Themes of Geography
Hemispheres
Maps
Directions
Anything Goes!
100
The theme of geography that describes how people, goods, and ideas go from one place to another. a. Movement b. Location c. Region
What is movement?
100
The hemisphere that is located above (or to the North of) the Equator.
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
100
The map that shows how humans have divided the Earth's surface.
What is a political map?
100
The direction you are facing when go outside at 12:00 noon and stand facing your shadow.
What is North?
100
North east is an example of this type of direction. a. Primary Direction b. Intermediate Direction c. Cardinal Direction
What is an Intermediate Direction?
200
One of these is not one of the five themes of geography a. location b. elevation c. place d. movement
What is elevation?
200
The line that divides the northern and southern hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
200
The type of map that shows the major, natural landforms of the Earth's surface.
What is a physical map?
200
The directions that lines of LONGitude run
What is north/south?
200

The correct name of your Social Studies teacher.

What is Miss Nugent

300
The theme of geography that describes the common features that make up an area.
What is region?
300
The hemisphere that is located on the right side of the Prime Meridian.
What is the eastern hemisphere?
300
The map feature that tells you what a map is about. a. title b. key c. compass rose
What is the title?
300
The directions that lines of latitude run
What is east/west?
300
The number of math operations there are.
What is four?
400
A hurricane that blows into Ocean City on a busy summer weekend, causing people not to go to the beach that weekend, is an example of the theme of_______.
What is Human-Environment Interaction?
400
The directions that the Prime Meridian runs in.
What is North/South?
400
The name of the box on a map that contains each symbol on a map and tells what the symbols mean.
What is a key?
400
The number of cardinal directions.
What is four?
400

The name of our next unit in Social Studies this year.

What is American Southeast?

500
Four of the five themes of geography.
What are location, place, movement, region, and human-environment interaction?
500
The imaginary line that divides the globe in half and goes from east to west.
What is the Equator?
500
Two of the four elements of a good map.
What are title, compass rose, key, and scale?
500
The correct order of directions on a compass rose (starting with North)
What is North, East, South, West?
500
The continent that touches three different hemispheres.
What is Antarctica?