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Understanding the Five Themes of Geography: Location, Place, Region, Movement, and Interaction

This chapter explores the five essential themes of geography: Location, Place, Region, Movement, and Human-Environment Interaction. Each theme provides a framework for understanding the complex relationships between people and their environment. We delve into absolute and relative locations, the intrinsic characteristics of places, regional classifications, and the dynamics of movement that encompass goods, ideas, and culture. The section also highlights the tools geographers use, including globes, maps, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), illustrating how we analyze spatial relationships and patterns.

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Understanding the Five Themes of Geography: Location, Place, Region, Movement, and Interaction

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  1. Chapter One Looking at the Earth

  2. Section One:The Five Themes Of Geography • Location – where • Place – characteristics • Region – group by similarities • Movement – how people, goods and ideas move • Human-Environment Interaction – how we adapt to the world around us

  3. Location • Absolute location – exact coordinates • Latitude – measure north & south, equator • Longitude – measure east & west, prime meridian • combine to form a grid • Relative location – using landmarks to describe

  4. Place • Physical characteristics • Landforms • Bodies of water • Climate • Human characteristics • Culture • Man made structures • Man made borders

  5. Region • Formal – limited characteristics • Ex. Northeast U.S. • Functional – interaction connections • Ex. Houston / Suburbs • Perceptual – commonly accepted • Ex. The Midwest U.S.

  6. Movement • Goods • People • Ideas • Language / Writing • Travelers • Television • Cell phones • Newspapers • Books • Internet

  7. Extreme Cold Extreme Heat Close to the Ocean In the Desert Human-Environment Interaction

  8. Section Two:The Geographers Tools • Globes • 3-D • More accurate • Not much detail • Maps • 2-D • Portable • More detailed • Has distortion

  9. Mapmaking • Cartographers are mapmakers • The surveying process • Field survey – observe, measure, and record • Remote sensing – using aerial photos or satellite images

  10. Geographic Info Systems (GIS) • Satellites • Landsat - Scan the earth and pick up general data • GOES - Weather patterns and prediction • Global Positioning System (GPS) • Navstars – 24 satellites that can give lat./long./altitude/time of a receiver

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