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5 themes of Geography Matching Activity

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The 5 Themes of Geography are:

a)

Location, longitude, rain forest, place, and rivers

b)

Location, place, human environment, movement, region

c)

Location, region, absolute, relative, equator

d)

Location, place, help, taco inn, Lincoln High

2.

What is LOCATION?

a)

Describes a location.

b)

People, goods, and ideas move from place to place.

c)

Where is it located?

d)

A group of places that share common physical or human characteristics.

3.

Which is an example of absolute location?

a)

Across from McDonald's

b)

North of the Rio Grande

c)

1020 Mall Lane

d)

Near Gateway Mall

4.

Which is an example of Relative location?

a)

Lincoln High is across the street from McDonald's

b)

Lincoln High is located at 40 degrees N, 96 degrees W

c)

The U.S. Capitol is 38° 53′ 35″ N, 77° 00′ 32″ W

d)

4055 Mockingbird Court

5.

What is PLACE?

a)

Place describes a location by physical and human features.

b)

Place is where something is located.

c)

Place is the movement of people and goods from one place to another.

d)

Place is when a group of places share common physical and human characteristics.

6.

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.

7.

What is REGION?

a)

Region describes a location by physical and human features.

b)

Region is a group of places that share common physical or human characteristics or features.

c)

Region is where something is located.

d)

Location is the movement of ideas, people, and goods.

8.

Human Environment Interaction is:

a)

HEI is where a place is.

b)

HEI is the movement of ideas, goods, and people.

c)

HEI is how people and their environment affect each other.

d)

HEI is a group of places that share a common human or physical characteristic.

9.

Movement is:

a)

Movement is the movement of people, goods, and/or ideas from place to place.

b)

Movement is a group of places that share common physical and human characteristics.

c)

Movement is where something is.

d)

Movement is how people and their environment affect each other.

10.

Which of the following are examples of movement:

a)

People fleeing Syria for safety in another country.

b)

Galveston builds houses on stilts.

c)

Lincoln, Nebraska

d)

Rio Grande River

11.
What is location?
a)
Tells us where people and places are
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area.
c)
Tells how people, goods, resources, and ideas move from one place to another.
12.
Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
13.
What is the acronym to remember the Five Themes of Geography?
a)
MAD
b)
MRHELP
c)
PIG
d)
COW
14.
Where is it exactly on the Earth?
a)
Place
b)
Perfect Location
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Relative Location
15.
Where is it?
a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Movement
d)
Region
16.
What question does the theme of place ask?
a)
“What is it like?” (or “What makes this place different from other places?”)
b)
Where is it?
c)
How do people and the environment interact?
d)
What do places have in common?
17.
How do we modify the environment?
a)
We build irrigation ditches
b)
We build landfills
c)
We build dams
d)
All of the above
18.
What is the question for movement?
a)
Where is it?
b)
How do people and ideas get around?
c)
What does it look like?
19.
What does it look like when you get there? What theme of geography is this?
a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Region
d)
Human environment interaction
20.
What is the question for Region?
a)
Where it is?
b)
What does it look like when you get there?
c)
What do locations have in common?
d)
What do people do to the environment?
21.
This picture is an example of which theme of geography?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
22.
a)
Movement
b)
Region
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Location
23.
Austin, Texas is located at 30 degrees N, 90 degrees W
a)
Absolute location
b)
Relative location
c)
place
d)
region
24.
The United States imports a great deal of products from other countries
a)
Region
b)
Relative Location
c)
Movement
d)
Human environment interaction