Reading Maps
Branches of Geography
Themes and Elements
Geography in the Real World
100

This tells you the subject of a map

What is the title?

100

The branch of geography that studies mountains, rivers, and forests.

What is Physical Geography

100

One of the 5 themes of geography. Example, a rainforest.

What is region?

100

You use this tool when looking up driving directions.

What is a GPS?

200

Tells you which direction north, south, east, and west are pointing.

What is a compass rose?

200

The branch of geography that studies people, their culture, their languages, and the landscapes they create.

What is human geography?

200

This theme looks at how and why people travel somewhere new.

What is movement?

200

The branch of geography that studies how to prevent forest fires.

What is physical geography?
300
The line in the middle of the Earth that separates the North and South Hemispheres

What is the equator?

300

The branch of geography that would study how to end world hunger.

What is human geography?

300

Is a general description. For example: "north of here," or "to the left."

What is relative location?

300

The Eiffel Tower in Paris is an example of which theme of geography?

What is place?

400

Tells you what the symbols on a map mean.

What is a legend?

400

The branch of geography that studies how to make maps.

What is cartography?

400

Human-caused climate change is an example of this theme.

What is human-environment interaction?

400

The weathermen on TV study this branch of geography.

 What is meteorology?

500

The line that separates the earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres

What is the Prime Meridian?

500

The branch of geography that studies water on Earth.

What is hydrology?

500

The essential element that deals with how humans behave on a large scale.

What is human systems?

500

An earthquake is an example of this Essential Element

What is Physical Systems?

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