5 Themes Study Guide

refers to the way that people, ideas, and goods travel from place to place

• movement

• region

• human-environment interaction

• place

are ways that places around the world are grouped based on the things that they have in common

• movement

• region

• location

• place

is the way that people modify, adapt, and depend on their surroundings

• movement

• location

• human-environment interaction

• place

can be described in either absolute or relative terms

• location

• region

• human-environment interaction

• place

is a theme of geography that lists the human and physical characteristics.

• location

• region

• movement

• place

Buildings, paths, and parks are examples of...

• built environment

• natural environment

Forests, rivers, and oceans are examples of...

• built environment

• natural environment

Using GPS to get directions to an address is an example of...

• absolute location

• relative location

"My house is behind Indian Trails Library and next to the gray house," is giving directions using...

• absolute location

• relative location

Borders around countries or states are examples of...

• Functional Regions (they serve a function-- neighborhoods that feed into London)

• Formal Regions (the Wisconsin state lane shows where Illinois formally end and Wisconsin formally begins)

• Perceptual Regions (an area that has perceived similarities--New England is the area of upper Eastern U.S. states,)