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Understanding the Five Themes of Geography: Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, Region

Geography is a vital discipline that helps us understand our world through the Five Themes: Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Region. Location involves absolute and relative terms to pinpoint where things are; Place refers to the unique characteristics of a location. Human-Environment Interaction examines how people adapt to and modify their surroundings. Movement explores how the flow of people, goods, and ideas occurs. Lastly, Region categorizes areas based on shared characteristics. Together, these themes provide a comprehensive framework for geographical study.

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Understanding the Five Themes of Geography: Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, Region

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  1. The Five Themes 1. Location 2. Place 3. Human-environment Interaction 4. Movement 5. Region

  2. Location • Where is geography. • A statement, not a question • Society expects geographers to know about locations, places, and regions. • When is history. Lots of what disciplines. • Geographers use a special kind of graphic [maps or charts] to help illustrate and communicate information about locations • Cartography = the science and art of map making • Map reading [and folding] are skills that can be learned

  3. Location • Maps are a generalization of reality [simplification] • Scale = a numerical way to relate the map to the world • Representative fraction: distance on the map distance in the world • 1:5,000,000 1 inch on the map = 5 million inches in the world or 1 inch = 78.9 miles

  4. Location • Absolute and relative location • Absolute • An exact or fixed location on the Earth • Typically use a grid system to describe absolute location • Latitude and longitude • Many other coordinate systems exist • Township and Range • State Plane • UTM • Street addresses

  5. Location • Absolute and relative location • Relative • Location connected with other landscape features • Many ways to ‘make the connection’ • Distance and direction [5 miles east of ______] • At a reference point [at the Falls of the Potomac] • Time [25 minutes west of Hays on I-70] • Kansas is north of Oklahoma • Across the street from Pizza Hut

  6. Navi Systems

  7. GPS = Global Positioning System • A fully functional Global Navigation Satellite System • GPS uses a constellation of between 24 and 32 satellites that transmit precise microwave signals, that enable GPS receivers to determine • their current location • the time • their velocity (including direction) • After Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down in 1983 after straying into the USSR's prohibited airspace, President Reagan issued a directive making GPS freely available for civilian use as a common good.

  8. Basic Triangulation X X Where are all the locations that are a known distance from a point? X

  9. Location • Two hands clapping [you need both] • Site and situation • Condition and connections • Relationships within places [Place] and relationships between places [Movement]

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