Themes of Geography
This theme refers to how people, goods, and culture travel
What is movement?
A large area of flat grassy land
What is a plain?
A large body of salt water that surrounds a continent
What is an ocean?
The number of continents on the Earth
What is 7 continents?
The study of the Earth and how people interact with the Earth
What is geography?
This theme refers to how people adapt to their environment
What is human-environment interaction?
An area of land surrounded by water
What is an island?
A large body of water surrounded by land
What is a lake?
The continent that we live on
What is North America?
A flat drawing of the Earth
What is a map?
This theme separates geographically areas by similarities
What is region?
An area of dry land with little plants or water
What is a desert?
A flow of water that runs towards an ocean or lake
What is a river?
4 sections the Earth is divided into
What are hemispheres?
Shows the different directions on a map
What is a compass rose?
This theme describes where a city, state, or country is found
What is location?
A tall rocky area of land, much taller than the surrounding ground
What is a mountain?
A body of water partly enclosed by land
What is a bay?
An imaginary horizontal line that cuts the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
What is the Equator?
A ball shaped model of the Earth
What is a globe?
This theme describes the features of a population
What is place?
A mountain formed when lava rises through the Earth
What is a volcano?
A place where a river flows over a steep cliff
What is a waterfall?
An imaginary vertical line that cuts the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
What is the Prime Meridian?
Natural shapes and features on the Earth
What is a landform?