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Five Themes of Geography Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Can you list the five themes of Geography?

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2.

A large number of people from New Orleans, Louisiana moved north after Hurricane Katrina. Which is this an example of?

a)

Place

b)

Region

c)

Movement

3.

What does relative location tell you?

a)

A place's exact position on Earth

b)

Why people moved to a certain place

c)

Describes a location using landmarks, time, direction, or distance from one place to another

d)

How a place is similar to other places

4.

Which of the following best defines movement?

a)

Explains where something is

b)

Describes both the physical and human features of a building, area, city, etc.

c)

A group of places unified by a common feature

d)

How people, products, information, and ideas get from one place to another

5.

Louisville, Kentucky is located at 38 degrees N, and 85 degrees W.

a)

Relative Location

b)

Region

c)

Absolute Location

6.

Which theme of geography studies how and why places are similar to other places such as religion or weather, as in the Middle East or the South?

a)

Place

b)

Region

c)

Human-Environment Interaction

d)

Location

7.

Which of the following is an example of modifying, or changing the environment?

a)

City planners constructing highways and buildings

b)

Ancient Egyptian farmers waiting for the Nile to flood

c)

Residents of Chicago wearing heavy coats in the winter

d)

A student describing the absolute location of Chicago

8.

Can you pick a theme of geography and tell me how it plays a role in your life?

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9.

Simpson County, Kentucky is south of Warren County, Kentucky. This is an example of what?

a)

Relative Location

b)

Place

c)

Absolute Location

10.

Which theme is this?

a)

Region

b)

Place

c)

Movement

11.

You read that plastic products are made in the United States and shipped around the globe. Which theme of geography are you most likely reading about?

a)

Region

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Place

12.

Which theme is this?

a)

Movement

b)

Human-Environment Interaction

c)

Place

13.

Which theme uses words such as: "next door", "down the street", and "two blocks south"?

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Relative Location

c)

Place

d)

Region

14.

Which theme is this?

a)

Region

b)

Location

c)

Place

d)

Movement

15.

Which theme is this?

a)

Place

b)

Movement

c)

Human-Environment Interaction

d)

Location

16.

It's nearly 400 kilometers north of Rome, is an example of which theme?

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

Movement

17.

The Inuit tribes of the Arctic depend on fishing for survival, this is an example of which theme?

a)

Movement

b)

Human-Environment Interaction

c)

Place

d)

Region