Themes of Geography
Maps
Key Terms
Miscellaneous
Fields of Social Studies
100
Transportation of goods and people. The exchanging of ideas and beliefs are examples of this theme.
Movement
100
This part of the map shows us the subject.
Title
100
The study of the past.
History
100
An account by someone who did not take part or witness the event.
Secondary source
100
Study of the Earth's physical and cultural features.
Geography
200
Created by naturally or by humans, this is a location with a story.
Place
200
Geographic feature runs through Haverhill and empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Salisbury Beach.
Merrimack River
200
Materials found in earth that people need or value.
Resources
200
Used by historians to show the order of events as they occurred.
Timeline
200
Studies the past based on what was left behind.
Archaeology
300
Theme involving humans and the environment impacting one another.
Human-Environment Interaction
300
Part of a map that tells us what symbols and colors represent.
Map key or legend
300
Object created and used by humans.
Artifact
300
An account by someone who took part or witnessed an event.
Primary source
300
Studies the distribution of wealth and how people spend their money.
Economics
400
This is an example of absolute location. Showing specific coordinates of a place.
Latitude and Longitude
400
These two directions are used when measuring Latitude.
North and South.
400
Pattern of weather conditions over a long period of time.
Climate
400
This part of a map helps measure the distance between two locations.
Scale Bar
400
Studies gov't and how societies distribute power and authority.
Political science.
500
Grouping areas of land based on shared human or physical characteristics.
Region
500
From 1990-2000, the population of North Dakota changed by this much.
Less than 5%
500
Physical features of the Earth's surface.
Landforms
500
The picture below represents this type of geography.
Human Geography
500
This field of social studies looks at how humans communicate and solve problems.
Sociology