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WARM UP:
How does the changing relationship
between human beings and their
environment affect human life?
***Have a seat and get started right away! We have an
ENORMOUS amount of work to do today!
Today’s Topic: HEI and 5 Themes of Geography
continued…
Date: 9-1-15 and 9-2-15
Africa, Asia, Australia, p. 6
Review -5 Themes of Geography
Review -5 Themes of Geography
Location – Where do we live? How do we
compare it to other places?
Place – Describe where you live. What
characteristics do you use?
Human-Environment Interaction - How do we
change our surroundings to our benefit? At
what cost?
Movement – How did we get here? Why do
people move?
Regions – What region do we live in? How
do you know?
Location
•The importance of one thing in relation to
another.
• Relative location-location of place in relation to
another
• Absolute location-expressed in degrees of
longitude and latitude
• Ex. To identify a location, what continents or oceans are
near it? (Relative)
• Ex. Use latitude and longitude to identify an exact location
(absolute)
Place
• How one area is different from another, “Physical” or “Human”
characteristics
• Physical Characteristics: landforms, water forms, climate, soil,
plant and animal life
• Human Characteristics: amount people living in a certain
place, how close together
• they live, social traits, cultural traditions and political practices.
Ex. The climate of a rain forest is hot and rainy
• Ex. There are 3 million people live in Paris, France
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Human Environmental Interaction
• How people, use change and work with a place.
• Ex. Why is New York City a great seaport?
Movement
• Explains how, people, goods, ideas move from place to place
and change culture and the environment.
Ex. Marco Polo introduced pasta to Europeans, it came from Asia
• Ex. The Spaniards introduced horses to Latin America
• Ex. In the late 1800s, thousands of Europeans immigrated (moved) to the
United States
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Region
• Common characteristics about an area.
• Ex. What makes Hartford, Connecticut different from New
York City?
• Ex. Make comparisons to nearest neighbors, what makes the
USA different from the Caribbean?
In your notebook…
1. With your seatmate, determine which theme
defines each picture in the next slide.
2. In one complete sentence, justify your choice
for each picture.
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Sources
• http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/pier/classroom-
resources/FiveThemesGeography.pdf
Human Environment Interaction
Students will be able to explain how the changing
relationship between human beings and the
environment affects human life from early times to
the present through texts and written response.
• Geography?
Geography is the study of places and the relationships between
people and their environments.
The theme of human environment interaction considers two main
ideas:
1.
How people affect the environment and
2.
How the environment affects them.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57596648/excessive-rainsrotting-crops-in-southeastern-u.s/
• Explain
how consumers, workers, etc. are
impacted by the conditions of the
environment as described in the video.
• What
actions could be taken to adapt to
unusual weather patterns and the impact this
has on the economy.
Human Environment Interaction
The number of people in the world, the distribution
of populations around the globe and the migration
patterns of people from one region to another have
always had a large effect on all other types of change.
The study of population size, density and distribution is
called demography.
Today there are more than six billion human beings
on the planet. When students of today are twentysomething in 2025, they should expect to share the
earth with about 8.5 billion people. Compared to other
large animals, humans have multiplied at an
astounding rate. How is the earth capable of sustaining
such significant population increases? Simply put,
human innovation.
When the human population seems to reach a
limit, humans have often devised methods or
technology that has allowed them to settle a new
region or find new ways to extract energy and
resources from their surroundings. This, in turn,
has allowed the population to grow once more. In
short, human population growth has consisted of
a series of leaps forward. New skills and
technologies have made these leaps possible. We
will explore some of these innovations in our first
unit.
Discuss with your seatmate and be
prepared to answer.
How does human innovation (a
better way of doing things)
enable the earth to sustain
significant population increases?
Population growth has by no means
always been smooth. Demographic dips
have occurred, some rather severe.
Recent genetic research in human DNA
has shown that, at one point in history,
the existing homo sapiens population
took a headlong dive. The reasons for this
decline are unproven but it may have left
as few as 10,000 adult men and women in
the world. The numbers recovered but it
took centuries.
In another example, we will learn that in the
16th century, the Native American population may
have dropped as much as 95%. The principal
cause? Direct contact with people from Europe,
Asia, and Africa who carried a variety of infectious
diseases previously unknown in the Western
Hemisphere. In the 20th century alone, wars,
revolutions, genocides, epidemics and famines
have carried off tens of millions of people within
periods of as little as a single year. None of these
disasters, however, offset the accelerating
population growth of recent times.
Five Themes class assignment
Answer in your notebook using complete sentences:
1. The theme of Movement explains how people, goods and ideas move from place
to place. How are people, goods, and ideas transported in North Carolina? (2 ex.)
2.The theme of Region describes common traits of an area. Name another city/town
you have lived/visited other than Charlotte. Tell how this place is similar to and
different from Charlotte.
3. The theme of Human Environment Interaction is the relationship between people
and nature. People build bridges to go over water. People wear sunscreen. Describe
two ways you adapt to your environment. (Do not use the examples we talked
about.)
4.The theme of Location is measured two ways. The absolute location of Charlotte
is 35°n latitude And 80° w longitude. Relative location is finding where a place is by
describing its spot using landmarks. Use landmarks and street names to describe the
location of your neighborhood.
5.The theme of Place is a particular spot on Earth that is created by man or is
natural. What are the human and physical characteristics of Charlotte?
Human Environment Interaction
Discuss with your seatmate and be prepared to
answer:
How does the changing relationship between
human
beings and their environment affect human
life?
E.O.L. Discussion:
•Write
a paragraph (5-7) about how you
interact with the environment where
you
live.
•Include examples of human
environment interaction (how you have
adapted to the conditions around you).