Themes of Geography
Regions
Maps and Mapping
Time Zones
Extras
100

This theme of geography has to do with the unique physical or human characteristics of a location.

What is place?

100

This is a region that shares a similar political or physical characteristic.

What is a formal region?

100

Zero degrees longitude.

What is the prime meridian?

100

This is the time zone for St. Michael, MN.

What is Central Time?

100
The concept of site involves this information.
What is physical characteristics, climate, soil, elevation, etc.?
200
This is your position in relation to another landmark or place.
What is relative location?
200

The English Channel is an example of this type of region.

What is a formal region?

200

Robinson projections have this phenomenon around the poles.

What is distortion?

200

This is the number of degrees longitude in between every time zone (on average).

What is 15 degrees longitude?

200
This system layers different types of information on to one map.
What is a geographic information system (GIS)?
300
This theme of geography shares a similar physical or cultural characteristic across a large area.
What is region?
300

Different accents or vocabulary define these different types of regions.

What is a vernacular region?

300

A map of Minnesota showing major cities and borders would be an example of this type of map.

What is a political map?

300

This line defines the boundary between one day and the other, and zig zags to avoid cutting countries in half.

What is the International Date Line (IDL)?

300
Istanbul's status as a center for trade based on it's position between Europe and Asia is an example of this geographic term.
What is situation?
400
This theme of geography deals with changes to the environment, specifically those caused by people.
What is human-environment interaction?
400

This region shares a population center and similar types of human activity, like restaurants, entertainment, and businesses.

What is a functional region?

400

The prime meridian and equator divide the earth into four of these.

What are hemispheres?

400

This is the time in Chicago (90 W) when it is 4pm in Berlin (15 E).

What is 9am?

400
This is the population density of a city with 50,000 people in an area of 40 square miles.
What is 1250 people per square mile?
500
The spread of Islam throughout the Middle East has to do with this theme of geography.
What is movement?
500

"The Midwest" is an example of these two types of regions.

What is a vernacular and perceptual region?

500

Japan and Australia are located in this hemisphere.

What is the eastern hemisphere?

500

This is the time in New York (75 W) when it is 7am in Shanghai (120 E).

What is 6pm the day before.

500

This is the number of questions on your first test and the grading category that it will go into.

What is 35 multiple choice questions in the formative category.

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