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The Five
Themes of
Geography
Location
Location answers the question,
“Where is it?”
Absolute location – exact location such as an
address or latitude and longitude lines.
Relative location – explanation of where a
place is in reference to another (example: 2
blocks from the supermarket)
Region:
A region is an area that is
defined by certain similar characteristics.
Those unifying or similar characteristics can
be physical, natural, human, or cultural.
Regions
Regions are areas that share at
least one common feature or
physical characteristic
Countries, states and cities
are political regions.
Features such as climate
and culture can define
regions.
Places can be found in more than one region.
MAPS help us learn about
different REGIONS.
A Physical Map shows
the location of physical
features such as
landforms, bodies of
water and resources.
Some maps show a
regions natural resources.
You can also find the
climates in the regions
of a country.
Place: What is it like there?
What physical and human characteristics
will I find there?
-Physical characteristics include a description such
things as the mountains, rivers, beaches, topography, and
animal and plant life of a place.
- Human characteristics include the human-designed
cultural features of a place, from land use and architecture
to forms of livelihood and religion to food and folk ways to
transportation and communication networks.
Place
What is it like there?
Natural and human features identify places.
Specific places can be identified by…
landforms
language
climate
plants
people
culture
animals
Human Characteristics might include…
Physical Characteristics might include…
Movement
How do people, goods, and
ideas move from place to place?
What happens in one place affects another.
Interaction
How humans and their
environment affect each other.
People change their environment to make
their lives easier.
Environment affects how people live, work,
dress, travel and communicate.
Social Studies Homework:
Read M – M1 in your SS Textbook.
Copy this question in your Social
Studies binder and answer:
Write a detailed paragraph
describing your town or city, using
each of the five themes of
geography.