Download 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

NEWPORT, OREGON
What is Geography?
 The study of the physical features and people of the
Earth.
What are the 5 themes?
 Location
 Place
 Human-Environment Interaction (HEI)
 Movement
 Region
Location
 Absolute and Relative location
 Where is it located?
 Latitude and Longitude = absolute
 Next to, below, above, near to = relative
Location
 Describes where places are at on earth.
 Types of Location:
 ABSOLUTE: exact location on earth (fixed)
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Doesn’t change
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Latitude/Longitude
Hemispheres
Grid System
Address
 RELATIVE: compared to other places (variable)
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Changes dependent upon where you’re comparing it to.
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Miles
Distance
Direction
Absolute Location
 Examples:
 Rome is located at 41 N, 12 E
 Argentina is located in the southern hemisphere
 Ecuador is located in Tropic of Cancer.
 RHS is located in Redmond, OR.
Relative Location
 Examples:
 Rome is located near the Mediterranean Sea.
 Argentina is near Brazil.
 Ecuador is south of Mexico.
 Redmond is approximately 20 miles from Bend.
Place
 What does it look like?
 This describes the appearance and special
characteristics that set a place apart.
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Physical Characteristics
Cultural Characteristics
Physical Characteristics
 Specific to THAT place, not generic.
 The way a place looks.
 Created by nature.
 Mountains
 Rivers, Lakes, Seas
 Climate
 Vegetation
 Examples:
 Andes Mountains are in South America.
 Amazon River flows through Brazil.
 Pampas are located in Argentina.
 The isthmus of Panama connects Central & South America
Cultural Characteristics
 Specific to THAT place, not generic.
 Peoples activities change the way a place looks or is represented.
 Man-made or invented.
 Language
 Unique buildings
 Religious Practices
 Celebrations/traditions/holidays
 Examples:
 Portuguese is the official language of Brazil.
 Many Mexicans are Catholic.
 Mayan ruins are located in Mexico.
 Cinco de Mayo is a national holiday in Mexico.
Human-Environment Interaction
 How have people changed the environment?
 How has the environment changed people?
HEI
 The environment & people are interconnected.
 Consequences to those actions depend upon how
people choose to interact with the world and use their
resources.
 Positive/Negative
 Intentional/Accidental
 Favorable/Destructive
HEI
 Current Environmental Issues:
 Climate Change (global warming)
 Energy Resources
 Water Conservation
 Deforestation
Movement
 How is it connected to other places?
 Movement of information, goods, people and ideas
Movement
 Places do not exist in isolation.
 Interconnectedness of the world changes the way places
“look”.
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Today: “globalization”
 People, goods & ideas move from place to place.
 Examples
 Immigration from Latin America to US.
 War in Afghanistan (troops, supplies, ideas, people)
 Twitter, Facebook (ideas)
Region
 How can places be grouped?
 What makes it different from other places in the
world?
 Some places are defined by their government, others
by their language, some by their culture
Region
 The world is divided into different regions based
upon similarities & differences.
 Climate
 Location
 Beliefs
 Languages
 Ethnicity/Race
 Types:
 Formal
 Functional
 Perceptual
Formal Region
 Most common/familiar.
 Determined by the distribution of a uniform
characteristic (physical or cultural)
 Location
 Climate
 Religion
 Examples
 Central America (Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama)
 Latin America (spanish-speaking nations)
 Tropics (countries located near equator)
Functional Region
 Serves a purpose that affects places around it.
 Distributes goods/people
 Serves specific purpose
 Examples:
 Panama Canal
 Amazon River Basin
 Hollywood
Perceptual Region
 Groups of areas that provoke a certain stereotype or
feeling.
 Examples:
 The Bronx
 The “ghetto”
 China town
 Jersey Shore
Newport, Oregon
 Location
 Absolute: 44.6 N. Lat. by
124 W. Long.
 Relative: On the central
Oregon coast. 65 miles
west of Salem, the
capital of Oregon. North
of Florence and South of
Lincoln City.
Newport,
Oregon
 Place –
Physical:
Newport is a
fishing town
located on the
Pacific Ocean.
 Newport is
located on the
Oregon Coast,
with both
beaches and
rugged cliffs
lining the
ocean.
Place – Cultural
Commercial Fishing is part of
the coastal culture, as is eating
seafood.
HEI
 People have built homes
so close to the ocean,
that the environment is
changing how they live.
 Fishing docks have
affected the animals who
naturally live in the area.
Movement
 Information and people are
moved by road, plane,
ships, computers and
phones.
 Example: coastal
residents can find out
what time to expect shifts
in the tide by looking on
the internet.
 International research is
conducted in Newport,
Oregon on research vessels
moored there.
Region
 Formal:
 Part of the Pacific
Northwest Region
 Coastal Region – Ocean,
climate, location.
 Functional:
 Seafood Region
 Glass blowing and salt
water taffy Region
 Tourist Region
 Perceptual:
 Blue Collar Region
Region continued
Now it’s your turn. How can
you use the 5 themes to
describe Redmond?