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Five Themes of Geography
Five Themes of Geography
√ Movement
√Region
√ Human-Environment Interaction
√ Location
√Place
 These themes help us ask questions as we
study the Earth.
(MR. HELP)
Five Themes of Geography
Location
 Where is a place?
 A place’s location
can be described in
either absolute or
relative terms.
Five Themes of Geography
Location
Absolute Location
 Gives a specific location or an address for a
place.
 Examples:
 9695 Schaefer Road. is a specific location…It is
where you will find Judson Middle School.
 29°N, 98°W is a specific location…It is where you
will find San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Five Themes of Geography
Location
Relative Location
 Gives a place’s location in relation to other
places.
 Examples:
 San Antonio is in Southern Texas.
 San Antonio is in the Western United States.
 San Antonio is in North America.
 San Antonio is east of New Mexico.
Five Themes of Geography
Place
 Every place on Earth has features that
distinguish it from other places…things that
make it special.
 Think about San Antonio and the surrounding
area, what makes it unique from other cities?
Five Themes of Geography
Place
Physical Characteristics-- Naturally
occurring elements within our world, they
include landforms, vegetation, and climate.
Nature made, naturally occurring
Five Themes of Geography
Place
 Human Characteristics-- People created
elements within our world, they include how
people live, work, & play, customs, beliefs,
religions, economic & government systems.
Man made things or concepts
Five Themes of Geography
Human-Environment Interaction
This theme involves how people use their
environment and how the environment
affects people.
People
Environment
They directly impact each other
Five Themes of Geography
Human-Environment Interaction
We ask the following questions:
 Have they changed it?
 What are the consequences of those
changes?
 How have people responded to changes in
their environment?
Five Themes of Geography
Movement
This theme involves how people, goods, and ideas
move from one place to another.
We ask the following questions:
 What methods of transportation is used?
 What helps or inhibits the movement?
 Why is it moving? Where is it going?
Five Themes of Geography
Movement
 Some examples: (write some examples)
 automobiles, trains, boats, airplanes,
 telephone, television, radio,
 Internet
Can you think of any others?
Five Themes of Geography
Regions
This theme involves what one place has in
common with another place.
 Many different criteria can be used to define
regions, so the same place may be found in
several different regions.
Five Themes of Geography
Regions
 A region is a group
of places with one
or more common
characteristics.
The
United States of America can be divide
into regions in many different ways, depending
on what characteristics you wish to use.
Five Themes of Geography
As we study World Geography this year we
will use
 Movement,
 Regions,
 Human-Environment Interaction,
 Location, and
 Place to help us explore the world.