Five Themes of Geography
The theme that involves how people and goods move from one place to another.
Movement
The study of earth and human activity.
Geography
Another name for a map key.
Legend
The map where you would find a mountain range?
What is a Physical Map?
The theory that the Earth's surface began as one continent
What is Panea?
The number of States in the U.S.A. (include number of districts and territories)
What are 50 states, 1 district (Washington D.C.) and 5 territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa?
The number of states in the New England Region. Name them.
What are 6 states? What are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island?
One example of this theme is when people build a bridge to get to an island.
Human Environment Intervention
GPS stands for. It is used for this purpose.
Global positioning system; uses earth's orbitting satellites to pinpoint absolute location.
The meaning of 'hemi" in the word hemisphere.
What is half?
The map where you would you find the height of the tallest mountain.
What is an Elevation Map?
This is the only continent that is also a country.
What is Australia?
The climate of the United States of America
What are that it varies due to changes in latitude and geographic diversity?
New England's Climate
What is that New England has four very different seasons. It has a cool spring, a warm summer, a crisp fall, and a long, cold, snowy winter.
VCE is located at 41.11910 N, 73.94340 W is an example of this theme.
What is location? (or more specifically What is absolute location?
The imaginary line that separates the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere.
Equator
The 7 continents.
What are North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica?
The map where you would you find the most densely populated coast of the United States?
What is a Population Density Map?
The continent that is at the South Pole.
What is Antarctica?
The approximate number of miles America is from coast to coast.
What is 3,000 miles?
New England's 2 of New England's landforms. A major mountain range feature in New England
What are Oceans, hills, forests, mountains, and lakes? What are the Appalachian Mountains?
This theme looks at what locations have in common.
Region
The part of land that boarders the ocean.
coast
The nine regions of the United States
What are: New England, The Mid-Atlantic, The South, The Midwest, The Great Plains, The Southwest, Rocky Mountain, West Coast, and (Alaska and Hawaii)?
The map where you would find the most rainfall per year.
What is an Annual Rainfall Map?
The continent that is southwest of Asia.
What is Africa?
Native to a particular region or environment.
What is indigenous?
New England's two main industries (what people do for a living).
What are fishing and shipbuilding?
This theme explores Human or physical features of a specific location.
Place
The line that divides the Western Hemisphere from the Eastern Hemisphere.
Prime Meridian
The lines used to locate precise locations on the earth.
What are Latitude and longitude?
The map that would divide the U.S. into regions.
What is a regional map?
The United States is on this continent.
What is North America?
The contiguous United States are in these two hemispheres.
What are Northern hemisphere and Western Hemisphere?
Definition of port.
What is a town or city built around a harbor, where ships can dock?