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World Geography
Mrs. Robertson
Five Themes of Geography
• The five themes of Geography were created as a
means of organization to better teach World
Geography. They include:
• Location
• Place
• Human-Environment Interaction
• Movement
• Region
5 Themes
Location: Where is it?
– Absolute: precise/exact:
• Street address,
latitude/longitude
• Hemisphere: Hemi (half)
sphere (circle)—Half circle
• Latitude (parallels)--flatitude/ladder
– Equator (0 degrees)
– Tropic of Cancer 23.5
degrees NORTH
– Tropic of Capricorn23.5
degrees SOUTH
Location cont.
Longitude (meridians)
Prime Meridian –
Greenwich, England
(0 degrees)
Relative Location:-Where a place is in
relation to another
place.
Place: What is it like there?
• --physical features—
(land, water, weather,
soil, and plant and
animal life)
–
Examples: Utah lake,
Jordan river, Ochre
mountains, desert
• --cultural (human)
features (people’s
activities, religions,
languages, and
cultural backgrounds
–
Examples:
neighborhoods, Lehi roller
mills, Cabelas, legacy
center, Christian, English,
Caucasian
Human/Environmental Interaction: covers the
ways people and environments interrelate
with and affect each other.
• How the land is used? (DEPEND)
– Water, food, shelter
• How the land or area is modified? How have we
changed the land? (CHANGE)
– Houses, schools, pioneer crossing,
less and less farmland
∙
How have people adapted? (ADAPT)
--lighter clothes in the summer/ Heavier clothes in
winter.
--road construction
Movement
• GOODS, IDEAS, PEOPLE
• This theme studies the
movement and migration of
people as well as their ideas
and goods between nations.
• (ideas, fads, goods,
resources, and
communication)
Region
• Areas that share similar
characteristics.
– Ex. Rocky Mountain
Region
Different types of Regions
• Formal Region- has one or more common features
that make it different from surrounding areas. (official
boundaries, such as cities, states, counties, and
countries)
• Functional Region- are made up of different places
that are linked together and function as a unit.
– Example a city transit system
• Perceptual regions- reflect humans feelings and
attitudes.
– Ex. The South, The Mid-west
Works Cited
http://geography.about.com/od/teachgeography/a/5themes.htm
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/9800000/Great-Mountainsmountains-andwaterfallshttps://www.google.com/search?q=human+characteristics+of+a+place&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&s
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