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The Five Themes of Geography
The Five Themes of Geography are the ways
geographers organize information into five
specific categories
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Location
Place
Movement
Interaction
Region
Location – where something is on the
earth
• Absolute Location uses
latitude and longitude
• Relative makes
comparisons from a
known to an unknown
Place is a description of what an area
is like
• Geographers use both physical and human
characteristics to describe place
• Describe Greene County in terms of both
physical and human geographic place.
Interaction involves how people are
affected or affect their environment
• This theme looks at
modification and
adaptation
Movement deals with how people,
products, resources and ideas get from
location to location
Regions are areas with one or more
characteristics or features in common that give
them a particular commonality
• Regions tend to be grouped or organized by
physical characteristics, human characteristics, or
resources
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