5 Themes
I'm talking all about the way we have to ship all our food into our city since we don't live near any farms. What theme is this?
Movement
We use these lines to measure the exact location of places
Latitude and longitude
The study of the Earth and how it affects our lives is called
Brazil exports most of the world's coffee beans to all the other countries
Movement
There are how many continents on the Earth?
7
I'm describing the things that make Charleston so unique, like the marshes and horse drawn carriages and churches. What theme is this?
Place
Another word for North, South, East, and West is called the...
Cardinal Directions
These characteristics describes how people live and what they've done to change an area
Farmers in the Midwest of the United States are having issues growing crops because all the things we've built has messed up the natural flow of the water
Human Environment Interaction
How many oceans are there?
5
I type an address into google maps to get to my friend's house. What theme am I?
Location
This type of map shows us some funky kind of informaiton
Thematic Map
This kind of location gives examples of things a place is near
Relative
The White House is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Location (Absolute)
What is the largest desert in the world
We've filled in marshes to make more land for us to build on, but it also means that it floods easy. What theme is this?
Human Environment Interaction
This line runs side to side, is at 0 degrees, and separates the Earth into north and south
Equator
This type of map show us features on the Earth's surface
Physical
Tokyo is known for it's skyscrapers, high tech, and large population
Place
The biggest continent is...
Asia
People argue about what states are part of the South. What theme has to do with the way we group different places together?
Regions
This shows us how the distance on the map compares to the distance in real life
A piece of land that has water on three sides is called...
Countries like Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and Iran are all technically in Asia, but have so many things that make them unique so we call them the Middle East
Region
What is the Earth's population?
8.2 BILLION