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Learning Target-I can identify the important parts of a map and explain what the Five Themes of Geography are and how they relate to my life. Homework- Finish Worksheet on the Five Themes of Geography and vocabulary puzzle – Due on Tuesday, August 27 Warm-up – Briefly explain the difference between a primary source and a secondary source. Is a map a primary or a secondary source? Explain your answer? FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY OBJECTIVE OF THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY – FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY OBJECTIVE OF THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY – We will examine the Five Themes of Geography, explore how they aid geographic observation and analysis, identify some of the ways in which the geography of the United States has affected its development. FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY What are the Five Themes of Geography? FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY What are the Five Themes of Geography? A) Location B) Place C) Region D) Movement E) Human-Environment Interaction Theme 1: 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 and longitude A global address • Let’s look up Washington, D.C. on page R 2-3 in the back of our text. • It is found at 39° North Latitude and 77º West Longitude. • This is written like this 39°N/77ºW. • Now lets try – Louisville, Kentucky. • It is found at 38°N/86ºW. • What modern device uses absolute location? Relative Location • Describes where a place is in relation to another place • Uses descriptive and directional words to describe – You can use cardinal and intermediate directions Directions Cardinal • North • South • East • West Intermediate • Northeast • Southeast • Northwest • Southwest • Relative location of Washington, D.C. • It is located on the East Coast of the United States, about halfway between Maine and Florida and is found on the Potomac River between Virginia and Maryland. • Okay, let’s try Louisville, Kentucky • It is located in the Ohio River Valley, about halfway from the Gulf of Mexico in the South and Canada in the North and is found on the Ohio River between southern Indiana and northern Kentucky. Theme 2: Place a) Physical Characteristics • Land Features • Mountains, plains, and plateaus • Climate • Bodies of Water Theme 2: Place b) Human Characteristics • • • • • People Culture Language Religion Buildings and Landmarks • Cities Theme 3: Human Environment Interaction How People Interact With Their Environment People . . . • Adapt to Their Environment • Modify Their Environment • Depend on Their Environment • Pollute or ruin Their Environment Human Environment Interaction The interaction could be building a bridge, planting or cutting down a tree, building a dam, putting in a shopping mall, building a home/business or cutting the grass. Theme 4: Movement The Mobility of • People • Goods • Ideas How Places are linked to one another and the world The way this movement occurs changes over time. Technology affects all three types of movement. Washington, D.C.: Movement Movement of people in Washington, D.C. takes place many ways such as subway, cars, trolley and taxi’s, while the movement of goods can be by ship, train, tractor-trailer, etc. and the exchange of ideas by phones, text messaging, IM, email, snail mail, etc. Theme 5: Regions What Places Have in Common • Political Regions • Landform Regions • Agricultural Regions • Cultural Regions It includes shared characteristics such things as climate, language, religion, and political divisions.