Themes of Geography
Theme of geography that tells you where you are
What is Location?
The largest and most important natural water feature of the Atlantic Coastal Plain
What is the Chesapeake Bay?
The imaginary line that connects all the last waterfalls of the rivers in the region
What is the fall line?
In terms of size, the Appalachian Region is this out of all the regions
What is the smallest?
The first europeans hoped for this when they moved to Maryland
What is a better life?
Theme of Geography that tells you about an area with unique features that sets it apart
What is Region?
The climate of the Atlantic Coastal Plain
What is humid and mild?
Piedmont Plateau has more of these than any of the other regions
What are people?
In terms of climate, the Appalachian Region is this out of all the regions
What is the coldest?
People’s beliefs, practices, and ways of life
What is culture?
Theme of Geography that tells you about how people, goods, and ideas get around
What is Movement?
Some animals that live in the Atlantic Coastal Plain
What are oysters, clams, blue crabs, rockfish, turtles, ducks, Canada geese, eagles, and opsreys?
Some jobs that people work today in the Piedmont Plateau Region.
What are tech jobs, medical jobs, dairy farmers, government jobs, factory and port jobs?
This is a very important mineral in the Appalachian Region
What is coal?
A community of living things that help each other survive
What is an ecosystem?
Theme of geography that tells you what somewhere is like
What is Place?
Large man-made feature that stretches 4 miles across the Chesapeake Bay
What is the Chesapeake Bay Bridge?
Piedmont Plateau is at a higher elevation than the Atlantic Coastal Plain, which means it has this.
What are colder winters?
Maryland’s largest lake that is also man-made
What is Deep Creek Lake?
When the air, water, or ground gets dirty and unclean.
What is pollution?
Theme of geography that talks about how people use the environment and areas around them
What is people’s relationship with the Earth?
Human-made feature of the Atlantic Coastal plain that is very important for Maryland’s economy
What is the Port of Baltimore?
The largest city in Maryland, that is mostly in the Piedmont Plateau Region, but also partly in the Atlantic Coastal Plain region
What is Baltimore?
What are apples and wheat?
Protecting/Saving things for future use.
What is conservation?