Themes of Geography
Maps
Vocab
What's its name again?
Features
Misc.
100
This theme tells you where someone or something is on Earth.
What is location.
100
The main directions: N, S, E, W
What are cardinal directions?
100
The study of the Earth and the way people, plants, and animals live on and use it.
What is Geography?
100
This is the point on top of the Earth.
What is the North Pole?
100
This is the difference between absolute and relative location.
What is absolute location is exactly where something is using coordinates and relative location is general directions?
100
Which of the five themes helps us understand the consequences to peoples actions?
What is the Human Environment Interaction?
200
This theme describes what life/culture is like somewhere.
What is place?
200
How would you describe the physical features of a place?
Answers will vary. You might say that it rains a lot, has valleys, or has a hot climate. You could also mention its mountains, rivers, or hills.
200
The section of a map that explains symbols for the map features.
What is a key?
200
This is the point at the bottom of the globe.
What is the south pole?
200
Which landform supports a high population density?
Ganges River Basin
200
The representation of Earths round surface on a flat map.
What is a projection?
300
This theme describes the area and is based on similar characteristics. For example, the Midwest area.
What is region?
300
This is how geographers show regions on a map.
What is a key?
300
These characteristics detail landforms, bodies of water, and what the land looks like.
What are physical characteristics?
300
What are the two names for the lines shown below?
What are longitude lines and meridians?
300
These features are another name for human features
What are political features?
300
Geographers use these lines to determine regions with similar climates.
What are latitude lines or parallels?
400
This theme describes how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another.
What is movement?
400
These are the advantages of a globe.
What is they are very accurate and show the true shapes of continents/oceans.
400
The unit of measure used to determine the absolute location on a map or globe.
What are degrees?
400
The orange lines below go by two different names, what are they?
What are latitude lines and parallels?
400
What might be found on a political map?
These features include cities, countries, capitals, and states.
400
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What is the difference between weather and climate? Which of the five themes do we find weather and climate?
Weather is the short term/daily atmospheric conditions. Like today it is 98 degrees.
Climate is the long term atmospheric conditions. For instance, deserts are dry and hot most of the year.
This is all apart of place!
500
Which of the five themes helps us understand cultural changes?
What is place?
500
How would you describe the human characteristics of a particular region, like Italy? (Be specific)
Answers will vary. This could include the language they speak, traditions they have, types of work th ey do, and what they do for fun.
500
A geographer who created a flat map in 1569 to help sailors navigate long journeys around the globe.
Who is Gerardus Mercator?
500
The numbers below have a special name what is it? Also those numbers are very useful for something, what is it, and don't forget to use your vocabulary!!
What is coordinates and absolute location?
500
These features include mountains, rivers, lakes, and hills.
What are physical features?
500
Which region of China has the least amount of oil deposits?
What is Northwest China?