Five Themes of Geography
What theme of geography refers to the physical characteristics of a place, such as landforms and climate?
What is place?
What is the study of the Earth and its features, including landscapes and human activities?
What is geography?
What is the part of a map that explains the symbols used on the map?
What is the legend (or key)?
Which direction is at the top of most maps?
What is north?
What is the horizontal line that measures distance north or south of the equator?
What is latitude?
This theme describes how people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another.
What is movement?
Geography can be divided into two main branches: physical geography and what other branch?
What is human geography?
This feature of a map indicates the cardinal directions: north, south, east, and west.
What is the compass rose?
How can you determine the direction of a location on a map?
What is by using the compass rose?
What is the vertical line that measures distance east or west of the Prime Meridian?
What is longitude?
What theme looks at the relationships between people and their environment?
What is human-environment interaction?
What tool is used to represent the Earth’s surface in a two-dimensional format?
What is a map?
What type of scale shows the relationship between distances on the map and actual distances on the ground?
What is a scale bar?
What is the term for a direction that is halfway between north and east?
What is northeast?
What coordinates would represent a location at the equator and the Prime Meridian?
What are 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude?
What is the theme that identifies how different areas are grouped based on shared characteristics?
What is region?
What term describes the exact position of a place using coordinates?
What is absolute location?
What do you call the detailed depiction of a specific area on a map, often showing features like roads and parks?
What is a city map?
Which feature of a map helps you find the direction of a specific place?
What is the compass rose?
How are the coordinates for a specific location expressed?
What is in degrees of latitude and longitude?
This theme deals with the location of places on the Earth's surface and their coordinates.
What is location?
What is the term for the area surrounding a place that can influence its characteristics?
What is the site?
What is the term for the map's title that provides information about the content of the map?
What is the map title?
How do maps indicate which way is up or down?
What is through the orientation established by the compass rose?
What is a right that is guaranteed to all U.S. citizens?
What is the right to vote?