The Themes of Geography: How Geographers Study Geography

2. THE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY:HOW GEOGRAPHERS STUDY GEOGRAPHY • Movement • Region • Location • Place • Human Environment Interaction

3. MOVEMENT: THE STUDY OF HOW PEOPLE, GOODS, and IDEAS MOVE!

4. MOVEMENT: PEOPLE • HOW DO PEOPLE MOVE?

5. MOVEMENT: GOODS • WHAT ARE GOODS AND HOW DO THEY MOVE?

6. MOVEMENT:IDEAS • HOW DO IDEAS MOVE?

7. REGION= An area with at least one common characteristic that makes it different than its surrounding area. Corn belt Middle East

8. Regions may be created around a wide variety of characteristics. • Agricultural • Geographical • Religious • Physical • Political • Social • Technological Appalachian Mountain • Region

9. OTHER EXAMPLES: Technological SILICON VALLEY An area in N. California where many technological companies have set up headquarters.

10. RELIGIOUS The Bible Belt: • An area in the USA with a strong belief in Protestantism

11. POLITICAL • USA POLTICAL MAP: Red and Blue States

12. SOCIAL • Cheesehead Region Raider Nation

13. What are some specific regions we are a part of? • Write question and answer in your notebook.

14. LOCATION: This theme asks “”where is it?” and can be defined in two ways: 1)Absolute location and 2)Relative Location

15. Absolute Location deals with exact location using latitude and longitude lines

16. LATITUDE/LONGITUDE REVIEW • Latitude = Horizontal Lines, Measures 0-90 N and 0-90 S, Parallel, Always written first, Equator, Tropic Lines, Artic and Antarctic Circles • Longitude= Vertical Lines, Measures 0-180 E and 0-180 W, Meet at the Poles, Always written second, Prime Meridian

17. PRACTICE: Go to your atlas page 86-87 and complete these practice problems • WHAT STATE AM I IN? • 1) 38°N, 100°W • 2) 28°N, 82°W • 3) 34°N, 81°W • What are the Coordinates for • 4) Albuqurque, New Mexico

18. ANSWERS • 1) Kansas • 2) Florida • 3) S. Carolina • 4) 35°N, 106°W

19. RELATIVE LOCATION: Tells where a site is in relationship to other places • Examples: • “Next to Burger King..” • “In Between my house and the park…” • “North of Wasden Elementary…” • “Around the corner fromTaco Bell..” • “On the crossroads of Charleston and Rainbow”

20. WHAT IS THE RELATIVE LOCATION OF HYDE PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL? Write down question and answer in notebook.

21. PLACE: Describes the site using both physical and human characteristics.

22. PLACE • PHYSICAL • Landforms • Weather • Plants • Animals • HUMAN • Ethnicity • Language • Educational Level • Religion

23. PLACE ASKS THESE QUESTIONS • Who lives here? What languages do they speak? • Is the neighborhood in a city, suburb, or the country? • What is the weather like? How cold or warm does it get? Does it rain much? • What does the land look like? Are there mountains, lakes, or beaches nearby? • What plants and animals live here

24. DESCRIBE THE PLACE OF LAS VEGAS?

25. HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION: Looks at how people have changed their environments.

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