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) ice fishing
B) building a bridge to cross a river
C) wearing warm clothes in a cold climate
  • 3. On a compass rose, what are N, S, E, W?
A) the most important colors
B) the four themes of geography
C) intermediate directions
D) cardinal directions
  • 4. What does MR. HELP stand for?
A) Modify, React, Help, Environment, Lessons, Placement
B) My reaction to school this year.
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 it?
C) What does it have in common with other areas?
D) Where is an area located?
  • 6. What geographic theme answers this question: Where is it?
A) Climate
B) Location
C) Place
D) Region
  • 7. What question does region answer?
A) What do these areas have in common?
B) Where is this located?
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) modify, adapt, depend
D) pollution, conservation, estimation
  • 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) Human Environment Interaction
B) Culture
C) Language
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) Physical characteristics
C) Specific 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 depending on the environment for survival.
D) It means moving away from your location.
  • 13. A specific address -- like 304 Garland Street, Bangor, Maine is an example of:
A) Absolute location
B) Specific location
C) evocation
D) Relative location
  • 14. What might be a human characteristic of a place?
A) buildings, roads, churches
B) weather, temperature, humidity
C) volcanoes, icebergs, tectonic plates
D) mountains, rivers, lakes
  • 15. If I said Tripp Middle School is near Leavitt High School, I am giving an example of:
A) Human Environment Interaction
B) Relative description
C) Relative location
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) Region
C) Movement
D) vehicular change
  • 17. A newspaper or a Facebook account is an example of what theme of geography?
A) Region
B) Movement
C) Place
D) Location
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