Mr. Blacks Road Trip

San Diego or BUST!!

5 Themes of Geography

1. Location: “What is it like there?”

2. Place: “Where is it?”

3. Region: “What makes it like other places?”

4. Movement: “How people and places stay connected?”

5. Human Environment Interaction: “How humans and the environment interact?”

Staring point: Skowhegan, ME

• Downtown Skowvegas.

Destination: San Diego, CA

Route: East coast to West coast

• http://www.mapquest.com/maps?1c=Skowhegan&1s=ME&2c=San+Diego&2s=CA

The first theme is Location, Location, Location: Where is it?

Broken into 2 Parts

A. ABSOLUTE

B. RELATIVE

ABSOLUTE LOCATION

• Absolute Location is the exact location of a place. On a global level latitude and longitude is used, while on a more local level, street addresses are used.

• What is the absolute location of Skowhegan Area High School?

Absolute Location

• Skowhegan, ME• Is located at 44.765

N Latitude and 69.719W Longitude.

• The elevation is 171 feet

• San Diego, CA• Is located at 32.57

N. Latitude and 116.98W Longitude. The elevation is 72 feet.

Relative Location• Relative Location is where a

place is located in relation to other places.

• Maine is located in the north eastern part of the U.S. and is bordered by New Hampshire and Canada

• California is located on the west coast of the U.S between Oregon and Baja California. Mexico’s northern most province.

Relative Location

• Skowhegan is located in central Maine along the Kennebec River.

• San Diego is located in Southern California along the pacific coast and is one of the most southern cities.

PLACE - What is it like?

Broken into:

A.Physical Characteristics

B. Cultural Characteristics

Place - Physical Characteristics

• When you describe a place in physical characteristics you’ll include such things as: climate, topography, vegetation and water. Anything that nature produces!

Place - Cultural Characteristics

Cultural Characteristics of a place would include population, building style, languages spoken, transportation systems and more.

Human Environment Interaction:

• How do Humans and the environment interact?

1.Use

2.Adapt

3.Change

Human Environment Interaction

• Use- 110 gallons of gasoline will be burnt during my 3,300 mile trip.

• Adapt- I will need to pack summer clothes to adapt to San Diego’s Mediterranean climate. Sun screen will be key as well.

• Change-2,134 Ibs of Carbon will be released into the atmosphere during my trip increasing global warming.

Movement: How people and places stay connected?

People goods and ideas

are connected in three

ways:

A. Transportation

B. Communication

C. Interdependence

Movement:

A. Transportation- Car, Trains, Sub-Way, Trolley, Boats,

B. Communication- Cell phones, On-star, GPS, Maps

C. Interdependence- Gasoline, Food, Shelter (Hotels),

REGION: What makes it like other places?

• The uniting characteristic can be either: physical or cultural.

• Physical

• Cultural

REGION: Physical Characteristics

• For example California, Oregon and Washington are all part of the coastal west region. All have coast lines on the Pacific and have similar climate.

• Maine is part of the New England region which shares similar topography and climate.

Region: Cultural Characteristics

• Maine: Industry based economy, Tourism, Agriculture, Fishing.

• California: Tourism, Agriculture, Fishing, Tech Industry, (Microsoft, Aero Space,).

The End• Hope you enjoyed the show and

learned a little too.

• If not blame Mr. Black.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego

3. http://www.picsearch.com/inf

4. http://www.picsearch.com/search.cgi?q=san%

5. http://www.picsearch.co/search.cgi?q=traffic+jam

6. http://www.realestate3d.com/gps/latlong.htm

7. http://www.pge.com/myhome/environment/calculator/

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