5 Themes of Geography
The theme about how people, goods, and ideas travel from one place to another.
Movement
A piece of land surrounded by water on all sides.
Island
The imaginary line at 0° latitude that divides the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
The Equator
Slide 1
Japan
The only country that is also an entire continent.
Australia
The theme that describes what makes a place special, like its climate, landforms, or language.
Place
Land surrounded by water on three sides, like Italy.
Peninsula
The box on a map that explains what its symbols mean.
Legend (or key)
Slide 2
Italy
The longest river in the world
The Nile (Some argue Amazon)
The theme that groups areas sharing a common feature, like the Sahara or the Middle East.
Region
A high, flat area of land that rises steeply above the land around it.
Plateau
The largest ocean on Earth.
Pacific Ocean
Slide 3
Turkey
The smallest country in the world, located completely inside the city of Rome.
Vatican City
The theme that studies how people and their environment affect each other.
Human-Environment Interaction
The triangle-shaped land that forms where a river like the Nile empties into the sea.
Delta
Lines that run north to south and measure distance east or west of the Prime Meridian.
Longitude
Slide 4
Brazil
In 2023, this country passed China to have the most people in the world.
India
Across the street from the park, next to the bodega” is this kind of location.
Relative location
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses, like Panama.
Isthmus
The only continent that sits in all four hemispheres.
Africa
Slide 5
Jamaica
Surprise! This African country has more ancient pyramids than Egypt.
Sudan (about 200 pyramids, built by the Kingdom of Kush)