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Location
Place
Human-Environment
Interaction
Movement
Regions
WHERE IS IT?
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Definition: Describes where places are
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There are two ways to describe location:
 Absolute
 Relative
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Its location on the globe
 Using longitude (long, up and down) and
latitude (side to side) lines
▪ Paris France is 48o North Latitude and 2o East
Longitude.
 Street address (local location).
▪ The White House is located at 1600 Pennsylvania
Ave.
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Latitudeeast to west
 E and W
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LongitudeNorth to
South
 N and S
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Location based on what is around it
 Compare it to other places
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Examples:
 Close to, far from, a mile passed, etc…
 Cardinal direction- North, east, south, west
▪ Northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest
 Hemispheres- Northern, Southern, East, West
What is it like there?
What are the physical and human
characteristics?
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Defined by culture; human ideas and actions
What are the main languages, customs, and
beliefs.
How many people live, work, and visit a
place.
Food, music, art, holidays
Ethnic groups
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Defined by nature
Landforms (mountains, plains, hills….)
Bodies of water (rivers, lakes, oceans…)
Climate/weather
Vegetation/ plant life
Wildlife/ animals
Natural resources
How do people adapt to, change , or
depend on the environment?
How do goods, people and ideas
get around?
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Human Movement
 Trucks, Trains, Planes, Boats, Cars, Bicycles
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Information Movement
 Phones, computer (email), mail, fax, video
conferencing
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Idea Movement
 How do fads move from place to place?
▪ TV, Radio, Magazines, Social media
WHAT ARE THE COMMON
FEATURES OF AN AREA?
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Definition: Group of places that have one
common characteristic
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3 Types:
 Formal Regions
 Functional Regions
 Perceptual Regions
1. Formal Regions:
Certain
characteristics are
found throughout
the area
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Ex:
 Political Regions-
states, countries, cities
 Climate Regions
https://www.killeenisd.org/teacherDocs/c7/e1
605/documents/WhatisaRegion-103461.pdf
2. Functional Regions:
One place that affects
the surrounding areas
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Ex: Tennessee River
Valley Region
 The TN River affects the
valley because it supplies
water
3. Perceptual Regions- Defined by people’s
emotions associated
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Ex: Dixie, has no “boundaries” but people
have associated feelings with that region
 If you can’t remembering what
they are just ask MR. HELP!!!
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M – Movement
R – Regions
HE – Human Environment interaction
L – Location
P - Place