5 Themes of Geography
Bodies of Water
Latitude and Longitude
Landforms
Misc.
100
This word is defined as "where something is."

What is location? 

100

This is the largest ocean in the world. 

What is the Pacific Ocean? 

100

What line divides the Earth into equal Northern and Southern Hemispheres? 

What is the equator? 

100

What is a body of land with water on all sides called? 

What is an island? 

100

What is a flat / 2D representation of the Earth's surface? 

What is a map?

200

Some aspects of this theme of geography includes highways, rivers, airports, ship routes, telephone lines, ideas, migration, wind, tsunamis, and erosion. 

What is movement? 

200

This ocean can be found between The Americas and Africa / Europe. 

What is the Atlantic Ocean? 

200

What line divides the Earth into equal Eastern and Western hemispheres? 

What is the Prime Meridian? 

200

What is a body of land with water on 2 sides called? 

What is an isthmus? 

200

Religion, language, food, customs, habits, and the general way of life are all aspects of what? 

What is culture? 

300

The human characteristics of this theme of geography includes population density, languages, religions, culture, and political systems. 

What is Place? 

300

What is the name for the chain of large freshwater lakes found within North America? 

What are the Great Lakes? 

300
In what two hemispheres can North America be found? 

What are the Northern and Western hemispheres? 

300

What is a body of land with water on 3 sides called? 

What is a peninsula? 
300

What is the name given to a spherical / 3D representation of the Earth's surface? 

What is a globe? 

400

What is the relationship between humans and their environment? 

What is Human / Environment Interaction?

What is HEI?

400

What is a body of fresh moving water? 

What is a river? 

400

In what two hemispheres can Australia and New Zealand be found in? 

What are the Southern and Eastern Hemispheres? 

400

What is the name given to a chain of islands? 

What is an archipelago? 

400

Tropical climates can be found between what two lines of latitude? 

What are the tropics of cancer and the tropics of capricorn? 

500

The Mississippi Delta is an example of which of the five themes of geography? 

What is a region? 

500

What is the name of the ocean which circumnavigates Antarctica? 

What is the Southern Ocean? 

500

What is the only continent to fall within all four hemispheres? 

What is Africa? 

500

What is the name given to a high area of rock with a very steep side, often on a coast? 

What is a cliff? 

500

Send one student up to the white board to write out the acronym for MR. HELP. 

Movement

Regions

Human / 

Environment Interaction

Location

Place