5 Themes of Geography
The theme of Geography that refers to a direct point on a map or a place's relationship to another place.
What is Location?
This is the Continent we are currently in.
What is North America?
The states abbreviations for these 13 Colonies are CT, RI, DE, and PA.
What are Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, and Pennsylvania?
The line that separates the Northern from the Southern Hemisphere.
What is the Equator?
This map measures the physical features of land.
What are Physical Maps?
The theme of Geography that divides a country into special sections based on cultural and sometimes language differences.
What are Regions?
This is the Continent that houses London, Paris, Rome, and Athens.
What is Europe?
These are the 2 of the 13 colonies that begin with M.
What are Massachusetts and Maryland?
The line that separates the Eastern and Western Hemisphere.
What is the Prime Meridian?
This map separates states and countries by lines that relate to politics.
The theme of Geography that pertains to how people adjust and respond to the land and the resources of the land.
What is Human Environment Interaction?
This continent has the largest population.
What is Asia?
These 3 of the first 13 Colonies begin with the word New.
What are New York, New Jersey, and New Hampshire?
These lines measure north and south from the Equator.
What are lines of latitude?
This type of map measures elevation in a given area.
What are Relief Maps?
The theme of Geography that pertains to trade and what modes of transportation a country might use.
What is Movement?
This continent has the lowest population.
What is Antarctica?
This was the first colony.
What is Virginia?
These lines measure east and west from the Prime Meridian.
What are lines of Longitude?
This map measures what kind of land is there to see what can be grown and what kind of resources may come from the land.
What is a Land-resource Map?
The theme of Geography that pertains to the cultural and physical characteristics of a given place.
What is Place?
This continent has the most countries.
What is Africa?
These are the 3 "Southern" first colonies.
What are North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
The four hemispheres of the earth.
What are the East, West, North, and South.
This map shows the average temperature in the world in every region.
What are Climate Maps?