1. 5 Themes of Geography Study Guide
Part 1.2, Part 4, and Part 6

2. Geography’s 5 themes
Part 1.2
Pages C6-C7

3. Two questions that geographers always ask are
1.) Where are things located? 2.) Why are they there?
What are the five themes of
geography?
location, place, region, movement,
and human-environment interaction

4. the location of a place relative to another place
Relative location is
the location of a place relative to
another place
Ex: Washington, D.C. is about 200 miles southwest of New York City
Absolute location is
describing a place’s exact position on
Earth of terms of longitude and latitude
Ex: The center of Washington, D.C. is at the intersection of the 38°54’(‘ = minutes) north latitude and 77°2’ west longitude.

5. The term that refers to a group of places that have features in common is
region
Movement is defined as
exploring how people, goods, and ideas
get from one place to another
Ex: food, fuel, and other basic goods

6. Describe human-environment interaction
considers how people affect their
environment, or their natural surroundings,
and how their environment affects them.
Ex: The movement of water from the Potomac River into
Washington’s water system.
A region is
an area with at least one unifying physical or
human feature
Ex: climate, landforms, population, or history

7. Location is described as where something is
Ex: Answers will vary
Define place
refers to the mix of human
and nonhuman features at a
given location.
Ex: hilly, wet, on a river, major
city

8. Explain the difference between absolute and relative location.
Absolute location is something or
someone’s exact location and
relative location describe something
or someone being near/around
something or someone else.

9. Human-environment interaction
Part 4
( )
4.1 – Environment and Resources (pgs C46-C47)
4.2 – Land Use (pgs C50-C51)
4.3 – People’s Impact on the Environment (C52-C53)

10. What theme focuses on cultural adaptations to natural resources and pollution?
human-environment interaction
Two types of natural resources are
renewable and nonrenewable

11. waste that makes the air, soil, or water less clean
What is pollution?
waste that makes the air, soil, or water
less clean
Ex: Many farmers use chemicals called fertilizers and pesticides to
help plants grow and to kill pests.
Colonists bringing new crops and new ways of farming are an example of
colonization.

12. residential area on the edge of a
A suburb is a
residential area on the edge of a
city or large town
Ex: Southaven, MS is a suburb of Memphis, TN.
People traveled on dirt roads years ago but we now have paved roads. What theme of geography does this describe?
human-environment interaction

13. What causes large cities to be grown around factories?
Farmers practicing crop rotation
to preserve nutrients in the soil is
an example of
human-environment interaction.
What causes large cities to be grown around factories?
industrialization

14. Population and movement
Part 6 ( )
6.1 – Population Growth
(pgs C74-C75)
6.2 – Population Distribution (pgs C76-C77)
6.3 – Migration (pgs C78-C79)
6.4 – Urbanization (pgs C80-C81)

15. Define emigrate.
To migrate OUT of a place
Define immigrate.
To migrate INTO a place
What is the difference between emigrate and immigrate?
Emigrate means OUT of a
particular place and immigrate
means INTO a particular place

16. considered a ______ area and _______ areas are cities. rural, urban
A settlement in the country is
considered a ______ area and
_______ areas are cities.
rural, urban
What is death rate?
the number of deaths per 1,000
people in a year
What is birth rate?
the number of live births per
1,000 people in a year

17. scientist who study human populations
A demographer –
scientist who study human
populations
The number of people per unit of
land area describes the
Population density
Suburban sprawl can cause ______and _______ use because people in the suburbs use _______________
pollution, energy, cars for
transportation

18. ____________ attract people to new countries while ____________ cause people to migrate from or leave their home country.
Pull factors, push factors
What might people who migrate from other countries have to learn?
new language and new customs

19. When people leave one place for
another place to get a better job
it is called
migration
Slums are described as
poor, overcrowded urban
neighborhoods