WHAT IS “PRILM”?PRILM is a mnemonic device that can be used to

help remember what the 5 Themes of Geography are. Simply put, take the first letter of each Theme to create the word PRILM. They are:

• Place• Region• Interaction (Human-Environment)• Location• Movement

Theme 1: PlacePhysical Characteristics• Land Features• Mountains,

plains, and plateaus

• Climate• Bodies of Water

Theme 1: PlaceHuman Characteristics

• People• Culture• Language• Religion• Buildings and

Landmarks• Cities

Physical Characteristics- looks like?Land, mountains, climate, water

Human Characteristics- peoplePeople, language, culture, religion

Theme 2: Regions

What Places Have in CommonEX: Northwest Ohio= flat land• Political Regions• Landform Regions• Agricultural Regions• Cultural Regions

Physiographic Regions

REGION:

What Places Have in Common

EX: Northwest Ohio= flat land

Theme 3: Human Environment Interaction

How People Interact With Their Environment

People . . .• Adapt to Their Environment• Modify Their Environment• Depend on Their Environment

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Dependence on Environment

INTERACTION:How People Interact With Their

Environment

People…Adapt-change themselvesModify-change environmentDepend-on environment

Theme 4: Location

• Where is It?• Why is It There?

Two Types of Location

•Absolute

•Relative

Absolute Location

• A specific place on the Earth’s surface• Uses a grid system• Latitude and longitude• A global address

Relative Location

• Where a place is in relation to another place

• Uses directional words to describe– Cardinal and

intermediate directions

LOCATION:

• Absolute= an exact spot: latitude & longitude

• Relative=a place in relation to another place: east, west, north, south

Theme 5: MovementThe Mobility

(move) of•People•Goods• Ideas

How Places are linked to one another and the world

MOVEMENT:The Mobility (move) of•People•Goods•Ideas