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THE 5 THEMES OF
GEOGRAPHY
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Geo: Earth +raphy: the field of study=
Geography: The study of the earth
THE FIVE THEMES OF
GEOGRAPHY
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Location
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Regions
LOCATION (2 types)
Tells you where it is
• 1. Absolute Location
A latitude and
longitude
(global location)
 Renton Washington is 47o North
Latitude and 122o West Longitude.
Or
A street address
(local location.
McKnight Middle School
2300 Edmonds Ave
Renton, WA 98056.
LOCATION (2 types)
Tells you where it is
• 2. Relative Location
Where a place is in
comparison to
something else.
Turn left off of Sunset
and go two blocks.
McKnight is on the right ,
across from St. Matthew’s
Church
PLACE
What is it like when you get there, what kind
of place is it? What does it feel like?
 1. Human
Characteristics
Physical
Characteristics
What are the main
languages, customs,
and beliefs.. What
man-made
structures exist
Landforms
(mountains, rivers,
forest etc..) climate,
wildlife, soil etc…
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION
How do humans and the environment affect each other
We depend on it
We modify it
We adapt to it
People depend on the
Yakima River for water
and irrigation
People modify our
environment by heating and
cooling buildings, knocking
down trees to build, blasting
holes in mountains for
tunnels, mining, herding
etc..
We adapt to the environment
by wearing clothing suitable
for summer (shorts) and
winter (coats), rain and shine.
Depend
Modify
What did the
depend on from
their
environment, or
use, to help them
develop and
survive?
How did they
change (modify)
their environment
to help them
develop and
survive?
Adapt
How did they
adapt (change
themselves and
their civilization)
as a result?
Examples from Mesopotamia
Depend
With the absence
of stone & few
trees, mud bricks
used for
architecture: they
developed the
first arches
Modify
Mesopotamians
were the first to
develop/use a
system of
irrigation.
Adapt
First to develop
large cities:
shared
communities for a
common good.
Examples from Mesopotamia
Depend
Depended on
fertile land for
vegetables, and
crops such as flax,
wheat & barley.
Modify
Developed the
seeder plow to
increase
production of
crops.
Adapt
First to develop
organized
religion.
MOVEMENT
People and ideas (and goods) get around!
Human Movement
Information Movement
Idea Movement
Trucks, Trains, Planes
On foot,
By boat
Phones, computer, email, mail,
by voice
How do fads move from
place to place? TV,
Radio, Magazines,
Facebook
REGIONS
A region is an area described by its similar characteristics, like
climate, land, population, or history.
Formal Regions
•States and territories,
borders of a nation!
•What is the
Functional Regions purpose? What’s the
function?
Vernacular Regions
•Regions defined by
similar characteristics
Climate (and ‘looks
like…)
•Regions defined by people’s
perception (middle east, the
south, etc..)..Religion,
language, education
Seattle, Washington USA
Seattle City Light
Service Area
Middle East
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