Social Studies ________
Date: _______________
Name: ________________________
5 Themes of Geography
5 Themes
of
Geography
Location
Human
Environment
Interaction
Region
Place
Movement
5 Themes of Geography
Main Ideas and Details
Location
1. Absolute location is _____________.
2. An example of absolute location is
______________________________.
3. Relative location uses ___________.
4. An example of relative location is
______________________________.
5 Themes of Geography
Main Ideas and Details
Human Environment Interaction
1. How people affect the ___________.
2. How the land affects ____________.
3. An example of HEI is ____________
_______________________________.
Region
1. A region is a place that has the
same __________________________,
2. An example of a characteristic is
_______________________________.
Place
Physical Features:
1. Landforms: ____________________
2. Climate: ______________________
3. Plants: _______________________
4. Animals: ______________________
Human Features:
1. Population: ____________________
2. Jobs: ________________________
3. Fun: _________________________
Movement
1. Movement explains how ________,
_________, and ________ get from
place to place.
2. Transportation: ________________
3. Ideas: _______________________
4. Culture: ______________________
Region: New England
1. New England has one climate. It has 4 seasons: ______________,
______________, _____________ and ______________.
2. The land in NE has _____________ and ________________.
3. What states are in New England? Use the map above. __________________
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4. What is region? _________________________________________________
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5. Give another example of a region. ___________________________________
Location: Massachusetts
1. Give the longitude and latitude for Massachusetts. Use page 559.
____________________________
2. Is #1 an example of absolute location or relative location?
____________________________
3. Tell where Massachusetts is by describing its location with other states.
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4. Is #3 an example of absolute location or relative location?
____________________________
5. What is location? ________________________________________________
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Human-Environment Interaction: Litter and Weather
1. What do you see in the picture above? _______________________________
2. Is this good or bad for our land and environment? Why? _________________
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3. How do you know what to wear every day? ___________________________
4. What do you wear in the summer? __________________________________
5. What do you wear in the winter? ___________________________________
6. What is human-environment interaction? _____________________________
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Movement: Immigration
1. How did you get to the United States? ________________________________
2. How did you know what the US was like before getting here? _____________
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3. What from your culture is in the United States? _________________________
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4. What is movement? ______________________________________________
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Place: New Massachusetts vs. Haiti
1. How is the land in Haiti different than in Massachusetts?
In Haiti the land looks like _____________________________________.
In Massachusetts the land looks like _____________________________.
2. How is the weather different in Haiti than Massachusetts?
In Haiti it is _____________________.
In Massachusetts it is _____________________________.
3. What trees are in Haiti and not in Massachusetts? Draw a picture.
4. What jobs do people have in Haiti that they don’t in Massachusetts? ________
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5. Do people look different in Massachusetts? How?
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5. What animals are in Haiti and not in Massachusetts?
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6. What is place? Place is the ___________ and ___________ in a location.
The land includes _______________________. The people includes
__________________________.