5 Themes Defined
Name that Theme
Give an Example
Finish the Lyric
General Geography
100
This theme describes where something is on Earth. There are 2 kinds:absolute and relative
What is location?
100
The Northeast in the United States is known for its change of seasons and beautiful fall foliage.
100
Give an example of relative location.
What is ...? (Accept appropriate responses)
100

Finish the lyric...

Location tells you _______  _________  _______.

where it is

100
The study of earth, it's land, people and environment is known as this.
What is Geography?
200
This theme describes the physical and human characteristics of a place.
What is place?
200
Plugging an address into a GPS is an example of this.
What is absolute location?
200
Give an example of the theme of movement.
What is ...? (Accept appropriate responses)
200

Finish the lyric for PLACE.

What is it like when you _________  ___________ ?

get there

200
Name the 5 themes of geography.
What are movement, region, location, human-environment interaction and place?
300
This theme describes places that are separated into different sections based on common features.
What is region?
300
This theme has to do with the way the physical and human characteristics of a place.
What is place?
300
Give an example of absolute location.
What is ... (Accept appropriate response)
300

Finish the lyric for MOVEMENT

____________ and _____________ get around.

People, ideas

300
The Panama Canal was built to create a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans so that boats carrying good could cut through rather than going all the way around South America. Name 2 themes this meets.
What are movement and human-environment interaction.
400
This theme describes how people, goods and information get from place to place.
What is movement?
400
The United States imports many goods that are manufactured in China.
What is movement?
400
Give an example of the theme of region.
What is ...? (Accept appropriate responses).
400

Finish the lyric for HEI.

What do the __________ do to the ____________?


What does the ____________ do for the __________?

people, environment

environment, people

400
Name the 7 major landforms on earth.
What are Africa, Asia, Antarctica, North America, South America, Europe, Australia
500
This theme describes how people impact/change places and how the environment impacts people and how they live.
What is human-environment interaction?
500
Mount Rushmore is a famous tourist attraction in South Dakota.
What is place?
500
Give an example of human-environment interaction.
What is ...? (Accept appropriate responses).
500

Finish the lyric for REGIONs

What do locations have in common?

Climate, Religion, Language, and ______________.

States or territories, borders of the _____________.


Education

Nation

500
The weather patterns and expected conditions in an area that affects how people live is known as this.
What is climate?