Download Five Themes of Geography

Five Themes of Geography
Preview: write only in the white
space provided.. NOT IN BOXES
• Describe where you live.
Location
• Location is the position of a place on the
Earth’s surface
• Absolute location is the exact spot
• Relative location describes where it is in
relation to features around it
Place
• Place describes the characteristics of a
location that make it unique or different
(landforms, plants, animals, language,
weather patterns)
Human-Environment Interaction
• Human-Environment Interaction
describes how people affect their
natural surroundings and how
their environment affects them
• Environmental factors that
people cannot control
(temperature and natural
disasters)
Movement
• Explains how and why people, ideas, and
goods move from place to place (political
strife, war)
Regions
• Refers to areas of the
Earth’s surface that
have several common
characteristics (land,
natural resources,
population)
Process:
• Now using location, place, and region, describe
where you currently live.
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(absolute location…. Address)
(place… landforms)
(region… area of pa)
2403 Front Street
Near Susquehanna River
Central Pennsylvania
Word splash:
 Choose Three or more of the terms from the
words in the box to write a story using the 5
Themes of Geography. You may use words
more than once. Be sure to be creative, but
be specific, and use details as you tell your
story. Use your imagination.
DRAFT on front
• your story will continue on the back of this
paper.
Five theme foldable
• Outside:
Location
Place Human
Movement
Environment
Interaction
Five
Themes
Regions
Five Foldable
Outside
Location
Place
Human
Movement Regions
Environme
nt
Interaction
Inside
Top:
Definition
Example
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Five
Back:
NAME and BLOCK
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Themes
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Bottom: