The Five Themes of Geography
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The Five Themes of Geography
For each question, choose the best answer.
1. Which of the following best defines movement?
A. explains where something is
B. describes both the physical and human features of a building, area, city, etc.
C. a group of places unified by a common feature
D. how people, products, information, and ideas get from one place to another
E. describes the relationships between humans and the environment in which they live
2. Which of the following best explains the difference between absolute and relative location?
A. Absolute location is the exact, specific location of a place, while relative location is
where something is located in relation to (or compared to) something else.
B. Relative location is the exact, specific location of a place, while absolute location is
where something is located in relation to (or compared to) something else.
C. The only difference between the two is that one is measured in latitude and one is
measured in longitude.
D. None of the above are true.
3. Which of the following best defines human-environment interaction?
A. explains where something is
B. describes both the physical and human features of a building, area, city, etc.
C. a group of places unified by a common feature
D. how people, products, information, and ideas get from one place to another
E. describes the relationships between humans and the environment in which they live
4. Which of the following best defines region?
A. explains where something is
B. describes both the physical and human features of a building, area, city, etc.
C. a group of places unified by a common feature
D. how people, products, information, and ideas get from one place to another
E. describes the relationships between humans and the environment in which they live
5. Which of the following best defines location?
A. explains where something is
B. describes both the physical and human features of a building, area, city, etc.
C. a group of places unified by a common feature
D. how people, products, information, and ideas get from one place to another
E. describes the relationships between humans and the environment in which they live
6. Which of the following best defines place?
A. explains where something is
B. describes both the physical and human features of a building, area, city, etc.
C. a group of places unified by a common feature
D. how people, products, information, and ideas get from one place to another
E. describes the relationships between humans and the environment in which they live
For each example listed below, determine which theme of geography is being described.
7. Simpson County, KY is south of Warren County, KY
A. relative location B. place C. absolute location
8. Kentucky is the home to 120 counties, and the Kentucky Derby, which annually gains
worldwide attention. It is not the biggest state in the U.S., but it is not the smallest, either.
Nearly 4.5 million people live in Kentucky, who experience its moderate, relatively humid
climate and abundant rainfall.
A. place B. location C. movement
9. Simpson, Warren, Edmonson, Barren, and 18 other counties make up South Central Kentucky.
A. region B. movement C. human-environment interaction
10. Louisville, KY is located at 38º N, 85º W.
A. relative location B. region C. absolute location
11. Several farmers use the practice of crop rotation to preserve nutrients in the soil.
A. region B. place C. human-environment interaction
12. A large number of people from New Orleans, Louisiana moved north after Hurricane Katrina.
A. place B. region D. movement
