THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

GEOGRAPHY

WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?

● Geography is the study of people, their environment, and their resources

WHAT ARE LANDFORMS?

Landforms are physical features made by nature. Examples are mountains, rivers and oceans

LANDFORMS

WHAT IS LOCATION?

LOCATION

● LOCATION IS WHERE THINGS CAN BE FOUND

THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF LOCATIONS

● ABSOLUTE USES ADDRESSES OR LATITUDE/LONGITUDE FOR THE EXACT SPOT

● RELATIVE IS THE LOCATION

OF A PLACE IN RELATION

TO ANOTHER PLACE

WHAT IS HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION?

HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION DISCUSSES HOW HUMANS ADAPT AND CHANGE THEIR ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY LIVE

WHAT ARE REGIONS?

● REGIONS ARE AREAS WITH COMMON FEATURES

REGIONS CAN BE BASED ON THE ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE IN AN AREA

● LIKE THE RAINFOREST

● OR THE GREAT BARRIER REEF

REGIONS CAN BE NAMED BY DESCRIBING THE LAND OF AN AREA

● LIKE THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

● OR THE GRAND CANYON

REGIONS CAN DESCRIBE THE CULTURE OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE

● LIKE CHINATOWN ● OR LATIN AMERICA

WHAT IS MOVEMENT?

● MOVEMENT IS HOW PEOPLE, GOODS AND IDEAS MOVE AROUND THE EARTH

● RAP IS AN EXAMPLE OF MOVEMENT

MOVEMENT

● SHIPPING OF GOODS IS AN EXAMPLE OF MOVEMENT

● PEOPLE TRAVELLING IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF MOVEMENT

WHAT IS PLACE?

● PLACE DESCRIBES THE HUMAN AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF A LOCATION.

● PHYSICAL APPEARANCE INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION SUCH THINGS AS MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, BEACHES AND ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE OF A PLACE.

● HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDE THE HUMAN-DESIGNED CULTURAL FEATURES OF A PLACE, FROM LAND USE AND ARCHITECTURE TO FORMS OF LIVELIHOOD, RELIGION, FOOD AND HOW PEOPLE COMMUNICATE AND TRAVEL

Country: United States of America

State: Michigan

County:Wayne

Founded:1701

Incorporated:1806

CITY GOVERNMENT

• Type:Mayor-Council

• Mayor: Mike Duggan (D)

• City Council Members

Area

• City :143.0 sq mi (370 km2)

EXAMPLE OF PLACE

EXAMPLE OF PLACE

Human characteristics include the human-designed cultural features of a place, from land use and architecture to forms of livelihood and religion to food and folk ways to transportation and communication networks.

DON'T FORGET THE FIVE THEMES

QUESTION TIME!!!

1. WHAT IS THE DEFINITION FOR GEOGRAPHY?

2. GEOGRAPHY HAS HOW MANY THEMES?

3. NAME TWO TYPES OF LANDFORMS.

4. WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF LOCATION?

QUESTION TIME!!!

5. WHAT IS HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION?

6. GIVE AN EXAMPLE FOR REGION.

7. GIVE AN EXAMPLE FOR MOVEMENT.

8. DESCRIBE WHAT THE THEME PLACE IS ABOUT.