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FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY BY: EGZONA BEKTESOSKI WHAT ARE THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY? • • • • LOCATION PLACE MOVEMENT HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION • REGIONS GEOGRAPHY • GEOGRAPHY IS THE STUDY OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE AND THE PROCESSES THAT SHAPE IT, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS, AND PEOPLE AND PLACE CONNECTIONS. • THE GEOGRAPHY OF A REGION NOT ONLY INCLUDES ITS PHYSICAL LANDSCAPE, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND CLIMATE BUT ALSO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SETTLED THERE AND THEIR DISTINCTIVE WAY OF LIFE. • LIKE HISTORIANS, GEOGRAPHERS USE THEMES TO HELP ORGANIZE THEIR STUDY OF GEOGRAPHY INTO PURPOSEFUL PATTERNS. PICTURE OF THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY LOCATION • A PLACE’S POSITION ON THE EARTH’S SURFACE. • LOCATION CAN BE EITHER ABSOLUTE OR RELATIVE. • ABSOLUTE LOCATION IS ONE PARTICULAR SPOT OF GROUND. • RELATIVE LOCATION IS COMPARED TO SOME OTHER PLACE EXAMPLES OF LOCATION • THE SOUTHEAST, BY VIRTUE OF ITS LOCATION ON THE ATLANTIC COAST, WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PARTS OF NORTH AMERICA SETTLED BY EUROPEANS. • LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ONE OF THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED URBAN AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES, IS LOCATED ATOP A NETWORK OF ACTIVE FAULT LINES. ITS SOUTHWEST LOCATION IS A MIXED BLESSING FOR LOS ANGELES- THE CITY ENJOYS A MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE, BUT IT LIVES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT EARTHQUAKES CAN STRIKE AT ANY TIME. PLACE • A PLACE’S PHYSICAL AND HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS TELL WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT IT AND WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT FROM ALL OTHERS. LANDFORMS, CLIMATE, AND CULTURE COMBINE TO MAKE UP THE PARTICULAR FLAVOR OF A PARTICULAR PLACE. EXAMPLES OF PLACE • SETTLEMENT OF THE GREAT PLAINS COINCIDED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF MACHINES FOR PLOWING, PLANTING, AND HARVESTING ON A GRAND SCALE; THE COMBINATION MADE THE MIDWEST A SUPPLIER OF MEAT AND GRAIN TO THE WORLD. • RIVERS HAVE HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON AMERICAN HISTORY AND LIFE. THE CONFLUENCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO RIVERS SOUTH OF CAIRO, ILLINOIS IN THE HEART OF THE MIDWEST, IMPARTS A SPECIAL QUALITY TO LAND THAT IS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE FOUND IN THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. WATER IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE TO BOTH PLACES- IN THE MIDWEST FOR ITS ABUNDANCE, IN THE SOUTHWEST FOR ITS LACK. HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION • THE THEME OF HUMAN/ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION DESCRIBES HOW PEOPLE USE, AFFECT, AND ARE AFFECTED BY THEIR SURROUNDINGS. THROUGH SUCH INTERACTION, PEOPLE CHANGE THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY LIVE. EXAMPLES OF HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION • WARM CLIMATE, ABUNDANT RAINFULL, AND RICH SOIL COMBINED TO MAKE LARGE PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST IDEALLY SUITED FOR THE CULTIVATION OF COTTON. THE USE OF SLAVE LABOR FOR THIS INDUSTRY SET THE STAGE FOR A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH THAT BECAME THIS NATION’S BLOODIEST WAR. • FISHING BOATS PLY THE COASTAL WATER OF THE NORTHEAST IN SEARCH OF SUCH DELICACIES AS LOBSTER. THE NUTRIENT-RICH WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC DREW PEOPLE OT THE SEAS. YET CENTURIES OF FISHING HAVE REDUCED THE OCEAN’S BOUNTY. MOVEMENT • PEOPLE INTERACTING ACROSS THE GLOBE EXEMPLIFIES INTERDEPENDENCE, THE NEED HUMANS HAVE TO UTILIZE SKILLS AND RESOURCES FROM AROUND THE EARTH. • INTERDEPENDENCE IS MUTUAL DEPENDENCE ON THINGS. • PEOPLE TRAVEL, COMMUNICATE, AND TRADE GOODS, IDEAS, AND INFORMATION, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS CULTURAL DIFFUSION. EXAMPLES OF MOVEMENT • SOUTHWESTERNERS WHO LIVE ALONG THE BORDER BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO CAN EXPERIENCE DRAMATIC CHANGES IN CULTURE AND LIFESTYLE BY SIMPLY WALKING A FEW FEET FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER. THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE BETWEEN COUNTRIES HAS POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATION. • LEWIS AND CLARK, GUIDED BY TE SHOSHONE WOMAN SACAJAWEA, WERE THE VANGUARD FOR WAVE AFTER WAVE OF AMERICANS SEEKING LAND AND ADVENTURE IN THE WEST. REGIONS • REGIONS IS THE ULTIMATE THEME OF GEOGRAPHY. REGIONS, HOW AREAS FORM AND CHANGE, DISPLAY UNITY THROUGH THEIR CHARACTERISTICS, SOME PHYSICAL, AND SOME HUMAN. EXAMPLES OF REGIONS • THE NORTHEAST, LIKE OTHER COASTAL REGIONS AROUND THE WORLD, USED ITS NATURAL ADVANTAGES TO BECOME A CENTER OF FISHING, SHIPPING, AND TRADE. YANKEE CLIPPER SHIPS WERE THE FASTEST MERCHANT VESSELS IN THE WORLD; IN 1854 THE FLYING CLOUD SET A RECORD OF 89 DAYS, 8 HOURS, BETWEEN BOSTON AND SAN FRANCISCO. • NEW ENGLAND IS KNOWN NOT ONLY FOR ITS BRILLIANT FOLIAGE BUT ALSO FOR ITS CHARMING COUNTRYSIDE OF SMALL VILLAGES INHABITED BY DESCENDANTS OF EARLY SETTLERS WHOS MOTTO WAS, “USE IT UP, WEAR IT OUT, MAKE IT DO.” HICKSVILLE • LOCATION: RELATIVE LOCATION: LEVITTOWN ABSOLUTE LOCATION: LATITUDE: 40.76⁰ N LONGITUDE: 73.52⁰W • HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION: > CARS- POLLUTION, TREES- ARE CUT DOWN • REGIONS: ENGLISH, NORTH AMERICA • PLACE: HICKSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, FRIENDLY’S, STARBUCKS, AND TROPICAL SMOOTHIE. • MOVEMENT: TELEPHONE, EMAIL, TEXT, PHONES, INTERNET. STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES IT SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS YOU CAN TAKE OUT PLACE BECAUSE WE HAVE RELATIVE AND LOCATION IT CAN CONNECT PEOPLE AND PLACES YOU CAN TAKE OUT MOVEMENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION ORGANIZES THE GEOGRAPHY INTO SPECIFIC PURPOSEFUL PATTERNS YOU CAN TAKE OUT HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN USE COMMON SENSE ON HOW TO INTERACT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT. PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW WHETHER THEY ACT POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY WORK CITED PAGE • AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY CRASH COURSE, BY: DR. CHRISTIAN SAWYER • AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY BARRONS • HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, MALINOWSKI/ KAPLAN • CITY-DATA.COM • HISTORY OF A FREE NATION BY HENRY W. BRAGDON, SAMUEL P. MCCUTCHEN, DONALD A. RITCHIE