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The Five Themes of Geography
The Five Themes of Geography
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1
To pinpoint absolute location of a place, geographers use?
latitude and longitude
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
The North and South poles
nearby landmarks
2
Geographers use the five themes of geography to
organize informaion
measure locations
study world history
study world music
3
True or False lines of latitude are also known as parallels
False
True
4
Lines of Latitude divide the earth into units called poles
True
False
5
Lines of longitude travel up and down along the earth's surface
True
False
6
What does the theme of movement help geographers understand?
the climate of a place
how far a place is from the equator
locations of human and physical features
how people, goods and ideas get from one place to another
7
Which of the follwoing is not one of the 5 themes of geography?
country
movement
region
place
8
True or False: The study of Earth is called Geography
False
True
9
Which of the following is not an intermediate direction
Southwest
Northeast
Northwest
South
10
What is the name of the line of latitude that wraps around the world at 0 degrees
International Dateline
Equator
Prime Meridian
Timeline
11
True or False: lines of latitude are also called meridians
False
True
12
How do geographers use the theme of region
to identify trade routes
to group places that something in common
to show how people affect their environment
to locate places
13
Each half of the Earth is known as a hemisphere
False
True
14
Which of the following is not a cardnial direction
West
East
North
Southwest
15
A meridian is a line of longitude
False
True
