5 Themes of Geography
Location
Culture
Weather, Religion, and Bias
Grab Bag
100

________________: The exact place on Earth, that something is, uses longitude and latitude.

  • Blue Hill is  44.4140° N, 68.5867° W

Absolute Location

100

People traveling from one place to another, is known as...

Migration 

100

Ranks people/ gives them status, based on their job, education, wealth, heritage, etc. 

Social Class

100

The believe in multiple gods (Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, etc.) is better known as 

Polytheism

100

In Mr. Talbot's class we learned, Something that encourages a person to leave a place, it is known as ...

Push Factor. 

200

Something that is defined by its physical characteristics and human characteristics is known as ...

 Place

200

Goods brought into the country, by another country  , are known as 

Imports 

200

This is the name for the family which consist of Husband, Wife, and Children. It does not include uncle, aunts, grandparents, etc. 

Nuclear Family 

200

Is the average weather a place has over a period of 20 to 30 years

Climate

200

_______________: Measure distance North or South of Equator  




Latitude

300
  • ____________:  is a feature on the Earth's surface that is part of the terrain. 

  • Mountains

  • Hills,

  • Plateaus

  • Plains

Landform

300

In Mr. Talbot's class we learned, Something that encourages a person to come to a new place, is known as...

Pull Factor

300

______________: Belief that one racial group is superior to others, or that a certain racial group is inferior to others  

Racism

300

_______________: Measure distance East of West of Prime Meridian

Longitude

300

_______________ = Skills and Tools a people use  

Technology

400

List the 5 Themes of Geography

 

    1) Location

    2) Place

    3) Interaction Between People and Their Environment 

    4) Movement 

    5) Region

400

Someone who seeks safety by going to another country, is known as...

Refugee

400

_________________: Judging other cultures by the standards of their own culture.

Ethnocentrism 

400

Give an example of a group that is Monotheistic 

Christian, Islam, Judaism, etc

400

_____________: All the things that make up a people’s way of life

Culture

500

Is an area of land that has common features. These features can be natural or artificial, is the definition for...

Region 

500

The movement of customs and ideas from one place to another, is known as...

Diffusion

500

A smaller group of people within the larger group, who share certain beliefs, values, and customs.

Subculture 

500

What is the name of the type of Bias, in which you believe the first thing that some one you trust tells you. We saw an example of this in the Waterboy. 

Anchoring Bias

500

_______________:  is a feature on the Earth's surface that is part of the terrain

Landform