This theme refers to how people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
Region Place Movement Location HEI
What is movement
200
Shows mountains, valleys, and bodies of water
What is landform map
200
A system that uses a network of earth orbiting satellites to pinpoint absolute locations
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positioning system (G. P.S.)
What is global positioning system
200
The study of the natural characteristics of Earth.
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What is physical geography
400
Climate
What is physical geography
400
This theme explores how geographers use directions such as north, south, east, and west to identify where a city, state, country is found.
Movement Place Region Location HEI
What is Location
400
Shows how hot or cold a place is
What is climate map
400
The study of the ways people interact with the Earth
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What is human geography
400
A visual representation of an area
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What is a map
600
Bodies of water
What is physical geography
600
This theme explores how people adapt to and use their surroundings.
Movement Place Region Location HEI
What is Human Environment Interaction
600
Shows where people live
What is population map
600
The study of the Earth and the ways people interact with the Earth
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What is geography
600
A spherical or ball shaped, model of the entire planet
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What is globe
800
Population
What is human geography
800
This theme divides the world into geographic units such as cities, states, and countries- or such things as "The South," "The Midwest," or the "Middle East”.
Movement Location Place Region HEI
What is region
800
Shows the borders of countries and capitals.
What is a political map
800
The different sized “containers” or ways to group places together to organize investigations into human activities
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What is regions
800
A picture on a map that shows directions such as east, west, south, and north.
What is a compass rose
1000
Religion
What is human geography
1000
This theme explores human and/or physical features such as the population of a city or the climate of particular area.
Place Movement Region HEI Location
What is place
1000
This shows the interstates and the highways
What is road map
1000
An organizing framework for geographic inquiry
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