Location
What theme of geography tells us where a place is located?
Location
Which theme describes the physical and human characteristics of a place?
Place
What theme describes how people interact with the natural environment?
Human-environment interaction
Which theme explains how people, goods, and ideas travel from one place to another?
Movement
Which theme groups places that share common characteristics?
Region
Maryland is located next to Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia. Which theme does this describe?
Location
The Chesapeake Bay has water, wetlands, fish, and blue crabs. Which theme do these characteristics describe?
Place, because they describe the characteristics of the area.
People catch fish and crabs from the Chesapeake Bay for food and jobs. Are they adapting, modifying, or depending on the environment?
Depending, because they use the bay for food and jobs.
A truck carries apples from a Maryland farm to a grocery store in Washington, D.C. Which theme does this illustrate?
Movement, because goods are transported from one place to another.
Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware are commonly grouped together as part of which broad U.S. region?
The Mid-Atlantic region.
A student says, "Baltimore is north of Washington, D.C." Is this absolute or relative location?
Relative location, because it describes where a place is in relation to another place.
Baltimore has buildings, roads, a harbor, and many people. Are these physical or human characteristics?
Human characteristics, because people built the buildings, roads, and harbor.
People build bridges over rivers to connect communities. Are they adapting, modifying, or depending on the environment?
Modifying, because they change the environment by constructing bridges.
A family moves from another country to Maryland to begin a new life. Which theme describes this?
Movement, because people are migrating from one place to another.
Several states share similar climate patterns, landforms, or cultural characteristics. Which theme helps geographers group these places?
Region, because the places share common characteristics.
A map shows a location at 38.9784° N, 76.4922° W. What type of location uses coordinates to identify an exact place?
Absolute location, because it uses coordinates to identify an exact location.
Western Maryland has mountains, forests, and cooler weather. Which theme is being described?
Place, because these are characteristics of the area.
Families in a cold climate wear warm coats and heat their homes during winter. Which type of interaction does this illustrate?
Adapting, because they adjust to cold weather.
Students use the internet to share information with friends in another country. Which theme does this illustrate, and what is moving?
Movement, because ideas and information travel between places.
The United States has many geographic regions. What is one physical feature that can make one region different from another?
A. The types of music people listen to
B. Mountains, hills, or flat land
C. The languages people speak
D. The foods people eat
B. Mountains, hills, or flat land
One student says, "Annapolis is near Baltimore." Another student gives the exact latitude and longitude of Annapolis. Explain the difference.
The first describes relative location. The second describes absolute location because it uses exact coordinates.
Is Baltimore, Maryland a rural farming area or an urban area?
Baltimore, Maryland, is an urban area because it has many people, tall buildings, businesses, and busy roads.
The government built the Chesapeake Bay Bridge over the Chesapeake Bay to connect Maryland’s Eastern Shore with the western shore. Is this an example of adapting to, modifying, or depending on the environment?
Modifying the environment, because the government built a bridge to change how people travel across the bay.
The Port of Baltimore receives goods from other countries. Explain how the port connects Maryland to the world and identify two things that move through this connection.
Movement. The port connects Maryland to international trade. Examples of goods include food, clothing, machinery, and other products.
Two places have mountains and forests. Why might a geographer group these places into the same region
A geographer might group them together because they share ...
similar physical features.