Five Themes of Geography
Globe
Map
Landforms
Bonus Landforms
100
The study of the Earth's surface and the ways people use it.
What is Geography
100
A model of our planet.
What is a globe?
100
Also called a legend, it explains the symbols used on a map. Symbols may be colors, patterns, lines, or other special marks.
What is a map key?
100
The highest kind of land.
What is a mountain?
100
A large, dry area of land.
What is a desert?
200
Everything on Earth has its own-the place where it can be found.
What is location
200
The largest land masses.
What are continents?
200
Also called direction markers, shows directions.
What is a compass rose?
200
A large stream of water that flows across the land.
What is a river?
200
A large area of trees.
What is a forest?
300
Every place has physical and human characteristics, or features, that make it different from all other places.
What is place?
300
The number of continents on Earth.
What is seven?
300
North, South, East, and West
What is cardinal directions
300
Name a river in North Carolina?
What is Tar River, Neuse River?
300
A large body of ocean water that is partly surrounded by land.
What is a gulf?
400
The environment may affect people, causing them to adapt, or adjust, to their surroundings.
What is human-environment interactions?
400
Halfway between the North Pole and South Pole is an imaginary line.
What is the equator?
400
A flat drawing that shows where a place is.
What is a map?
400
Name the ocean that borders the United States on the east coast.
What is Atlantic Ocean?
400
Land that rises above the land around it.
What is a hill?
500
Each day, people in different parts of our country and around the world exchange products and ideas.
What is movement?
500
A body of salt water that covers a large area.
What is an ocean?
500
The equator splits the Earth up into two sections.
What is northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere?
500
Flat land.
What is a plain?
500
A landform that is surrounded on only three sides by water.
What is a peninsula?
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