5 Themes of Geography OLD

What do we use to find absolute location?

• latitude and longitude
• the equator and international dateline
• a GPS and an XLP
• landmarks and distances

You can find the Bahamas __________ of the States.

• North
• West
• Southeast
• Northeast

What question does the theme of place ask?

• “What is it like?” (or “What makes this place different from other places?”)
• Where is it?
• How do people and the environment interact?
• What do places have in common?

What are flora and fauna?

• Birds and Deer
• Baby animals
• Plants and beasts
• Themes of Geography

What did Egyptian farmers use the Nile flood to do?

• It was an excuse to take a vacation
• Go swimming
• Destroy their enemies fields
• Grow food

How do we modify the environment?

• We build irrigation ditches
• We build landfills
• We build dams
• All of the above

Only people move.

• True
• False

What are merchants trading?

• Landforms and bodies of water
• All the latest, hottest products
• People and events from the past

A cultural region might have a common tongue.

• True
• False

Regions can be based off more than one feature.

• True
• False