Five Themes of Geography
The theme that involves how people and goods get from one place to another?
What is movement?
The study of earth and human activity.
What is Geography?
A natural physical feature on Earth’s surface
What is a landform?
The 7 continents' names.
What are North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica?
The two industries (jobs) that people in New England do because they are close to the ocean.
What are fishing and ship building?
An example of this theme is when people build a bridge to get to an island.
What is Human Environment Intervention?
A business that manufactures a product or provides a service.
What is an industry?
Something from nature that is useful to humans.
What is natural resource?
On a map, this is used to tell the direction. (hint - there are 4 main cardinal directions)
What is a compass rose?
The smallest state.
What is Rhode Island?
VCE is located at 41.11910 N, 73.94340 W is an example of which theme?
What is Location? or What is Absolute Location?
A town or city built around a harbor, where ships can dock.
What is a port?
The United States is on this continent.
What is North America?
The lines used to locate precise locations on the earth.
What are latitude and longitude?
The most populated city in the United States.
What is New York, New York?
This theme looks at what locations have in common.
What is region?
Having people living in the area.
What is populated?
The country that is to the North of the United States.
What is Canada?
The imaginary line that separates the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere.
What is the Equator?
The only New England state that does NOT border the Atlantic Ocean but DOES border Canada
What is Vermont?
This theme explores Human or physical features of a specific location.
What is Place?
Native to a particular region or environment
What is indigenous?
The capital of Alabama
What is Montgomery?
The line that divides the Western Hemisphere from the Eastern Hemisphere.
What is the Prime Meridian?
The city where the U.S.'s oldest public library is and the first university in America. Name city and University
What is Boston?
What is Harvard?