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Five Themes of Geography
Five Themes of Geography
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Geographic Thinking- Themes and Elements
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1
What theme of geography explains the
spread of religions
around the world?
Movement
Region
Place
Location
2
A group of places with common characteristics is called a...
Region
Location
Place
Movement
3
What region is also a
continent
?
South America
Russia and the Eurasian Republics
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
4
What is
absolute location
?
The characteristics that make a place unique
The position of one place compared to another
The region that contains a place
The exact point where a place is found
5
Which phrase best summarizes what geographers study?
Reasons that people engage in trade
Places and the people who live there
The history of world cities
The science of how GPS works
6
What do geographers use street addresses or coordinates to determine?
Population Density
Land Use
Absolute Location
Relative Location
7
Which theme looks at how people affect the environment & how the environment affects people?
Region
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Location
8
What theme of geography explains how people, ideas, and animals get from one place to another?
Movement
Location
Place
Region
9
The distinguishing characteristics of one location help define what theme?
Human-Environment Interaction
Place
Movement
Location
10
What best explains what this photo is an example of?
How the environment affects people
How physical systems change
How animals migrate
How people affect the environment
11
What is
relative location
?
The position of one place compared to another
The region that contains a place
The exact point where a place is found
The characteristics that make a place unique
12
Physical systems
could include...
Characteristics of places & regions
People using resources like iron
Processes on earth, like volcanoes
Patterns of where people locate cities
13
What is an example of
human-environment interaction?
Fishing
The spread of disease
The erosion caused by waves
A chart of high temperatures
14
What theme is best exemplified by this photo?
How animals migrate
How the environment affects people
How people adapt to the environment
How physical systems change
15
What is a region?
A group of places with common characteristics
A pattern of human movement
A certain longitude ad latitude
A location with specific characteristics
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What theme of geography includes
how people modify the environment
?
HumanEnvironment Interaction
Region
Movement
Place
