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from the cabinet and continue
your table of contents!!
• Your Table of Contents should only go up
to pg 4.
• If you run out of room, DO NOT use pg. 5
• Raise your hand, and I will help you
• You have 10 minutes!!
The 5 Themes of
Geography
Location
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Regions
By: Stephanie Newhall
What is Geography?
ge·og·ra·phy
1 : a science that deals with the
description, distribution, and
interaction of the diverse
physical, biological, and
cultural features of the earth's
surface
Source-Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary
In plain English…
Geography is the study of the
earth and everything on it.
Where did the 5 themes come
from?
• The 5 Themes of Geography originated by
the National Geographic Society to fulfill a
need for geographers (people who study
the earth and everything on it) categorize
everything they learn.
And the 5 themes are…
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Location
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Regions
Location
• Where is it?
• Why is it there?
Two Types of Location
• Absolute
• Relative
Absolute Location
• A specific place on the Earth’s surface
• Uses a grid system– latitude &
longitude
• A global address
North Carolina: Absolute
Location
• North Carolina
36° N
79° W
• Kannapolis
35°, 49’ N
80°, 61’ W
Relative Location
• Where a place is in relation to another
place
• Uses directional words to describe
– Cardinal and intermediate directions
North Carolina: Relative
Location
• North Carolina is bordered by Virginia
to the north, South Carolina to the
south, the Atlantic Ocean to the east,
and Tennessee to the west.
• North Carolina is in the geographic
east of the contiguous United States.
• North Carolina is a Southern state.
Place
• What is it like there?
• What kind of place is it?
• We look at the physical
and human characteristics
to identify a place.
Physical Characteristics
• Land features
• Mountains,
plains, and
plateaus
• Climate
• Bodies of water
North Carolina: Physical
Features
Human Characteristics
• People
• Culture
• Language
• Religion
• Buildings and landmarks
• Cities
• Customs and beliefs
• How many people live, work, and visit
a place.
North Carolina: Human
Characteristics
Human-Environment Interaction
• How people interact with their environment
• People . . .
– Adapt to their environment
– Modify their environment
– Depend on their environment
North Carolina: Human-Environment
Interaction
Movement
• The mobility of
– People
– Goods
– Ideas
• How places are linked to one another
and the rest of the world.
North Carolina: Movement
Regions
• What places have in
common.
– Political regions (countries,
states, counties, cities)
– Landform regions (Rocky
Mountains, Death Valley)
– Agricultural regions
(Cornbelt, Bread basket)
– Cultural regions
(Chinatown, Little Italy)
North Carolina: Regions
If you can’t remember the
5 themes of Geography,
just ask Mr. Help!
• M– Movement
• R– Regions
• HE– Human-Environment Interaction
• L– Location
• P– Place
5 Themes Illustrations (pg. 7)
• For each of the 5
themes of Geography, I
want you to draw a
picture that illustrates
the meaning
• Guidelines
– MUST be colored
– Can include stick figures
– Can include words