Download 5 Themes of Geography

THE 5 THEMES OF
GEOGRAPHY
THE FIVE THEMES OF
GEOGRAPHY
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Location
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Regions
LOCATION
Where are we?
• Absolute Location
– A latitude and longitude
(global location) or a
street address (local
location).
– Paris France is 48o North
Latitude and 2o East
Longitude.
– The White House is
located at 1600
Pennsylvania Ave.
• Relative Location
– Described by landmarks,
time, direction or
distance. From one place
to another.
– Go 1 mile west on main
street and turn left for 1
block.
PLACE
What is it like there, what kind of place is it?
• Human
• Physical
Characteristics
Characteristics
• What are the main
languages, customs, and
beliefs.
• How many people live,
work, and visit a place.
• Landforms (mountains,
rivers, etc.), climate,
vegitation, wildlife, soil, etc.
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION
• How do humans and the environment affect
each other?
– We depend on it.
• People depend on the Chicago River/Lake Michigan for water
and transportation.
– We modify it.
• People modify our environment by
heating and cooling buildings for comfort.
– We adapt to it.
• We adapt to the environment by wearing
clothing suitable for summer (shorts) and
winter (coats), rain and shine.
MOVEMENT
• How are people, goods, ideas moved from place
to place?
– Human Movement
• Trucks, Trains, Planes
– Information Movement
• Phones, computer (email), mail
– Idea Movement
• How do fads move from place to place?
TV, Radio, Magazines
REGIONS
• How are Regions similar to and different from other
places?
– Formal Regions
• Regions defined by governmental or administrative boundaries (States,
Countries, Cities)
• Regions defined by similar characteristics (Midwest region, Corn Belt,
Rocky Mountain region, Chinatown).
– Functional Regions
• Regions defined by a function (newspaper service area, cell phone
coverage area).
– Vernacular Regions (Not in your book)
• Regions defined by peoples perception (middle east, the south, etc.)
Predominant religion
Let’s Review The Five Fundamental
Themes of Geography
1) Location: the meaning of relative and
absolute position on the earth's surface
 Sample terms: Latitude and longitude, site
and situation, direction, distance, scale
 Skills: Map reading, identification
 Questions: Where is ____? Where is ____
relative to where I am?
Five fundamental themes of
geography
2) Place: the distinctive and distinguishing
physical and human characteristics of locales
 Sample terms: Physical and cultural
landscapes, sense of place
 Skills: Description, compare and contrast
 Questions: What does ____ look like? Why?
How is it different from ____?
Five fundamental themes of
geography
3) Relationships within places: the development
and consequences of human-environment
relationships
 Sample terms: Ecosystems, natural resources,
environmental pollution
 Skills: Evaluation, analysis
 Questions: What human-environment
relationships are occurring? How do they
affect the place and its inhabitants?
Five fundamental themes of
geography
4) Movement: patterns and change in human
spatial interaction on the earth
 Sample terms: Migration, diffusion,
globalization
 Skills: Explanation, prediction
 Questions: How has this spatial pattern
developed? Will it continue to change? What
does it mean for the places involved?
Five fundamental themes of
geography
5) Regions: how they form and change
 Sample terms: Formal vs. functional regions
 Skills: Synthesis, application
 Questions: How has this spatial pattern
developed? Will it continue to change? What
does it mean for the places involved?
Remembering the 5 themes
• If you can’t remembering what they
are just ask MR. HELP!!!
• M – Movement
• R – Regions
• HE – Human Environment interaction
• L – Location
• P - Place
Your assignment
• Describe you and your family using the 5
Themes of Geography.
• Make sure you use every theme.
• Type your biography, double space.
Longitude and Latitude
City of Chicago as a grid
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