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The Five Themes of Geography

The Five Themes of Geography. geography. The study of Earth. 1- What two questions do geographers ask when studying the Earth?. 1-Where are things on Earth located? 2-Why are those things there?. 2-List the Five Themes of Geography. Location Regions Place Movement

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The Five Themes of Geography

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  1. The Five Themes of Geography

  2. geography The study of Earth

  3. 1-What two questions do geographers ask when studying the Earth? 1-Where are things on Earth located? 2-Why are those things there?

  4. 2-List the Five Themes of Geography Location Regions Place Movement Human-Environment Interaction

  5. 3-Why do Geographers Study Location? To find out where a place is located Geographers use both cardinal and intermediate directions to describe location.

  6. cardinal directions north south east west

  7. intermediate directionswrite this down northeast northwest southeast southwest

  8. 4-What are the two special measurements of Earth used to describe location? Latitude Longitude

  9. 5-What is the name of the line of latitude that is located 0 degrees of latitude? The Equator

  10. 6-What is the name of the line of longitude that marks 0 degrees of longitude? The Prime Meridian

  11. 7-Which way of describing location is being used when a geographer explains that a river is located 250 miles north of San Antonio? Relative Location

  12. latitude The distance north or south of Earth's equator, measured in units called degrees

  13. parallel A line of latitude

  14. longitude Thedistance east or west of the Prime Meridian [0 longitude, Greenwich, England], measured in units called degrees

  15. meridian A line of longitude

  16. hemisphere Halves of the Earth: northern/southern or eastern/western

  17. 8-Why is the study of the following 4 themes important to geographers? Regions Place Movement Human-Environment Interaction

  18. Regions • Geographers use Regions to group places that have something in common. • Aregionhas a unifying human or physical features such as: • population • history • climate • landforms

  19. PLACE Geographers use Place to describe the features of a location that make it unique. Place includes the human and physical features of a specific location.

  20. MOVEMENT Geographers use Movement to explain how people, goods and ideas move from one place to another.

  21. Human-Environment Interaction Geographers use Human-Environment Interaction to learn how people affect their environment and how their environment affects them.

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