The Five Themes of Geography

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What are the five themes of geography?

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1. Location
2. Place
3. Human-Environment Interaction
4. Movement
5. Region

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Relative Location

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Describing where a place is by telling what's near it

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Absolute Location

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When you say exactly where a place is using latitude and longitude

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The theme of place includes both _______ characteristics and human characteristics.

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physical

Front

Which of the following is an example of a human characteristic of a place?

• Sandy beaches
• Language people speak
• Hot climate
• Rainforests

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Language people speak

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Building dams to make electricity can only have positive effects on the environment.

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False

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Which theme of geography is about how people and the Earth affect each other?

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Human-environment interaction

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Which of the following is NOT an example of movement?

• People moving from farms to cities
• Ideas spreading through social media
• A place having a hot climate
• Things made in one country and sold in another

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A place having a hot climate

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The absolute location of Paris, France is about _______ North (latitude) and 2.35° East (longitude).

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48.86°

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The five themes of geography help us learn about ______ on Earth.

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places