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THEMES of GEOGRAPHY – EXAMPLES
Directions: Use the World Geography book to look up the following examples. Explain how the
examples demonstrate or represent their related theme.
PLACE – What is it like?
Human Features: anything created by people, anything about the people
1. Georgia (p. 372) –
2. Rio de Janiero (p. 7) –
Physical Features: anything related to nature (landforms, climate,
vegetations, etc)
3. Death Valley (p. 119) –
4. Dead Sea (p. 489) –
5. Rio de Janiero (p. 7) –
MOVEMENT – How do people, products and ideas move from one
place to another?
(For each movement example, identify what is moving and HOW it is moving.)
6. Spanglish (p. 73) –
7. Acadians (p. 167) –
8. The Panama Canal (p. 226) –
9. The Bullet Train (p. 655) –
INTERACTION – How do people and the environment affect each
other?
10. The Gaucho (p. 202) –
11. Tigers (p. 558) –
12. Terraced Farming (p. 695) –
REGION – What does an area have in common?
13. The Everglades (p. 36) –
14. Tornado Alley (p. 52) –
15. Ethiopia-Eritrea War (p. 433) –