Exploring Morehead/Rowan County through the 5 Themes of Geography

1. The 5 Themes of Geography Mrs. Horton

2. Bell Work If you were trying to describe Morehead/Rowan Co. to an exchange student, what would you tell them?

3. LOCATION • PLACE • MOVEMENT • REGION • HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

4. LOCATION • Where is it? • Absolute vs. Relative Location • Absolute Location- The precise or exact point where a place is located on Earth. • Ex: Morehead: 38.19N, 83.46W

5. LOCATION • Relative Location- Where a place is located in relation to another place. • Ex: Dairy Queen is down the hill from the high school. • Ex: Mrs. Horton’s room is in the front hall by the blue lockers.

6. PLACE • What is it like there? • Includes both physical AND human features of a place. • Ex: landscapes, climate, people, culture, and language.

12. Human-Environment Interaction • How do people relate to their physical environment? • People depend on the environment • People adapt to the environment • The impact of people on the environment

13. Human-Environment Interaction • Dependence: farming, logging, mining • Adaptation: housing, clothing • Impact: environmental problems: pollution, global warming, depleting natural resources

19. Region • How is a place similar to and different from other places? • Region-an area of the Earth’s surface with similar characteristics. • May be physical, political, economic or cultural features

20. Region • The Bible Belt

21. Middle East

22. Movement • How are people and places connected? • Reasons why people move • Movement of goods, information, and ideas

23. Movement-Spread of Buddhism

24. Movement-Spread of Black Death