5 Themes of Geography Study Guide
1. What are the 5 themes of geography?
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2. What is the definition of absolute location? ______
3. What is the definition of relative location? ______
4. What is the definition of a physical characteristic of a place? ______
5. What is the definition of a human characteristic of a place? ______
6. What is the definition of human-environment interaction? How can it happen? ______
7. What is the definition of movement? ______
8. What is the definition of a region? ______
9. What are some examples of unifying characteristics? ______
10. What do coordinates of longitude and latitude tell us? ______
11. Which way do lines of latitude run? Which way are they measured? ______
12. Which ways do lines of longitude run? Which way are they measured? ______
13. What is another name for a line of latitude? ______
14. What is another name for a line of longitude? ______
15. What is the starting point for measuring lines of latitude? ______
16. What is the starting point for measuring lines of longitude? ______
17. What are the 2 areas located above and below the equator called? ______
18. What are the 2 areas located to the right and left of the prime meridian called? ______
19. How far do the northern and southern hemispheres extend in their respective directions? ______
20. How far do the eastern and western hemispheres extend in their respective directions? ______
21. Which hemispheres do we live in? ______
22. What are the 7 continents?
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**** You should be using your notes, classwork and homework assignments to help you prepare for this test. All information that was gone over in class is fair game for the test. You also need to make sure you go over the longitude and latitude worksheets to practice finding places when given their longitude and latitude coordinates. Study hard and you will do just fine!!!!!