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