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5 Themes of Geography

5 Themes of Geography. MR. HELP. M ovement R egion H uman- E nvironment L ocation P lace. M ovement. I. How do people , goods , and ideas move from place to place? A. How? Examples: car books Internet Cell phone. M ovement cont’d. B. Why? Push Factors = negative

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5 Themes of Geography

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  1. 5 Themes of Geography MR. HELP Movement Region Human- Environment Location Place

  2. Movement I. How do people, goods, and ideasmove from place to place? A. How? Examples: car books Internet Cell phone

  3. Movement cont’d B. Why? • Push Factors = negative Examples: gov’t, financial, famine, mass migration… 2. Pull Factors= positive Examples: jobs, climate, freedom…

  4. Movement cont’d Infrastructure- basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society Examples: buildings, roads, and power supplies Emigrant/immigrant…what’s the difference? Emigrant- A person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another Immigrant- A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country

  5. Region II. How are places similar or different?

  6. Region cont’d • Formal –defined by a limited number of characteristics B. Functional- organized around a set of interactions and connections between places C. Perceptual- people perceive or see a region in the same way

  7. When the region on the left pops up, you decide if it is Formal, Functional, or Perceptual. State of Nebraska Amazon River basin Dixie The Sun Belt Lancaster County Country of Brazil The I-80 corridor Husker Nation Formal Functional Perceptual Perceptual Formal Formal Functional Perceptual

  8. Human-Environment Interaction III. What is the relationship between humans and their environment?

  9. Human-Environment Interaction cont’d • Recreation • Urban (cities/buildings) Rural (country/farming) C. Examples: drain swamps, dig irrigation ditches/ Hurricane Katrina

  10. Garbage Island

  11. Garbage Island

  12. Location Where is it? ? ? ? ?

  13. 2 types of Locations • Absolute Location -the exact place on Earth B. Relative Location- describes a place in comparison to other places around it

  14. Place What is it like?

  15. Place • Physical Features • Climate • Landforms • Vegetation • Animal life B. Human features • dams, highways, houses • Culture (religion, customs, languages, political and economical systems, population distribution, quality of life, identity…)

  16. How can MR.HElP help you?

  17. 1. Kiwi fruit from New Zealand is on sale at the supermarket. 2. Man has driven the black rhino to near extinction. 3. In the bayous of Louisiana, many houses are built on stilts. 4. Railroad networks in Europe make traveling easier for tourists. 5. Deserts are not all hot and dry; Antarctica is a desert of sorts. 6. Mauritania is southwest of Russia. 7. The warmth of the southern states makes them attractive for retirement living. 8. Islam is the major religion in the Middle East. 9. Sheep are raised in Iceland for the wool used in Icelandic sweaters. 10. The mountain passes of the Rockies are treacherous in winter and even a bit scary in the summer. 11..Write one sentence of your own that relates to one of the five themes:

  18. Strait- Near Egypt: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Red_Sea_topographic_map-en.jpg Near Vietnam: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea

  19. Island

  20. Archipelago-

  21. Delta-

  22. Plateau-

  23. Escarpment- steep cliff or slope

  24. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngV66m00UvU&feature=related Mountain- Ural Rocky Andes Himalayas

  25. Rift- long, thin valley created by moving apart continental plates

  26. Volcano-

  27. Valley-

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