IG: Introduction to Geography Terms

Theme of geography that created problems such as air and water pollution.

• interaction

• region

• place

• movement

Area with similar, unifying characteristics.

• place

• location

• movement

• region

Theme having physical and human features.

• location

• place

• region

• interaction

Travel and exchange of good and ideas.

• location

• place

• movement

• interaction

Theme used to find out where something happened.

• place

• location

• region

• movement

The five themes of geography are location, place, interaction between people and their environment, movement, and

• history

• region

• event

• time

Early Americans have left behind all of the following kinds of artifacts EXCEPT

• examples of their pottery.

• pieces of their weapons.

• recordings of their music.

• evidence of their religion.

Which one of the parts of a map is missing from this map below?

• title

• scale

• compass rose

• legend/key

What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

• International Date Line

• Prime Meridian

Which directions do lines of latitude measure?

• south and east

• north and south

• east and west

• north and west