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The Five Themes of Geography
1.
Location: Where in the world an area is. The “global” address of a certain
area on Earth
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Relative Location:
Tells where a place is in relation to other places.
Where something is by.
Describe the relative location of Venice, IL:
5 Miles East of St. Louis, MO
2 Miles South of Granite City, IL
1.5 Miles East of the Mississippi
 Absolute Location:
The exact position of a place on Earth
The absolute location of Venice, IL is: 38.68N, Latitude, 90.17W
Longitude
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. Place: A location’s physical and human features
 Physical (Characteristics) Features:
Features that occur naturally: land and water forms, plant and animal
life, soil, climate
Physical Features of Venice, IL:
 Human (Characteristics) Features
Features created by people who live in the “place”
3.
Human-Environment Interaction: How people affect the environment
and how the environment affects the people
 Environment:: Natural features of the Earth.
 How we affect the environment:
 How the environment affects us:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4. Movement: How people, goods, and ideas get from place to place
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Movement in and around Venice, IL:
People:
Goods:
Ideas:
5. Region: Areas that have something in common.
 Characteristics that describe a region:
Physical: Location, size, landforms, climate, soil,
Cultural: Language, religion, government, history
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MR. Help: A way to remember the names of the five themes of Geography:
Movement
Regions
Human and
Environmental Interaction
Location
Place