5 Themes of Geography

What is movement?

• Tells us how people, goods, recourses, and ideas move from one place to another
• Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
• Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike.

The fact that Africa is south of Europe is an example of which?

• Movement
• Absolute Location
• Relative Location
• Place

What is the Relative Location of the Gulf of Mexico?

• west of Houston
• 85 degrees W by 27 degrees N
• 85 degrees N by 27 degrees W
• west of Miami

An oil spill that affects the water in an ocean is an example of which?

• Place
• Human-Environment Interaction
• Region
• Movement

A group of countries that share similar economic and government policies, in addition to all being located near one another and sharing a common history.

• Human Environment Interaction
• Place
• Region
• Location

What is a region?

• Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike
• Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
• Tells us where people and places are

What is the acronym to remember the Five Themes of Geography?

• MAD
• MRHELP
• PIG
• COW

Pennsylvania is located in the Northeast. This is an example of which theme of geography?

• Human-Environment Interaction
• Relative Location
• Movement
• Region

Where is it?

• Place
• Location
• Movement
• Region

Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?

• Location
• Place
• Human-Environment Interaction
• Movement