Five Themes of Geo
This theme describes where a place is, using absolute or relative terms.
What is location?
Lack of jobs are examples of this type of factor.
What is a push factor?
A population pyramid shows the distribution of these TWO characteristics of a population?
What is age and gender?
What category of maps shows different themes such as food consumption, energy use, favorite ice cream, etc?
What is a Thematic map?
What is an example of an environmental push factor?
What is natural disasters?
A topographical map that shows mountains, rivers, and elevation changes would best represent this theme.
What is place?
Better education in another city is an example of what factor?
What is a pull factor?
A wide base on a population pyramid indicates this kind of birth rate.
What is a high birth rate?
What type of map shows how many people are in an area?
What is a population density map?
Which of the 5 Themes of Geography includes the physical and human characteristics of a location?
What is place?
The spread of McDonald's from the U.S. to over 100 countries worldwide is an example of this theme.
What is movement?
Political unrest in a community is an example of what kind of factor?
What is a push factor?
A top-heavy population pyramid suggests this about a country’s population
What is an aging population?
The measurement of how far a place is from the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees.
What is longitude?
What human adaptation allows people to live in extremely cold environments?
What is wearing insulated clothing and constructing heated shelters?
The Netherlands builds polders to reclaim land from the sea, demonstrating this theme in action.
What is human-environment interaction?
The Industrial Revolution led to mass migration from rural areas to cities. This was primarily caused by which type of factor?
What is a pull factor?
A population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider middle suggests this about birth rates and workforce trends
What is low birth rates and large-working age population?
What type of map would you need to look at to see annual precipitation in Kentucky or average temperature across the United States?
What is a climate map?
Why might some human societies build homes on stilts in tropical areas?
What is to adapt to frequent flooding?
The Sahel region in Africa, where multiple countries share a common climate and cultural traits, is an example of this theme.
What is region?
The brain drain phenomenon occurs when highly skilled workers leave their home country for better opportunities elsewhere. What type of impact does this have on the country they leave behind?
What is an economic decline or loss of people for jobs?
A country with a declining population may face challenges such as this economic issue.
What is a shrinking workforce or labor shortage?
What are the four cardinal directions?
What is North, East, South, and West
Where is Bullitt East using Exact Location AND Relative Location?
Where is 11450 Ky-44 and next to Kroger?