5 Themes of Geography
This theme is about "where" a place is
What is location?
These lines measure distances north and south of the equator.
The Middle East is also known as this region.
What is Southwest Asia?
The most common religion practiced in the Middle East.
What is Islam?
Spell the capital of Saudi Arabia.
What is R-i-y-a-d-h?
Using latitude and longitude is this type of location.
What is exact or absolute location?
Lines of longitude measure distances east and west of what imaginary line?
What is the prime meridian?
The name of a large desert in Saudi Arabia.
What is the Rub al Khali or Empty Quarter?
The holy book of Christianity.
What is the Bible?
Spell the Arabic word for the Empty Quarter.
What is R-u-b a-l K-h-a-l-i?
Cultural or physical landmarks are part of this theme.
What is place?
This is the part of the map that explains the map's symbols.
What is a legend or key?
The most important natural resources in the Middle East.
What are oil and natural gas?
the hajj, faith in one god, pray five times a day, give to charity, fasting
What are the five pillars of Islam?
Spell the capital of Iraq.
B-a-g-h-d-a-d
Building a dam on a river would be an example this theme.
What is Human Environment Interaction?
This is a map that shows elevation by using circular lines.
What is a topographic or contour map.
The Middle East is located where these three continents come together.
What are Asia, Africa, and Europe?
Three things the major religions of the Middle East have in common.
What is belief in one god, Abraham as an important figure, Jerusalem as an important city?
Spell the name of the peninsula where Turkey is located.
A-n-a-t-o-l-i-a or A-n-a-t-o-l-i-a-n
The five themes of geography. All or nothing.
What are location, place, human environment interaction, movement, and region.
All maps have this flaw.
What is some type of distortion?
These are the bodies of water that border the Arabian Peninsula.
What are the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Gulf of Oman, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Persian Gulf?
These are the founders of the three main religions in the Middle East.
Who are Abraham, Jesus Christ, and Mohammad?
Spell the name of the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What is M-e-s-o-p-o-t-a-m-i-a?