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The 5 Themes of Geography

Discover the key geographical concepts of Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Regions. Learn how these themes shape our understanding of the world around us.

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The 5 Themes of Geography

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  1. The 5 Themes of Geography Location Place Human-Environment Interaction Movement Regions

  2. Where is it? Why is it there? Two Types of Location Absolute Relative Location

  3. Absolute Location • A specific place on the Earth’s surface • Uses a grid system– latitude & longitude • A global address

  4. Utah: Absolute Location Utah 39.5° N / 111.5° W Lindon 40.3386° N / 111.7161° W

  5. Relative Location • Where a place is in relation to another place • Uses directional words to describe • Cardinal and intermediate directions • Landmarks, time, or distance

  6. Rhode Island: Relative Location • Rhode Island is bordered by Massachusetts to the north and Connecticut to the south • Rhode Island is on the east coast • Rhode Island is the Northeast • Kansas is a Midwestern state.

  7. Place-The personality • What is it like there? • What kind of place is it? • We look at the physical and human characteristics to identify a place.

  8. Physical Characteristics- are natural • Land features • Mountains, plains, and plateaus • Climate • Bodies of water • Animals • Plant life

  9. Physical Features

  10. Human Characteristics • People • Culture • Language • Religion • Buildings and landmarks • Cities • Customs and beliefs • How many people live, work, and visit a place.

  11. Human Characteristics

  12. Human-Environment Interaction • How people interact with their environment • People . . . • Adapt to their environment • Modify their environment • Depend on their environment

  13. Human-Environment Interaction

  14. Human Environment Interaction Humans adapt to the environment.

  15. Human Environment Interaction • People adapt to their environment by wearing clothing that is suitable for the weather.

  16. Human Environment Interaction People modify the environment by heating and cooling buildings for comfort.  

  17. Human Environment Interaction People depend on the Amazon River for water, food and transportation.  

  18. Movement • The mobility of • People • Goods • Ideas • How places are linked to one another and the rest of the world.

  19. Movement

  20. Regions • What places have in common. • Political regions (countries, states, counties, cities) • Landform regions (Rocky Mountains, Death Valley) • Agricultural regions (Cornbelt, Bread basket) • Cultural regions (Chinatown, Little Italy)

  21. Regions

  22. If you can’t remember the 5 themes of Geography, just ask Mr. Help! • M– Movement • R– Regions • HE– Human-Environment Interaction • L– Location • P– Place

  23. Checking What You Know! For each of the following questions, identify which of the five themes of geography is being expressed.

  24. 1. Moving people, goods, and ideas • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region

  25. 2. Share a common characteristic or set of characteristics • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region

  26. 3. Depend, adapt, and modify the environment • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region

  27. 4. What it’s like . . . • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region

  28. 5. clothing, shelter, agriculture, population • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region

  29. 6. Latitude and longitude • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region

  30. 7. buildings, irrigation, shopping, farming, language • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region

  31. 8. Raising crops • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region

  32. 9. Rivers flowing • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region

  33. 10. Transportation and communication • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region

  34. 11. continents, hemispheres, oceans • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region

  35. 12. Overland Park is located in east-central Kansas • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region

  36. 13. 8300 Travis Lane • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region

  37. 14. climate, landforms, bodies of water, animal life, plant life • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region

  38. 15. Maps • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region

  39. 16. YouTube, cell phone, nightly news, KC Star • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region

  40. 17. dams, windmills, oil drilling • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region

  41. 18. Lenexa, Johnson County, metropolitan, Kansas, midwest • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region

  42. 19. Carbon dioxide emissions, roads, traffic signals • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region

  43. 20. Northeast, the South, the Midwest • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region

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