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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
LOCATION
ABSOLUTE LOCATION-POSITION ON THE GLOBE
RELATIVE LOCATION -RELATION COMPARED TO OTHER
PLACES
PLACE
HUMAN WHAT ARE THE HUMAN
CHARACTERISTICS(LANGUAGE, CUSTOM, TRADITION)PHYSICALPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS(LANDFORMS, CLIMATE)
REGION
1. FORMAL REGION -- CERTAIN CHARACTERISITICS ARE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
EXAMPLE - STATE, COUNTRY, CITY OR CORN BELT AND CHINA TOWN
2. FUNCTIONAL REGION -- CENTRAL PLACE AND AFFECTED AREAS
EXAMPLE - METRO AREA, AMAZON RIVER BASIN
3. PERCEPTUAL REGION -- DEFINED BY PEOPLES ATTITIDUES AND FEELINGS OF AN AREA
EXAMPLE -- MIDDLE EAST = TERRORISM
MOVEMENT
PEOPLE, GOODS AND IDEAS MOVING BETWEEN PEOPLE
Example -- Internet
HUMAN - INTERACTION TO THE ENVIRONMENTHOW PEOPLE USE AND CHANGE
THEIR ENVIRONMENT
EXAMPLE -MINING, CLEARING ROADS
Quiz on Themes
• Answer the Question• What theme do these questions cover?• 1. Why are Texas and Florida among the fastest growing states? • 2. What is the topography of Clara City, MN.?• 3. Is Mesabi a part of the Iron Range?• 4. Where is Fallujah?• 5. How did the invention of internet help business?
Answer Key
1. Immigration MOVEMENT 2. flat PLACE 3. Yes REGION 4. Iraq LOCATION 5. Global interaction HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
Use the 5 themes to describe Clara City, MNLocation Absolute / RelativeMovement
Place Human / Physical
Region Formal / Functional / Perceptual
Human Interaction to the Environment
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