Continents
This continent is directly south of Europe.
What is Africa?
This ocean lies between North America and Europe.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
A place north of the Equator is in this half of Earth.
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
This theme answers the question, ‘Where is it?’
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What is Location?
Where a place is located compared with another place.
Relative Location
This continent is south of North America and is connected to it by the Isthmus of Panama.
What is South America?
This is the largest ocean and lies between Asia and the Americas.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
The Equator divides Earth into these two hemispheres.
What are the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
This theme describes the natural and human characteristics that make an area unique.
What is Place?
The shared beliefs, customs, traditions, language, and way of life of a group.
Culture
This continent contains the South Pole.
What is Antarctica?
This ocean is located mainly between Africa, Asia, and Australia.
What is the Indian Ocean?
The Prime Meridian helps divide Earth into these two hemispheres.
What are the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
This theme studies how people, products, and ideas travel.
What is Movement?
A place where people establish a community and live.
Settlement
This is the largest continent and lies east of Europe.
What is Asia?
This ocean surrounds Antarctica.
What is the Southern Ocean?
These imaginary lines measure distance north or south of the Equator.
What are lines of latitude?
Grouping states together as the American South illustrates this theme.
What is Region?
A natural part of Earth’s surface, such as a mountain, river, or desert.
Physical Feature
This continent is also a country and is located southeast of Asia.
What is Australia?
This smallest ocean surrounds the North Pole.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
These imaginary lines measure distance east or west of the Prime Meridian.
What are lines of longitude?
Building a dam, irrigating crops, or adapting homes to climate illustrates this theme.
What is Human-Environment Interaction?
Something created or built by people, such as a city, bridge, road, or building.
Human Feature