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!!!!!