5 Themes
Place is a theme of Geography. What are the 2 characteristics used to describe a place?
Human & Physical
Which type of government (limited/unlimited) does not have complete control over its citizens?
Limited
Name 3 elements of a culture.
Language
Customs and Traditions
Arts
Innovation & Technology
Religion
Social Organization
History
These lines run left to right, horizontal, or east and west on a map.
Latitude
Give an example of a push factor.
Anything negative that would make someone WANT to move AWAY.
Location is a theme of geography. Name 2 types of locations.
Absolute & Relative
Which type of government has complete control over its citizens?
Unlimited
Which cultural element is how people communicate?
Language
These lines run up and down, vertical, or north and south on a map.
Longitude
Give an example of a pull factor.
Anything positive that would make a person WANT to move TO that place.
This theme of geography involves push and pull factors.
Movement
Describe a democracy.
Citizens vote on elected officials. Citizens have rights.
Which cultural element answers basic questions about the meaning and purpose of life.
Religion
The ________ is the middle line on Earth, dividing the northern hemisphere from the southern hemisphere.
Equator
Give an example of an absolute location.
Coordinates
Latitude and Longitude
Address
This theme of geography is when places are grouped together because they have features in common.
Region
This type of government has one person in charge with complete control over the citizens. Citizens have little to no rights.
Dictatorship
Give 1 example of a social organization.
Club
Team
Communities
Religions
Economic Class
Name the 7 continents.
North America
South America
Africa
Antarctica
Australia
Europe
Asia
Give an example of a Relative location.
The school is close to the Walmart.
The Starbucks is close to the mall.
(Various Answers)
Adapt - I take another way to school in the morning because the road is closed.
Modify - The company tore down the forest to put a mall there.
In England, they have a Constitutional Monarchy where the queen is just a figure and has no actual power. Is this Limited or Unlimited government?
Limited
What is Culture?
The study of people and the land around them!
Name the 5 oceans.
Atlantic
Pacific
Southern
Indian
Arctic
Give an example of a kind of UNlimited government.
Dictatorship
Communism
Monarchy
Oligarchy