The Five Themes
What is Location in geography?
Where a place is in space (not where something is located)
What is geography the study of?
The Earth
This type of geography deals with landforms, climate, weather, and other natural features of earth
Physical
This type of geography deals with language, ethnicity, religion, and other man-made features of earth
Cultural/Human
What continent is Canada on?
North America
What is Place in geography?
The physical and human characteristics that define a location
How many oceans are there?
Five
This includes the temperature, precipitation, and plant life of a region
Climate
Answers may differ
What continent is Germany on?
Europe
What is Region in geography?
A group of places that share physical and/or human characteristics
What are the four sections the world is divided into called? (Hint: North, South, East, & West)
Hemispheres
What are the invisible lines that run from pole to pole called?
Longitude lines
What convinces people to move away from or to a place?
Push & Pull Factors
What continent is Australia on?
Australia
What is Movement in geography?
How and why human (people, ideas, & goods) and physical (animals, plants, and more) features move from one place to another
What are the two types of geography?
Physical and Cultural/Human
About what percent of Earth's water is saltwater?
~97%
This word means a shared cultural identity and background that connects a group of people
Ethnicity
What continent is China on?
Asia
What is Human-Environment Interaction in geography?
How humans and the environment interact
North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Antarctica
There are five biome types. List two
Aquatic, Grassland, Forest, Desert, Tundra
There are six main elements of culture. List two
Religion, Language, Education, Political Philosophy, Social Structure, Economic Philosophy
What continent is Chad on?
Africa