Global Studies Name __________KEY______________________
Match each of the following with the theme it best represents. Choose from the following:
Location Place Interaction Movement Region
1. This theme answers the question, “What are the
physical and human characteristics
of an area?”
PLACE
2. This theme answers the question, “
Where
is this area?”
LOCATION
3. This theme answers the question, “In what ways do the
people adapt to or change the environment
?”
INTERACTION
4. This theme answers the question, “In what ways has this area been affected by the
movement of people, goods or ideas
?”
MOVEMENT
5. This theme answers the question, “With what
other areas
does this place have
something in common
?”
REGION
6. Los Angeles is
known for
its warm
climate
, laid back
people
and the movie industry.
PLACE- describes the physical & human characteristics
7. New Orleans is
found
at
30 degrees north latitude
.
LOCATION- absolute location using latitude
8. The countries of the Middle East can be
grouped together
because they
share
the same religion and climate.
REGION- areas grouped together
9. The 49ers
moved
west in the hopes of finding gold in California.
MOVEMENT- migration of people
10. New Jersey is
next to
Pennsylvania.
LOCATION- relative location using another area for comparison
11. People
build irrigation systems
to bring water to their farms.
INTERACTION- people changed their environment

Global Studies
Match each of the following with the theme it best represents. Choose from the following:
Location Place Interaction Movement Region
1. The
landforms and vegetation
of a particular area would fit best into this theme.
PLACE- describes physical features
2. Philadelphia is
known for
the
Delaware River
, Liberty Bell,
professional sports teams
and cheese steak sandwiches.
PLACE- describes physical and human characteristics
3. The terms “
relative
” and “
absolute
” refer to this theme.
LOCATION- relative compares to other areas, absolute uses latitude and longitude
4. These are areas that can be
grouped
together because they share a
unifying characteristic
.
REGION- areas grouped together
5. Mexico City can be
found
at approximately
20 degrees North latitude and 100 degrees West longitude
.
LOCATION- absolute location using latitude and longitude
6.
People, trade and ideas
are all examples of this theme.
MOVEMENT- migration (people), goods (trade), cultural diffusion (trade)
7. The countries of the
Middle East
and
North Africa
can be
grouped together
because they share similar cultures.
REGION- areas grouped together
8. Australia is
in
the
southern hemisphere
.
LOCATION- absolute because it uses latitude and longitude, relative because hemisphere is a huge area
9.
Levies
were
built
to protect New Orleans from flooding.
INTERACTION- humans changed environment
10. England is
located
on the
prime meridian
.
LOCATION- absolute location because it uses longitude