Download 5 themes of geography

5 THEMES OF
GEOGRAPHY
Elements of Geography
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Location
Place
Region
Movement
HumanEnvironment
Interaction
Location
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Absolute location – exact spot
on a map
• Latitude and longitude – cuts earth
into Hemispheres – two halves
 Northern hemisphere
 Southern hemisphere
 Eastern hemisphere
 Western hemisphere
• Address of location
Location
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Relative location – where a place is
in relation to other places
• Kempner HS is across and down the
street from Burger King
• Sugar Land is SW of Houston
• Mrs. Tenczar’s class is in the 2nd hallway
in the Social Studies wing
Place
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A particular space with physical and
human meanings – characteristics
• Schools are inside buildings intended for
learning
• Parks are outside and intended for
recreation
• Sugar Land is a suburban city with
businesses, quality schools, and nice
neighborhoods
Regions
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Areas united by
specific or common
factors
• Formal region –
common
characteristic
such as a
product
manufactured
there or activity
 Corn belt
 Wall Street
Regions
• Functional region – central place and its’
surroundings
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Houston metropolitan area
• Perceptual region – popular feelings or
images that define an area
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Lone Star State
Bible Belt
Movement
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The ongoing migration of people and
exchange of goods and ideas
• Immigration from another country,
state, or city
• Trade
• Spread of religions and ways of life that
can transform a place
Human-Environment Interaction
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How people and the environment get
along, or how one changes the other
• Nomads use to travel from place to
place, using the resources available
• As people settled they began to farm,
cutting down vegetation and altering the
environment
• People built homes,
streets, then cars, etc…