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The Five Themes of Geography

The Five Themes of Geography. What the…?. The Five Themes are the way that geographers look at the world and the people in it. Location. There are two types of location: ABSOLUTE- exactly where something is. We use latitude and longitude to describe Absolute Location

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The Five Themes of Geography

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  1. The Five Themes of Geography

  2. What the…? • The Five Themes are the way that geographers look at the world and the people in it

  3. Location • There are two types of location: • ABSOLUTE- exactly where something is. • We use latitude and longitude to describe Absolute Location • RELATIVE- where a place is based on what is around it

  4. Absolute Location (AL) • A place’s or person’s exact position on the globe. • We use latitude and longitude to measure AL • It’s kind of like your home address; I live at 1029 Neipsic Road Glastonbury’s AL 41 N lat, 72 W long

  5. Relative Location (RL) • A place’s or person’s position based upon other locations • Connecticut is south of Massachusetts • Burger King is in front of Home Depot • Madagascar is an island off the coast of Mozambique

  6. Place • Place is the description of a location • How does this location look? What can I see there? What kind of place is it?  • What do you think of when you imagine China?  Japan?  Russia?  Saudi Arabia? • There are two types of Place…

  7. Physical Characteristics • Things you find in nature • Landforms, weather, plants, animals, etc. are all part of nature • Ask yourself…would this item be here if man was not on the planet? • If Yes,then it’s a physical characteristic • If No,then it’s a human characteristic

  8. Human Characteristics • Things we as people create or thought up; things not found in nature • Countries, religion, language, goods & products, cities, government, money, etc. are all created by people • Ask yourself…would this item be here if man was not on the planet? • If No,then it’s a human characteristic • If Yes,then it’s a physical characteristic

  9. Region • Regions are locations within a country that have common characteristics • Examples?

  10. Region (R) • Physical Region (PR) • An area that shares one or many similar physical characteristics • Ex of characteristics: climate region, vegetation region, landform, etc. • Ex: Sahara, Andes, Great Lakes • Human Region (HR) • An area that shares one or many similar human characteristics • Ex of characteristics: political, religion, language, economic activity, etc. • Ex: Latin America, Little Italy the Sahara Great Lakes Andes Latin America Little Italy

  11. Movement • Movement is the way people, things, and ideas get from place to place • What types of movement can you think of?

  12. Movement (M) • Immigration to the U.S. • Oil shipped from the Middle East all over the world • The spread of Islam across the planet

  13. Human/Environment Interaction • Human/Environment Interaction (HEI) is the way that humans use the natural world, • Alternative energy • Using rivers for transportation OR • How the natural world effects humans • Natural Disasters or changes in landforms

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