example of

a)
Relative Location
b)
Place
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Region
32.

The Hoover Dam was built to control flooding in the Southwest United States.

a)
Human Environment Interaction
b)
Location
c)
Movement
d)
Place
33.

This theme of Geography describes what the location is like when we get there. 

a)
Absolute Location
b)
Relative Location
c)
Place
d)
Region
34.
Sending an email to a friend about how to do something is which theme?
a)
Movement
b)
Human Interaction
c)
Region
d)
Location
35.

France is home to beautiful beaches, historical sites, and the Eiffel Tower .

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Region

36.

The relationship between people and their environment

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Location

e)

Place

37.

Depend on, adapt to, or modify the environment.

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Location

e)

Place

38.

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

a)

Human Environment Interaction

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Region

39.
Only people move.
a)
True
b)
False
40.

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.

41.
When we describe a place by saying it has a beautiful lake and mountains, we are describing its
a)
Physical Characteristics
b)
Human Characteristics
42.

The theme of geography that describes what it is like there using an area’s physical and  human characteristics is

a)
Region
b)
Place
c)
Human Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
43.
How do we modify the environment?
a)

We build bridges

b)
We build landfills
c)
We build dams
d)
All of the above
44.

What are the two ways to determine a location of a place?

a)

Absolute and relative location

b)

physical characteristics

c)

Finding the location on a map

d)

None of the above

45.

The way people adapt, depend and modify the environment is which theme of geography?

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Human Environment Interaction

e)

Region

46.
Import means
a)
buying goods from another country
b)
selling goods to another country
c)
only making one kind of product
47.
Export means
a)
buying goods from another country
b)
selling goods to another country
c)
only making one kind of product
48.

Import or Export:

US buys toys that are made in China

a)

Import

b)

Export

49.

Import or Export:

US sells medical equipment to China

a)

Import

b)

Export

50.
What are the three ways humans interact with their environment?
a)
depend, modify, love
b)
adapt, depend, positive
c)
depend, modify, adapt
d)
adapt, modify, negative
51.

Building dams, plowing fields, and digging mines are examples of...  

a)
depending
b)
adapting
c)
modifying
52.

People who live in the northeastern United States use space heaters to keep their homes warm in winter. This is an example of..

a)

modifying

b)

adapting

c)

depending

53.

Which of the following is the best answer example of humans adapting to their environment?

a)

people wearing heavy coats in an Alaskan winter

b)

people using air conditioning in the summer

c)

people building a bridge to cross a river

d)

all of the above

54.

Which of the following is the best answer example for modifying the environment?

a)

constructing highways and tunnels

b)

constructing dams and levees to control flooding

c)

cutting down trees to build a new subdivision

d)

all of the above

55.

Which words describe place?

a)

Absolute and relative

b)

depend, modify and adapt

c)

physical and human characteristics

d)

export and import

56.

Which words describe movement?

a)

Absolute and relative

b)

depend, modify and adapt

c)

physical and human characteristics

d)

export and import

57.

Natural resources (oil, gold, metals, stone) are examples of

a)

physical characteristics

b)

human characteristics

58.

Clothing, culture and language are examples of

a)

physical characteristics

b)

human characteristics

59.

Features that are created by humans such as bridges, roads, and buildings are examples of

a)

physical characteristics

b)

human characteristics

60.

Features that are formed by nature such as landforms, climate, plants and animal life are examples of

a)

physical characteristics

b)

human characteristics

61.

When people move from one place to another it is called

a)

globalization

b)

migration

c)

moving

d)

interaction

62.

How many themes of geography are there?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

7

d)

10

63.

People who depend on the land usually make a living from it.

a)

True

b)

False

64.

Rhode Islanders drink clean water from the Scituate Reservoir.

a)

Modify

b)

Adapt

c)

Depend

65.

President Teddy roosevelt ordered the building of the Panama Canal.

a)

Modify

b)

Adapt

c)

Depend

66.

School children wear snow boots to school in the wintertime.

a)

Modify

b)

Adapt

c)

Depend

67.

An area of land off of Hartford Ave. is being cleared for the new Amazon headquarters.

a)

Modify

b)

Adapt

c)

Depend

68.

Eskimos in Alaska ride snowmobiles to school.

a)

Modify

b)

Adapt

c)

Depend

69.

Lumberjacks use the rushing river to carry logs to a sawmill.

a)

Modify

b)

Adapt

c)

Depend

70.

A new soccer field is being built behind the high school.

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Region

71.

Ground Zero, the Statue of Liberty and Central Park are three ways we can identify New York City.

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Region

72.

One way to communicate information is by the internet or TV.

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Region

73.

The world has many areas that have somethiing in common. Climate is one of those things.

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Region