The Five Themes of Geography
Latitude and Longitude
TODALS
Using Your Reference Guide
Ancient River Valley Civilizations
100
This theme of geography refers to the physical and cultural surroundings of an area, or to put it another way "what it's like" there.
Place
100
Does a line of latitude run horizontally, or vertically?
Horizontally
100
What does A stand for in TODALS?
Author
100
On an elevation map, what elevation does the color yellow represent?
2,001 - 5,000 feet
100
The river valleys of the Nile, Tigris and Euphrates were wet, fertile and low elevation.
Which theme is this an example of?
Place
200
Todd lives at 123 Main Street, Townsville USA. Which theme of geography is this an example of?
Location
200
Does the line of longitude run horizontally or vertically?
Vertically
200
What is often used to represent Orientation on a map?
A compass rose
200
What color is used on a vegetation map to represent the Ice Caps vegetation zone?
White
200
This early form of paper is made by pounding reeds from the banks of a river into a flat sheet.
Papyrus
300
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What theme is this an example of?
Movement
300
Is the equator a line of latitude or longitude?
Latitude
300
What does the Legend on a map do?
Explain the symbols and colors on the map
300
What two kinds of information does a population map show you?
Population density and urban population
300
What is the name for the fertile soil carried in rivers that they deposit on their banks?
Silt
400
If a farmer irrigates his field by digging canal to add water to it, what theme of geography is that an example of?
Human Environment Interaction
400
This line of latitude divides the earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres
The Equator
400
What does the T in TODALS stand for? What is the definition of that word?
Title, the name of the map
400
What do people do to get food in an area colored purple on a land use map?
Hunting and gathering, they hunt animals and gather plants for food
400
Ancient river valley people used boats to sail up and down the river, to bring goods between different cities. What theme of geography is this an example of?
Movement
500
The Southeastern United States is an area that shares several traits, such as climate and vegetation.
What theme is this an example of?
Region
500
Are lines of longitude measured in degrees East and West, or degrees North and South?
East and West
500
Orientation compares direction on the map to direction in the real world. What does scale compare?
Size on the map to size in the real world
500
How would a yellow area on a climate zone map and an orange area on a climate zone map be different?
The yellow area, which is Arid, is hotter and dryer
500
The people of Ancient Mesopotamia lived between the two great rivers, the Tigris and the Euprhates.
Which theme of geography is this an example of?
Location