5 Themes of Geography
Which of the 5 themes of geography has 2 forms, one being more specific than the other?
What is location?
Lines we use to give absolute location.
What are lines of latitude and longitude?
This climate is facing desertification
What is steppe
What East Asia mountain is the tallest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
What is the largest country in East Asia?
China
Of the 5 themes of Geography, which theme makes a location unique?
Place
Longest river in the World
Nile
This Rift Valley cuts through Eastern Africa for about 4000 miles
What is the Great Rift Valley
What Japanese mountain is also a volcano?
Mount Fuji
How many countries are in East Asia?
6
Of the 5 themes of Geography, which theme relates to how humans interact with the world?
Human-environment interaction
Longest desert in the world
Sahara
When an earthquake occurs in the ocean, what type of natural disaster can form?
What is a Tsunami
What two East Asia countries together make a peninsula?
North and South Korea
What is the smallest country in East Asia?
Taiwan
Of the 5 themes of Geography, which theme includes migrations and immigration?
Movement
What is an oasis?
Wet, fertile area in a desert where a natural spring or well provides water
This is the name for the chain of volcanoes around the edge of the Pacific Plate.
Ring of Fire
Which East Asia country is in the Ring of Fire?
Japan
What countries in East Asia are islands?
Japan and Taiwan
Of the 5 themes of Geography, which theme groups together similar groups?
Region
What is the purpose of the Suez Canal?
Purpose: connect the Mediterranean Seas with the Red Sea
China shifted to a ____________ economy.
Market
Most of Mongolia is covered in this type of physical feature.
Desert
What is communism?
Where the government owns and controls business' and property