The Five Themes of Geography (What are they??)

Question 1

What are the different types of location?

Answer 1

• Absolute

* Relative

Question 2

What does location describe?

Answer 2

•Positioning of a feature

Question 3

What does a relative location describe?

Answer 3

•Connections of interactions between one place and another

Question 4

What does an absolute location describe?

Answer 4

•An exact description of an area

Question 5

What is a grid system used for?

Answer 5

•Showing the coordinates of an absolute location by using latitude and longitude

Question 6

What type of tool aids in relative location?

Answer 6

•Maps

Question 7

How are places described?

Answer 7

•By their characteristics (either physical or human)

Question 8

What are some examples of a physical place characteristics?

Answer 8

• Rivers
• Hills
• Mountains

Question 9

What are some examples of human place characteristics?

Answer 9

• Population density and ethnic makeup

* Language

Question 10

What does Human-Environment interactions mean?

Answer 10

•How human act in places i.e. if they change/damage them

Question 11

What type of interactions do humans do that effect?

Answer 11

•Water distribution causing limitation/ dryness

Question 12

What is Movement?

Answer 12

• Going from one location to another

* Includes People, food, etc.

Question 13

How are regions formed?

Answer 13

•By identifiable characteristics

Question 14

What is an example of a physical region?

Answer 14

•The Rocky mountains

Question 15

What are some of the identifiable characteristics of a physical region?

Answer 15

• Valleys

* Peaks

Question 16

What is an example of a human region?

Answer 16

•The Southern Prairies

Question 17

What are some of the identifiable characteristics of a human region?

Answer 17

•Farms