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Themes of Geography Visual
DIRECTIONS
Create a visual showing your understanding of The Five Themes of Geography. Each part should be
complete, accurate, and presentable. You should include the required information with a brief
explanation and illustrate in color each theme. This activity will help you become more aware of
these themes as they are highlighted throughout the year.
This assignment asks you to apply the five themes of geography to an assigned U.S. city.
Cities: (Circle your assigned city)
Phoenix
Miami
Seattle
Denver
Nashville
Milwaukee
Chicago
Los Angeles
Boston
Dallas
Philadelphia
Each theme must be neat, accurate and explained to receive full credit
Check off each box to make sure you cover
each requirement.
I. TITLE
II. LOCATION
III. PLACE
This section should have the title:
 A appropriate title
 Your first and last name and period
 This section should be visually appealing
and relevant to your city.
This theme should include 2 parts:
 The absolute location of a place within
your city including both
 Coordinates of city center
 Address of famous landmark
 The relative location of the city in
relation to another city using both
 Distance (miles)
 Directions (N,S,W,E)
For example, “Hartford is 18 miles southeast
of Granby.”
This theme should include 2 parts:
 The physical characteristics of the area
the city is in. Examples can be
landforms, vegetation, climate.
 The human characteristics of the city.
Features made by humans and what
people do (work, population, play,
culture, traditions, etc.)
Points
possible
Self
Score
Teacher
Score
2
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This theme should include 2 parts:
IV. HUMANENVIRONMENT  An example of how the people of the
INTERACTION
city or surrounding area affect the
environment there (positive or
negative).
 An example of how the environment
affects the people in the city or
surrounding area (positive or negative).
V. MOVEMENT
VI. REGIONS
This theme should include examples of:
 How or why people move to the city
 How/what goods are moved to or
within the city
 How ideas are moved within the city
This theme should include:
 The name of a region the city is part of
and the common characteristics that
make it a region.
 A map of the region.
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Totals: 27
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