Name That Theme
Geographic Features
Latitutde & Longititude
Oceans & Continents
Geography Terms
100
Location is the name of this theme.
What is the theme that deals with absolute and relative location of an area?
100
Ocean, Sea, Gulf, Lake, Island, Bay, Etc. are examples of geographic features found in or near this.
What is water?
100
These lines measure degrees North and South but run East and West.
What are latitude lines?
100
This ocean is located to the West of the continent of North America.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
100
North, South, East and West are called what type of directions?
What is cardinal directions?
200
Place is the name of this theme.
What is the theme that discusses the type of (characteristics) of area people, animals or plants live in?
200
Mountain, Volcano, Bluff, Cliff, Mesa, Etc. are examples of geographic features that are.
What is high elevation?
200
This city is located at 38 degrees South by 140 degrees East.
What is Melbourne, Australia?
200
This ocean is located to the East of the continent of North America.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
200
This type of map shows cities, states, capitals, countries and boundaries.
What is a political map?
300
Movement is the name of this theme
What is the theme that studies the transportation of people, ideas and products?
300
Glaciers and icebergs are types of geographic features found at this location.
What is the Arctic?
300
The North/South line that runs through Greenwich.
What is the Prime Meridian?
300
This continent is located directly South of the continent of North America.
What is South America.
300
This types of map shows landforms and bodies of water.
What is a physical map?
400
Human/Environment Interaction is the name of this theme.
What is the theme that studies how humans interact with, and change the environment?
400
This type of geographic feature is located high above sea level.
What is a mountain or volcano?
400
90 degrees
What is how high up the latitude degrees run or the poles?
400
This ocean is located between Africa and Australia.
What is the Indian Ocean.
400
This compares the distance on a map with the real distance between two places.
What is a map scale?
500
Region is the name of this theme.
What is the theme that studies an area based on its unique qualitites?
500
This is a geographical feature that has a flat surface.
What is a plain, bluff, mesa or plateau?
500
These lines measure the degrees East and West but run North and South.
What are longitude lines?
500
This ocean is the northern most ocean.
What is the Arctic Ocean.
500
The subject of the map.
What is the map title.