Download 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY - Scott County School District 1

Warm-Up
1. List the five themes of geography.
2. What are the two types of location?
3. Describe the relative location of your seat in the
class.
4. What two types of characteristics describe a place?
5. Describe why England and the United States can be
a part of the same region?
5 THEMES OF
GEOGRAPHY
Location
Place
Region
Human Environment Interaction
Movement
Location
• Where is it?
– Absolute Location
– Relative Location
– Hemispheres
• Longitude and Latitude
• General area
• Equator
– 0 Latitude
• Prime Meridian
– 0 Longitude
Map Projections
Place
•What is it like?
•Physical Features
•Cultural
Characteristics
Region
• How are areas similar or different?
– Formal Regions: How book separates
– Functional Regions: Cities and
Suburbs
– Perceptual Regions: Midwest, South,
West….
Human Environment Interaction
• How do people relate to the physical
world?
– City Growth
– Dam Building
– Changing of Environment
Movement
• How do people, ideas and products
move from one area to another?
– Linear and Time Distance
– Psychological Distance
Longitude & Latitude
Find the following capitals
• Pg RA25
– 9N-79W
– 19N-98W
• RA27
– 1S-78W
• RA30-31
– 43N-14E
– 48N-4E
Review
1. List the five themes of geography.
2. What are the two types of location?
3. Describe the relative location of your seat in the
class.
4. What two types of characteristics describe a place?
5. Describe why England and the United States can be
a part of the same region?