Themes of Geography

The five themes of geography are useful because...

• they teach us how to take notes about world events
• they help us organize information about our world
• they keep geographers employed
• they prepare us for social studies

Absolute and relative are two ways of describing the theme of...

• regions
• movement
• location
• human environment interaction

Which is NOT an example of absolute location?

• "Katie's Restaurant is near the high school"
• 35°N, 52°W
• 6636 Northwest Road
• 61°4′S, 21°15′E

A general location of one place to another described with direction or distance words is...

• absolute location
• relative location

Which is NOT a description of relative location?

• 6636 Northwest Road
• behind the high school
• 2 miles south of Northwestern Elementary School
• between the bus garage and the high school

The human and physical features of a location are included in which theme?

• location

• region

• place

• movement

Which is NOT an example of a human feature?

• Tiger Stadium
• Blue Mountain
• Northwestern Lehigh MIddle School
• the bus garage

Which is an example of a physical feature?

• the Atlantic Ocean

• Northwestern Lehigh High School

• Tiger Stadium

• Route 78

Which theme includes how humans adapt, modify or depend on the environment?

• movement
• place
• region
• human environment interaction

Which is an example of how humans modify the environment?

• we salt the roads when they get icy
• we wear warmer clothes in winter
• we wear sunscreen while outside in summer
• we use gasoline to power our vehicles