Map Elements
Text Features/Culture
Economies
Governments/
Sources
5 Themes
100
This map element tells us direction.
What is a compass rose?
100
This text feature tells us when events occurred.
What is a timeline?
100
In this economy, the government owns the means of production. In otherwards, the government decides what goods are made and how they are made.
What is a command or centralized economy?
100
This type of government is controlled by a small group of people.
What is an oligarchy?
100
Trade is an example of this theme of geography.
What is movement?
200
This map element is made up of longitude and latitude lines.
What is grid?
200
This text feature tells us what a section of text is about and is usually in bold.
What is a subheading or a subtitle?
200
In this economy, consumer demand determines which products are made.
What is a market or decentralized economy?
200
This type of source is written during the time under study.
What is a primary source?
200
This theme has two type: absolute and relative.
What is location?
300
This map element tells us how large the area on the map is in the real world.
What is scale?
300
This text feature describes a picture or illustration.
What is a caption?
300
This type of country has simple technology, a poor economy, and challenges such as unsafe water and food shortages.
What is a developing nation?
300
This type of source analyzes and interprets primary sources.
What is a secondary source?
300
This themes tells us the characteristics of a location.
What is place?
400
This map element tells us where one territory ends and another begins.
What is a boundary line?
400
Name three features of culture
What are language, religion, social class, beliefs, socio-economic status, occupation, food, ad region?
400
In this type of economy, the government owns some industries and private individuals own others.
What is a mixed economy?
400
The United States has this type of government.
What is a representative democracy?
400
This theme groups areas that have something in common.
What is region?
500
This map element tells us what various symbols on a map represent.
What is a key or legend?
500
When people move they ________ their culture to their new environment.
What is "adapt?"
500
In this type of economy, economic decisions are based on custom.
What is a traditional economy?
500
In this type of government, a ruler's power is limited by a set of laws.
What is a constitutional monarchy?
500
A hurricane is an example of this theme.
What is human environment interaction.