Themes of Geography
Theme of Geography that answers the question "Where is it?"
LOCATION
Absolute: coordinates on the map
Relative: What is it near?
Example: The location of our school is near the fire station on Mecklenburg Shrine Club Road.
How many major landforms did we study in this unit?
four
This climate zone is the coldest.
Arctic Zone
Name 3 reasons ancient people settled near water.
drinking water
travel
food (fishing)
crops/farming
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian
Arctic
Southern
Theme that tells us about the physical and human characteristics of an area and what it is like there.
PLACE
Ex. of physical characteristics: hilly, plains, mountainous, beach
Ex. of human characteristics: farmers, educated, uneducated
The type of landform with peaks and high elevation
Mountains
Name the hottest climate zone
Tropical Zone
Why was the discovery of the Rosetta Stone important?
Helped historians decipher hieroglyphics.
Which line of latitude is at 0 degrees?
equator
Theme that helps us understand how common geographical characteristics help us understand a place.
REGION
EX: climate zone, hemisphere, religion, language
The type of landform shorter than mountains but with higher elevation than other places around it.
hills
Climate zone in which we live.
Temperate Zone
What did the discovery of the Canopic Jars teach us about Ancient Egyptians?
Believed in an afterlife
Believed you can take things with you from this world into the afterlife.
Knew a lot about human body, organs, and how to preserve a dead body.
which line of longitude is zero degree longitude?
Prime Meridian
Theme that tells us more about how people and ideas get around.
MOVEMENT
Ex: goods and services imported/exported.
Describe what a plateau looks like.
Tall
Flat on at least one side
usually flat on top
Tropic Zone
What did the Coronation Stone teach us about Ancient Europeans?
They lived in monarchies
They had royalty
Ceremony was important
What is the smallest continent on the map?
Australian and Oceania
This theme tells us how people affect the resources around them, such as trees, land, etc.
HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
Ex: farmers working the soil, builders cutting down trees
What are you likely to find on the earth's surface in a plains region?
Grasslands
flat area
Describe each of the three climate zones!
Tropic Zone: between the Tropic and Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, this zone is nearest the equator and gets direct sunlight all year. It is always warm and only has one "season" (summer).
Temperate Zone: This zone lies between the tropics and the arctic/antarctic lines of latitude. It has four seasons. We live here.
Arctic Zone: Furthest from the equator, this zone lies above/below the arctic and antarctic circles. Very few life forms can live in this zone.
What can we learn about Ancient Greeks and Romans by studying the Prize Amphora?
They traveled or needed to transport liquid and grains from place to place
They knew how to mold clay and metal into vessels
North America