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Geography Part 1
• Geography is the study of the Earth, its
physical features, and the people and
creatures who live on it.
Just as you affect the environment, the
environment affects where you live, what
you do, where you go, and what you see.
The Five Themes of Geography
Geographers use the Five Themes of
Geography to learn more about how people
use the land.
The Five Themes are:
• Location
• Place
• Human-Environment Relationships
• Movement
• Region
Location
• Relative location is
using landmarks or
street names to explain
where you are located.
– Example: next door to
the bank or Addresses
like 301 Pony Drive,
Grapevine, Texas
• Absolute location is
when geographers use
the exact location of a
place on the earth’s
surface.
– Example latitude and
longitude
Place is made up of the
Physical Environment or
the surroundings and
conditions in which
something exists
How do Climate,
vegetation, and
landforms combine with
human features in the
environment.
– Example how would you
describe the place or
environment around you?
Place
Human-Environment Relationships
How has man changed the environment to meet
his needs and how man has adapted to the
environment?
• Examples: leveling forests, damming rivers
pollution, people living in igloos or pueblo
homes
• How people and products
move around the earth, and
how we communicate with
each other.
Examples- Moving to
another country or state,
shipping products from one
state to another, email
Movement
• The world is divided
into different
geographic regions
based on what they
have in common and
how they are different.
• Regions can be divided
based on geographic,
physical, political or
cultural features.
- Example include the 4
Natural Regions of Texas
and Texas is a state that
is part of the United
States.
Region
Latitude, Longitude, and Absolute Location
• Latitude
-Runs East and West across the earth
Equator
• Latitude has the Equator- a line that goes
East and West at O degrees. Across the
middle of the earth
• Longitude
-Runs North and South across the earth
Prime Meridian
• Longitude has the Prime Meridian- a line
that goes North and South at O degrees.
Hemispheres
• The Equator and the Prime Meridian divide the earth into
hemispheres.
• The area north of the Equator is the Northern Hemisphere. The
area south of the Equator is the Southern Hemisphere.
• The area East of the Prime Meridian is the
Eastern Hemisphere. The area West of the
Prime Meridian is the Western Hemisphere