Five Themes of Geography
  • 1. Changing a place through human environment interaction is . . .
A) adapting to the environment
B) depending on the environment
C) appreciating the environment
D) modifying the environment
  • 2. This is an example of adapting to the environment:
A) building a bridge to cross a river
B) wearing warm clothes in a cold climate
C) ice fishing
  • 3. On a compass rose, what are N, S, E, W?
A) intermediate directions
B) cardinal directions
C) the four themes of geography
D) the most important colors
  • 4. What does MR. HELP stand for?
A) Modern regions here on earth leave peopel.
B) Modify, React, Help, Environment, Lessons, Placement
C) My reaction to school this year.
D) Movement, Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Location, Place
  • 5. What question does place answer?
A) Where is an area located?
B) What does it have in common with other areas?
C) What the unique characteristics of an area?
D) Where is it?
  • 6. What geographic theme answers this question: Where is it?
A) Climate
B) Region
C) Location
D) Place
  • 7. What question does region answer?
A) Where is this located?
B) What do these areas have in common?
C) How do humans interact with this location?
  • 8. What are the three types of Human Environment Interaction?
A) harvest, mollify, address
B) defend, move, help
C) pollution, conservation, estimation
D) modify, adapt, depend
  • 9. In geographical terms, what types of things are "moved"?
A) muscles, vehicles
B) earthquakes, weather, water
C) people, goods, ideas
  • 10. Which theme helps geographers understand cultural differences?
A) Culture
B) Human Environment Interaction
C) Region
D) Language
  • 11. If you said a place rained a lot and had a lot of valleys, you would be describing its:
A) Specific characteristics
B) Physical characteristics
C) Cultural characteristics
D) Human characteristics
  • 12. What does modifying the environment mean?
A) It means changing the environment to meet your needs.
B) It means changing what you do to react to the environment.
C) It means moving away from your location.
D) It means depending on the environment for survival.
  • 13. A specific address -- like 304 Garland Street, Bangor, Maine is an example of:
A) evocation
B) Relative location
C) Absolute location
D) Specific location
  • 14. What might be a human characteristic of a place?
A) volcanoes, icebergs, tectonic plates
B) mountains, rivers, lakes
C) weather, temperature, humidity
D) buildings, roads, churches
  • 15. If I said Tripp Middle School is near Leavitt High School, I am giving an example of:
A) Relative location
B) Human Environment Interaction
C) Place
D) Relative description
  • 16. A commuter train taking people from the suburbs to New York City is an example of the theme of:
A) Movement
B) Region
C) Place
D) vehicular change
  • 17. A newspaper or a Facebook account is an example of what theme of geography?
A) Region
B) Place
C) Location
D) Movement
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