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WORLD GEOGRAPHY. 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY. LOCATION. ABSOLUTE LOCATION -POSITION ON THE GLOBE RELATIVE LOCATION -RELATION COMPARED TO OTHER PLACES. PLACE. HUMAN WHAT ARE THE HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS (LANGUAGE, CUSTOM, TRADITION) PHYSICAL PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS (LANDFORMS, CLIMATE).
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WORLD GEOGRAPHY 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
LOCATION • ABSOLUTE LOCATION • -POSITION ON THE GLOBE • RELATIVE LOCATION • -RELATION COMPARED TO OTHER PLACES
PLACE • HUMAN • WHAT ARE THE HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS • (LANGUAGE, CUSTOM, TRADITION) • PHYSICAL • PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS • (LANDFORMS, CLIMATE)
REGION • 1. FORMAL REGION -- CERTAIN CHARACTERISITICS ARE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE AREA. • EXAMPLE - STATE, COUNTRY, CITY OR CORN BELT AND CHINA TOWN • 2. FUNCTIONAL REGION -- CENTRAL PLACE AND AFFECTED AREAS • EXAMPLE - METRO AREA, AMAZON RIVER BASIN • 3. PERCEPTUAL REGION -- DEFINED BY PEOPLES ATTITIDUES AND FEELINGS OF AN AREA • EXAMPLE -- MIDDLE EAST = TERRORISM
MOVEMENT • PEOPLE, GOODS AND IDEAS MOVING BETWEEN PEOPLE • Example -- Internet
HUMAN - INTERACTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT • HOW PEOPLE USE AND CHANGE THEIR ENVIRONMENT • EXAMPLE -MINING, CLEARING ROADS
Quiz on Themes • Answer the Question • What theme do these questions cover? • 1. Why are Texas and Florida among the fastest growing states? • 2. What is the topography of Clara City, MN.? • 3. Is Mesabi a part of the Iron Range? • 4. Where is Fallujah? • 5. How did the invention of internet help business?
Answer Key • 1. Immigration • MOVEMENT • 2. flat • PLACE • 3. Yes • REGION • 4. Iraq • LOCATION • 5. Global interaction • HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
Use the 5 themes to describe Clara City, MN • Location Absolute / Relative • Movement • Place Human / Physical • Region Formal / Functional / Perceptual • Human Interaction to the Environment