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Physical or Human Geography
The 5 Themes of Geography
Cartography
Fact or Phenomenon
Methodological Principles
100
Landforms
What is physical geography
100
This theme refers to how people, goods and ideas travel from place to place. Region Place Movement Location HEI
What is movement
100

What is a landform map?

A map that shows mountains, valleys, and bodies of water.

100

What is a mountain range?

Fact


100

Which principle is related to geographical facts and the spatial analysis of the same fact?


Principle of location and distribution.


200
Bodies of water
What is physical geography
200
This theme explores how people adapt to and use their surroundings. Movement Place Region Location HEI
What is Human Environment Interaction
200

What is cartography?

The art and science of graphically representing a geographical area, usually on a flat surface such as a map or chart.


200

What is a city?

Fact.


200

Which principle searches, compares and describes similar processes that may be happening in different parts of the world?

Principle of generalization.

300
Climate
What is physical geography
300
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
300

What is an example of a cylindrical projection?


Mercator

300

What is an earthquake?

Phenomenon.

300

Which principle studies phenomena taking into consideration each of their connections with other objects, and their influences?

Principle of connection.

400
Population
What is human geography
400
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
400

What are the characteristics of the conic projection?


  • Lines of latitude and longitude are intersecting at 90 degrees.
  • Meridians are straight lines.
  • Parallels are concentric circular arcs.
  • Scale along the standard parallel(s) is true.
  • Can have the properites of equidistance, conformality or equal area.
  • The pole is represented as an arc or a point.
400

What is a house?

Phenomenon.

400

Which principle helps to understand how an area has changed?

Principle of evolution and dynamism.

500
Religion
What is human geography
500
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
500

What is the result of making the globe into a flat map?

A projection

500

What is a forest?

Fact.

500

Name 4 Methodological Principles of Geography.

  • Principle of location and distribution
  • Principle of universalization, comparison or generalization
  • Principle of connection or coordination
  • Principle of evolution and dynamism