Download The 5 Themes of Geography

The 5 Themes of Geography
Location
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Regions
Location
– Absolute:
Latitude and Longitude
GPS system
Exact location on the globe: Hemispheres, Prime
Meridian, Equator, North and South Poles
– Relative:
Is the location close to other places?
*Florida is south of Massachusetts
*Cape Cod is on the East Coast
Place
Every place has features that make it unique
from all other places.
Physical Characteristics
Human Characteristics
• Landforms- mountains,
• How many people
plateaus, plains, mesa
live, work or visit a
place.
• Vegetation- rain forest,
desert plants, redwoods
• What are the
languages, customs,
• Climate- average and
and beliefs.
extreme weather
• Government, economy
Human Environment Interaction
• How do people interact
with their environment
(building a dam, cutting
down trees, home
construction)
• How does the
environment affect people
(hurricanes, volcanoes,
levees, drought, deer
population)
Region
• The area of land with one or more common
characteristics.
• Regions can have the same language,
religion, historical background, landforms,
and many other criteria.
Movement
• Movement of people, products,
information and earth
• Plate tectonics and earthquakes
are movement
• People moving from one place
to another to live.
• Movement of informationtechnology.
How has Hurricane Katrina
affected the 5 Themes?
•What was the LOCATION of this event?
•What made this area unique? PLACE
•What was the common characteristic of the
REGION and what impact did the REGION
have on the surrounding area?
•What evidence was there of
HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION?
•How was MOVEMENT involved during
and after? (People, communication, land)