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The Five Themes of Geography
Textbook Pages 15
and Page 18
5 Themes of Geography
Mr. Help
M-----MovementR-----RegionHE-----Human Environmental
InteractionL-----LocationP-----Place
Location
Where is it?
Location
Where something is
Location
Absolute Location —the exact position of a spot on the earth
Relative Location--- the position
of a spot in relation to another spot on the earth
Location
Absolute Location The latitude and longitude of a spot The address of a spot Exact location
Relative Location-• The location of a spot in relation to another• Near, by, next to, north of, etc.
Place
What’s it like?
Place
What’s it like?Physical CharacteristicsHuman Characteristics
Place
What’s it like?Makes the location UNIQUE
PLACE
Place--What’s It Like?
Physical Characteristics:
landforms, bodies of water, climate, soil, plant life and animal life (FYI)
Place--What’s It Like?
Human Characteristics:how many people live somewhere, how close together they live , social traits, cultural traditions and political institutions (FYI)
Human Environmental Interaction
Way of Life
Human and Environmental Interaction
* Humans interact with their environment
* The environment interacts with and affects people
Human Environmental Interaction
Way of Life
Positive and negative interactions
Human & Environmental Interaction
Human Environmental Interaction
How people interact with the environment and how the environment interacts with people
Depend Adapt Modify
Human Environmental Interaction
(FYI)People DEPEND on the environmentPeople ADAPT to the environmentPeople MODIFY their environment
Human and Environmental Interaction
* Humans interact with their environment (FYI)
* Depend---(Basic needs, recreational activities)
* Adapt---(Clothing, housing, way people use land)
* Modify---(People change the environment--heat, air conditioning, farming, mining, irrigation)
Movement
Moving people, goods and ideas
Transportation and Communication
MOVEMENT
MOVEMENT
•Movement means change.
•How and why people and things move and how they are connected
Region
Group areas by unifying characteristics or like characteristics
Areas that show common characteristics
Makes the study of geography more MANAGEABLE.
REGION
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Globes
Advantage:
Represent true land shape, distances, and directions
Globes and Maps
Advantage:
Globes are the MOST accurate way to show the round earth.
Disadvantages of Globes
Too big, awkward to carry around
Cannot show the whole world at one time
Disadvantages of Globes
Difficult to carryCannot show detailed
information
THEREFORE, Geographers use maps!!!!!
Map--- A drawing of the earth shown on a flat surface.
Maps: Disadvantages
Every map has DISTORTIONS.Distorts, or change, the
accuracy of shapes and distances.
Maps
Every map has DISTORTIONS.ShapeSizeDirectionDistance
No map is completely accurate BUT all maps can be useful for certain purposes.
Map Advantages
Show small areas in great detail
Transport easily
Map Advantages
Display different types of information, such as population densities or natural resources or climate, etc.
