Five Themes of Geography
Location
Continents
Oceans
Misc.
100
Describes how people, goods, information, and culture got to a particular place.
What is movement?
100
Describes exactly where something is on earth using degrees.
What is absolute location?
100
This continent is an island.
What is Australia?
100
This ocean is the warmest
What is the Indian?
100
This imaginary line runs east and west and cuts the earth in half.
What is the Equator?
200
Describes similarities you may find in a place such as language, culture, and similar historical backgrounds.
What is region?
200
This type of location refers to showing where something is on earth in relation to where something else is.
What is relative location?
200
This continent is home to giraffes, zebras, and lions.
What is Africa?
200
This ocean is the coldest and smallest
What is the Arctic?
200
There are this many oceans
What is 5
300
Describes physical characteristics of a place like: terrain, height above sea level, climate, and landforms. Can also describe human characteristics.
What is place?
300
These imaginary lines run north and south across the earth.
What are the lines of longitude?
300
This continent is home to the United Kingdom, Germany, and France.
What is Europe?
300
This ocean is the largest
What is the Pacific
300
This continent is the largest
What is Asia?
400
Describes how humans have changed a particular place and how humans adapts to the environment around them.
What is Human-Environment Interaction?
400
These lines run east and west across the earth.
What are the lines of latitude?
400
This continent is the one we live on.
What is North America?
400
This ocean is the saltiest
What is Atlantic
400
This continent is home to the Amazon River?
What is S. America?
500
Describes where something is on earth.
What is location?
500
This imaginary line at zero degrees north and south, cuts the earth in half.
What is the Prime Meridian?
500
This continent is where you'd find penguins.
What is Antarctica?
500
What ocean was named in 2000?
What is Southern
500
There are this many continents
What is 7
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