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The Five Themes of Geography

The Five Themes of Geography. The Five Themes of Geography. Help to understand the world. Key areas to learn about when studying a place or concept. Location Place Region Movement Human/ Environment Interaction. Location asks: Where is it located?

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The Five Themes of Geography

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  1. The Five Themes of Geography

  2. The Five Themes of Geography • Help to understand the world. • Key areas to learn about when studying a place or concept. • Location • Place • Region • Movement • Human/ Environment Interaction

  3. Location asks: Where is it located? ▪ It tells us where a point is on the Earth’s surface. Location

  4. There are two types of location Relative absolute

  5. An absolute location can be a latitude and longitude point or a street address. Location The address where you live: 555 Main Street Latitude: 55° North Longitude: 9° West

  6. Absolute Location

  7. Relative Location South of Bill Millers 3 km from McDonalds 2 miles from HEB 100 ft from School A relative location is given in relation to borders, landmarks, distance, or direction.

  8. Place • Place asks: What does it look like? ▪These may include climate, people, and landforms.

  9. Place The sunny islands of Hawaii have beaches, tourists, and military bases.

  10. Regions • Regions ask: How and why is one place similar to another? Areas of the earth that are alike in some way.

  11. Regions Places united by common characteristics.

  12. Southwest Region The southwest region of the U.S. is know to have a hot and dry climate and share a border with Mexico to the south.

  13. Movement • Movement asks: How and why are places connected with one another? We travel and communicate with one another. We depend on each other for products and ideas.

  14. Movement • How people share ideas, people, and goods to shape the world. Internet Travel

  15. Human-Environment Interaction Interaction asks: What is the relationship between humans and their environment? How people react to and change the environment.

  16. Human-Environment Interaction • People getting along with nature

  17. Parts of a

  18. Scale

  19. 25°N, 135°E Location

  20. Tropical climate 20°N, 155°W Location Place

  21. Tropical climate 20°N, 155°W Location Place Region South-western States

  22. Tropical climate 20°N, 155°W Location Place Region Movement South-western States IH-35, Loop 410, FM 78

  23. Tropical climate 20°N, 155°W Location Place Human- Environment Interaction Region Clearing land to build new neighborhoods Movement South-western States IH-35, Loop 410, FM 78

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