The Five Themes of Geography

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5 Themes of Geography

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M-----MovementR-----RegionHE-----Human Environmental

InteractionL-----LocationP-----Place

Location

Where is it?

Location

Where something is

Location

Absolute Location —the exact position of a spot on the earth

Relative Location--- the position

of a spot in relation to another spot on the earth

Location

Absolute Location The latitude and longitude of a spot The address of a spot Exact location

Relative Location-• The location of a spot in relation to another• Near, by, next to, north of, etc.

Place

What’s it like?

Place

What’s it like?Physical CharacteristicsHuman Characteristics

Place

What’s it like?Makes the location UNIQUE

PLACE

Place--What’s It Like?

Physical Characteristics:

landforms, bodies of water, climate, soil, plant life and animal life (FYI)

Place--What’s It Like?

Human Characteristics:how many people live somewhere, how close together they live , social traits, cultural traditions and political institutions (FYI)

Human Environmental Interaction

Way of Life

Human and Environmental Interaction

* Humans interact with their environment

* The environment interacts with and affects people

Human Environmental Interaction

Way of Life

Positive and negative interactions

Human & Environmental Interaction

Human Environmental Interaction

How people interact with the environment and how the environment interacts with people

Depend Adapt Modify

Human Environmental Interaction

(FYI)People DEPEND on the environmentPeople ADAPT to the environmentPeople MODIFY their environment

Human and Environmental Interaction

* Humans interact with their environment (FYI)

* Depend---(Basic needs, recreational activities)

* Adapt---(Clothing, housing, way people use land)

* Modify---(People change the environment--heat, air conditioning, farming, mining, irrigation)

Movement

Moving people, goods and ideas

Transportation and Communication

MOVEMENT

MOVEMENT

•Movement means change.

•How and why people and things move and how they are connected

Region

Group areas by unifying characteristics or like characteristics

Areas that show common characteristics

Makes the study of geography more MANAGEABLE.

REGION

5 Themes of Geography GAMES

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Globes

Advantage:

Represent true land shape, distances, and directions

Globes and Maps

Advantage:

Globes are the MOST accurate way to show the round earth.

Disadvantages of Globes

Too big, awkward to carry around

Cannot show the whole world at one time

Disadvantages of Globes

Difficult to carryCannot show detailed

information

THEREFORE, Geographers use maps!!!!!

Map--- A drawing of the earth shown on a flat surface.

Maps: Disadvantages

Every map has DISTORTIONS.Distorts, or change, the

accuracy of shapes and distances.

Maps

Every map has DISTORTIONS.ShapeSizeDirectionDistance

No map is completely accurate BUT all maps can be useful for certain purposes.

Map Advantages

Show small areas in great detail

Transport easily

Map Advantages

Display different types of information, such as population densities or natural resources or climate, etc.