GEOGRAPHY

1. GEOGRAPHY

2. FIVE THEMES • LOCATION-is a specific place on the earth's surface or area. • EXACT- latitude(East to West) and Longitude(North Pole to the South Pole) • RELATIVE-a place or area in relation to another site(i.e. "3 miles northwest of Chicago“).

3. FIVE THEMES • PLACE-place describes the human and physical characteristics of a location. • PHYSICAL-a description such things as the mountains, rivers, beaches, & topography. • HUMAN- cultural features of a place, land use and architecture to forms of livelihood and religion to food and folk ways to transportation

4. HUMAN INTERACTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT • Humans shape the landscape through their interaction with the land(i.e., both positive and negative effects on the environment)

5. MOVEMENT • ideas, fads, goods, resources, and communication all travel distances. • This theme studies movement and migration across the planet.

6. REGION • Regions have some sort of characteristic that unifies the area(i.e., regions, such as "The South," "The Midwest,“)

7. Identifying the criteria of geographic features??? • Height • Vastness • Temperature • Can you think of other defining criteria..?

8. 15 GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES 1.Appalachian Mountains 2.Great Lakes-name each 3.Mississippi River 4.Rocky Mountains 5.Sierra Nevada ranges 6.Grand Canyon 7.Death Valley