Quick Facts
The amount of themes of geography
Five (5) Themes
Why was the 5 themes of Geography created?
To better organize the ideas
Washington DC has a latitude 38.8951 and longitude -77.0364
(Absolute) location
The two types of Place are Physical and ________ features.
Human
What are the two characteristics of regions?
Human and Physical
True or false, a city can be considered a region.
True
Movement refers to the way people, _____________, information, and ideas move from one place to the other.
products
The Grand Canyon and Eiffel Tower are an example of this theme of geography.
Place (Physical and Human features)
People _______ the environment when they change it. For example, adding a highway.
modify
What is a row or series of connected mountains?
Mountain Range
The study of Earth and everything on it is called____________.
Geography
HEI looks at the relationships between ______________ and their environment.
humans
Building houses by destroying forests is an example of this theme of geography.
Human environment interaction
People, goods, and _______ are examples of movement.
ideas
What is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface?
A volcano
A GPS uses what kind of Location?
Absolute
What year were the 5 themes created?
1984
The mid-west is an example of this theme of geography.
Region
Relative Location
What is the name given to a relatively flat area of high ground?
Plateau
In Human-Environment Interaction, humans can either ________ or _______ the environment.
Positively or Negatively affect
A list of the 5 themes of Geography.
What are movement, regions, human-environment interaction, location, and place?
Learning about India through a video on CNN10 is an example of which theme?
Movement (infomation)
Region is an area that is defined by _______________ characteristics.
Similar or common
What is the name given to a piece of land that is completely surrounded by water?
Island