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THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
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Location
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Regions
1. LOCATION
WHERE ARE WE?
• Absolute Location
• Relative Location
• A latitude and
longitude (global
location) or a street
address (local location).
• Described by landmarks,
time, direction or
distance. From one place
to another.
• Marietta, GA is 34o North
Latitude and 85o West
Longitude.
• Hightower Trail MS
located at 3905 Post Oak
Tritt Rd, Marietta, GA
30062.
• Go 1 mile west on Johnson
Ferry Rd. and turn left on
Roswell Rd., travel for 1
block…
2. PLACE
What is it like in this particular place?
• Human
Characteristics
• Main languages, customs,
and beliefs.
• How many people live
and work in or visit this
place?
• Physical
Characteristics
• Landforms (mountains,
rivers, etc.), climate,
vegetation, wildlife, soil,
etc.
3. HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION
• How do humans and the environment affect each
other?
• We depend on it.
• People depend on the Nile River for water and
transportation.
• We modify it (and unfortunately, sometimes we
mess it up).
• 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), whatever the weather dictates.
MOVEMENT
• How are people, goods, ideas moved from place
to place?
• Human Movement
• Cars, Trucks, Trains, Planes, Boats, Animals.
• Information Movement
• Phones, computers (email), snail mail
• Idea Movement
• How do fads move from place to place?
TV, Radio, Magazines, Internet
REGIONS
• Formal Regions
• Regions defined by governmental or
administrative boundaries (States, Countries,
Cities)
• Regions defined by similar characteristics
(Corn Belt, Rocky Mountain region, Chinatown).
• Functional Regions
• Regions that are defined by a
particular function (newspaper service
area, cell phone coverage area, voting
precinct).
• Vernacular Regions
• Regions defined by peoples’ perception (middle
east, the south, etc.)
• How Can I Remember all of this?
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• M – Movement
• R – Regions
• HE – Human Environment
interaction
• L – Location
• P - Place