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Assignment #1: 5 Themes of
Geography
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Exploring the World Around Us
• What is Geography?
– Geo- “the earth”
– graphe “to describe”
– The study of people, their environments and
their resources.
5 Themes of Geography
Location
• Location: The exact position on
the Earth’s surface, can also be
relative.
• Lines of LATITUDE-measures
distances north/south of the
Equator.
• Line of LONGITUDE-measures
distances east or west of the
Prime meridian.
Place
• Geographers describe
places in terms of their
unique physical and
human characteristics.
• Physical characteristics:
landforms, climate, soil
and animal life
• Human characteristics:
people’s way of life-their
activities, means of
transportation, religion
and languages
Human Environmental
Interaction
• How people change or
adapt to their
environment
• Examples – tunnel,
landfill, bridge
• Can have positive and
negatives effects
Region
• An area with its own
unifying characteristics.
• These can be physical
characteristics such as
landforms or climate.
• Or-cultural, political, or
economic features.
• One country can belong to
several regions
Movement
• Migration
• Trade- goods exported or
imported
• Spread of ideas
• Interdependencedependence of countries
on goods, resources and
knowledge from other
parts of the world.