5 Themes of Geography
The acronym we use to remember the 5 themes of geography.
What is Mr. Help
A map that shows state and national boundaries.
What is a political map.
The part of a map that tells you what it is about.
The theme which includes people who travel from place to place, circulate information, trade goods and services, and share ideas.
What is movement
A map that shows the physical features of an area.
What is a physical map
Shows the directions of the map (north, south, east, and west)
What is a Compass Rose.
How people change the environment or how the environment changes people.
What is Human-environment interaction
A map that shows conditions that existed during some period of time in the past.
What is a historical map
The decoder for the symbols on the map.
What is a Legend
An area of land that has common features.
What is Region.
A map showing the roads of a city, state, or other area.
What is a road map
This explains the relationship between distance on a map and the distance on the ground.
What is a scale
The two types of location.
What is absolute and relative.
The 4 types of maps we have studied.
What are physical, political, road and historical maps
A number of horizontal and vertical lines running across a map.
What is a grid