Physical (natural) or Human Features
The 5 Themes of Geography
Vocabulary
Vocabulary II
Geo Toss Up
100

What is the study of mapmaking?

Cartography

100

This theme refers to how people, goods and ideas travel from place to place. Provide at least four examples in the Portland Metro Region.

Choices: 

A)Movement 
B)Region 
C)Place 
D)Human/Environment Interaction

Movement

Transit
Bikes
Cars
Freight
Ships

100

A system that uses a network of earth orbiting satellites to pinpoint absolute locations. 

Choices: human geography, map, globe, global positioning system (GPS)

What is global positioning system (GPS)

100

What is another name for a map key?

Legend

100

A person who analyzes the earth from many points of views

Geographer

200

Bodies of water

Physical Geography or Human Geography?

Provide three examples

Physical geography

Lake
Ocean

Seas

Rivers

200

This theme explores how people adapt to and use their environment

Choices: Movement, Location, Place, Region, Human/Environment Interaction

Human Environment Interaction

200

Name three types of geography

Physical

Human

Cultural

Environmental

Spatial (Mapmaking)

200

A measurement tool found on a map

Scale

200

Name the seven continents

Bonus: Which ocean has the highest salinity or saltwater concentration?

North America

South America

Oceania

Antarctica

Europe

Asia

Africa

300

Climate

Physical Geography or Human Geography?

Physical geography

300

Location explores how geographers use directions and geocoordinates to identify where something is found. 

What are the imaginary lines that make up an exact location and how would I show it physically?

Latitude & Longitude

300

0 degrees latitude line is called....

Equator

300

A visual representation of an area with mountains, deserts and lakes.

*Bonus*

Name at least three major rivers in the Pacific NW.

Name two tributaries of the Columbia River?

Physical map

300

Name at least three major seas

*Bonus*

What sea is located between Europe and Africa?

Bering
Caribbean
Coral
Baltic

*Mediteranean

400

Population

Physical Geography or Human Geography?

*Bonus* 

How would a cartographer illustrate population density?

Human geography

Bonus: Color scale (Red, orange, yellow)

400

This theme looks at what multiple locations have in common / how they are different

Choices: Movement Location Place Region Human/Environment Interaction

*Bonus*

Provide a specific example and its shared characteristics.

Region

Pac NW
Portland Metro

Cascade Range
Taureg Culture

400

A landform that is almost entirely surrounded by water.

*Bonus*
What is the difference between a cape and a bay?

peninsula

400

A picture on a map that shows directions such as east, west, south, and north.

What is a compass rose

400

Of the three types of regions, which refers to boundaries and borders?

*Bonus*
Provide an example

Political Region

500

Religion & Language

Human Geography or Cultural Geography?

Bonus: How would a cartographer visually represent this on a map?

Cultural geography

500

This theme explores human and/or physical features of a specific location

Choices: Movement / Region/ Human-Environment Interaction / Place

*Bonus: Define relative location and provide an example.

What is place

500

This landform is referred to as a "bridge" to the mainland.

isthmus

500

The Prime Meridian is the line that separates the eastern hemisphere from the western hemisphere that runs through which city?

Greenwich, England

500

Next Level Bonus:

What are three types of landforms and their names that are found near Olympic National Park?

Think "greensheet"

Olympic Mountains

Strait of Juan de Fuca

Olympic Peninsula

Vancouver Island

Lake Crescent

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