Five Themes of Geography Quiz

Question 1

What is movement?

Answer 1

The way in which people, products, information, and ideas move around the world.

Question 2

What is region?

Answer 2

An area defined by similar characteristics such as humans, cultures, and geography.

Question 3

What is human environmental interaction?

Answer 3

How humans interact, modify, adapt, and depend on the environment.

Question 4

What is location?

Answer 4

Something’s exact position on the earth’s surface.

Question 5

What is place?

Answer 5

The unique characteristics of a location such as The Great Salt Lake or the Eiffel Tower.

Question 6

What are physical characteristics?

Answer 6

Land forms, climate, vegetation, wildlife, beaches, and soil. Anything physical.

Question 7

What are human characteristics?

Answer 7

Culture, religion, languages, and man made structures, ski resorts. Anything humans have created.

Question 8

What is a formal region?

Answer 8

A region defined by a government liked states and countries, or by similar characteristics like Chinatown or the Rocky Mountains.

Question 9

What is a functional region?

Answer 9

A region defined by a function like cell service or news, or by human perception like the Middle East.