5 Themes of Geography

What is geography?

Geography is the study of the earth and the way people live on it and use it

5 themes of Geography

Location

Place

MovementHuman Interaction

Regions

LOCATIONWhere are we?

1. Absolute Location– A latitude and longitude (global

location) or a street address (local location).

– Paris France is 48o North Latitude and 2o East Longitude.

You

are

Here

Location – Con’t

2. Relative Location– Described by

landmarks, time, direction or distance From one place to another.

– Go 1 mile west on main street and turn left for 1 block.

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Your turn

Using Relative Location - List five ways that Courtenay is connected to a nearby town- you can use your atlas. Share with a partner

Small Project – Part 1Choose a City in Canada (Ontario, Manitoba,

Alberta, BC or Atlantic Provinces. Gather the absolute location and a short paragraph on Relative location. Use your Atlas. DO NOT LOOSE THIS!

Example

Courtenay Another Place

Relative Location 1.2.3.4.

1.2.3.4.Make into paragraph

Absolute Location

PLACEWhat is it like there, what kind of place is it?

1. Human Characteristics

• What are the main languages, customs, and beliefs.

• How many people live, work, and visit a place.

Human Characteristics

Population distribution

Settlement

OccupationRecreation

Beliefs & Ideas

PLACE – Con’t

2. Physical Characteristics

• Landforms (mountains, rivers, etc.), climate, vegetation, wildlife, soil, etc. Physical

Characteristics

Landforms

Vegetation

Bodies of Water

Soil

Natural Resources

Climate

Your turn

Small Project – Part 2

Use your atlas to find information on your city for:-population

- any customs

- landforms, vegetation, bodies of water, natural resources

**create a climate graph

Your turn

Using your chart, write a 10 sentence description of your place.

Example:

This city has over 1 million people and is located on the Canadian prairies. It was once called “The Gateway to the North”. It is in the province between BC and Saskatchewan. The North Saskatchewan river flows through it. It has distinct four seasons – winter, spring, summer and fall and can be quite cold in the winter and hot in the summer. You can see the mountains from the west side of the city. It is south of the oil patch. It is north of Calgary.

More – your turn

• Exchange with another student:• Read theirs• Write your guess of ‘their’ spot on the

bottom of their paper• Add – what made it hard / easy to guess

‘the spot”

Human/Environment Interaction

How do people interact with and change their environment?

Depend on the environment – people depend on the Comox Lake for water

Adapt to the environment – people wear warmer clothing in the winter

Modify the environment – we build dams

Nearly every human activity leaves its mark on the environment

Strathcona Park

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Environment small project #3How do people interact with the environment with the city

you have chosenDEPEND uponThe environment

ADAPT toThe environment

Modify / changeThe environment

•Drive cars•Watering lawns?

MOVEMENT

• How are people, goods, ideas moved from place to place?– Human Movement

• Trucks, Trains, Planes

– Information Movement• Phones, computer (email), mail

– Idea Movement• How do fads move from place to place?

TV, Radio, Magazines

Superbowl ads

Your turn

ITEM Manufactured Raw Materials Needed

Find 5 things that you have on you at the moment.

What is the most likely form of transportation from the place of manufacture to you.

Mini project - 4

• Write a paragraph on ways that ideas, people and goods travel from one place to another.

Regions

What are their unifying features and how do they form and change over time?

Regions can be defined on the basis of physical and human characteristics

Remembering the 5 themes• If you can’t remembering what

they are just ask MR. HELP!!!•M – Movement•R – Regions•HE – Human Environment interaction• L – Location• P - Place

Your assignment• Describe you and

your family using the 5 Themes of Geography.

• Make sure you use every theme.

• Type your biography, double space OR chart it like the example