Five Themes of Geography

Which of the following best describes the theme of Movement?

• The physical features that make a place unique

• The way people change their environment

• The way people, goods, and ideas move from one place to another

• The location of a place using latitude and longitude

Which of these is an example of Human-Environment Interaction (HEI)?

• Studying the capital city of France

• Building levees to control flooding in New Orleans

• Driving on a highway from Houston to Dallas

• Using a map to find countries in South America

A region is best described as an area that—

• shares one or more common features

• is surrounded by water on all sides

• has no human features

• cannot be changed by humans

Which theme of geography is being used when a student writes that “Mexico is south of the United States”?

• Place

• Location

• Movement

• Region

Which theme includes both physical and human features of a location?

• Location

• Movement

• Place

• Region

Which theme of geography is illustrated when people migrate from one country to another?

• Region

• Movement

• Place

• Location

What theme of geography is being used when describing the climate and landforms of a city?

• Location

• Region

• Movement

• Place

Which of the following is an example of the theme of Region?

• Explaining how goods are transported by rail

• Grouping countries that share similar languages

• Listing the latitude and longitude of a city

• Describing how people adapt to living in deserts

The Five Themes of Geography are

• location, place, absolute, region, movement
• location, place, region, movement, human-environment interaction
• absolute, relative, place, region, environment
• location, characteristics, geography, movement, place

8930 Eclipse, El Paso, TX 79904: This is an example of Relative location.

• True
• False