Themes of Geography
This theme tells you where someone or something is on Earth.
What is location.
The study of the Earth and the way people, plants, and animals live on and use it.
What is Geography?
This map shows things that people have added to the land, like cities, states, counties, and countries.
What is a political map?
The two types of features included on maps.
What are physical and human or political features?
This theme describes what life is like somewhere.
What is place?
Using one place to help you understand where another place is located.
What is relative location?
Maps that show how the land looks, such as having mountains, plains, plateaus, hills, etc.
What is a physical map?
Mountains, plateaus, hills, rivers, lakes, and plains are all types of these.
What are landforms?
This theme describes the area and is based on similar characteristics. For example, the Midwest area.
What is region?
Features that show how the land looks.
What are physical characteristics?
These features are another name for human features
What are political features?
This theme describes how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another.
What is movement?
The unit of measure used to determine the absolute location on a map or globe.
What are degrees?
These features include cities, countries, capitals, and states.
What are human or political features?
This theme describes changes that people have made to the land.
What is human/environment interactions?
A geographer who created a flat map in 1569 to help sailors navigate long journeys around the globe.
Who is Gerardus Mercator?
These features include mountains, rivers, lakes, and hills.
What are physical features?