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5 Themes of Geography Study Guide

5 Themes of Geography Study Guide. Part 1.2, Part 4, and Part 6. Geography’s 5 themes. Part 1.2. Pages C6-C7. 5 Themes of Geography Study Guide Part 1.2. Two questions that geographers always ask are 1.) Where are things located? 2 .) Why are they there ?

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5 Themes of Geography Study Guide

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  1. 5 Themes of Geography Study Guide Part 1.2, Part 4, and Part 6

  2. Geography’s 5 themes Part 1.2 Pages C6-C7

  3. 5 Themes of Geography Study Guide Part 1.2 • Two questions that geographers always ask are 1.) Where are things located? 2.) Why are they there? • What are the five themes of geography? location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction

  4. Absolute (Exact) location is describing a place’s exact position on Earth of terms of longitude and latitude • Ex: The center of Washington, D.C. is at the intersection of the 38°54’(‘ = minutes) north latitude and 77°2’ west longitude. • Relative location is the location of a place relative to another place • Ex: Washington, D.C. is about 200 miles southwest of New York City

  5. The term that refers to a group of places that have features in common is region • Ex: climate, landforms, population, or history • Movement is defined as exploring how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another • Ex: food, fuel, and other basic goods

  6. Describe human-environment interaction considers how people affect their environment, or their natural surroundings, and how their environment affects them. Ex: The movement of water from the Potomac River into Washington’s water system. • A region is an area with at least one unifying physical or human feature Ex: climate, landforms, population, or history

  7. Location is described as where something is Ex: Answers will vary • Define place refers to the mix of human and nonhuman features at a given location. Ex: hilly, wet, on a river, major city

  8. Explain the difference between absolute and relative location. Absolute location is something or someone’s exact location and relative location describe something or someone being near/around something or someone else.

  9. Human-environment interaction Part 4 (4.1-4.3) 4.1 – Environment and Resources (pgs C46-C47) 4.2 – Land Use (pgs C50-C51) 4.3 – People’s Impact on the Environment (C52-C53)

  10. Part 4 (4.1-4.3) • What theme focuses on cultural adaptations to natural resources and pollution? human-environment interaction • Two types of natural resources are renewable and nonrenewable

  11. What is pollution? waste that makes the air, soil, or water less clean Ex: Many farmers use chemicals called fertilize pesticides to help plants grow and to kill pests. • Colonists bringing new crops and new ways of farming are an example of colonization.

  12. A suburb is a residential area on the edge of a city or large town Ex: Southaven, MS is a suburb of Memphis, TN. • People traveled on dirt roads years ago but we now have paved roads. What theme of geography does this describe? human-environment interaction

  13. Farmers practicing crop rotation to preserve nutrients in the soil is an example of human-environment interaction. • What causes large cities to be grown around factories? industrialization

  14. Population and movement Part 6 (6.1-6.4) 6.1 – Population Growth (pgs C74-C75) 6.2 – Population Distribution (pgs C76-C77) 6.3 – Migration (pgs C78-C79) 6.4 – Urbanization (pgs C80-C81)

  15. Define emigrate. To migrate OUT of a place • Define immigrate. To migrate INTO a place • What is the difference between emigrate and immigrate? Emigrate means OUT of a particular place and immigrate means INTO a particular place

  16. A settlement in the country is considered a ______area and _______areas are cities. rural, urban • What is death rate? the number of deaths per 1,000 people in a year • What is birth rate? the number of live births per 1,000 people in a year

  17. A demographer – scientist who study human populations • The number of people per unit of land area describes the Population density • Urbanization can cause ______and _______ use because people in the suburbs use __________________ pollution, energy, cars for transportation

  18. ____________ attract people to new countries while ____________ cause people to migrate from or leave their home country. Pull factors, push factors • What might people who migrate from other countries have to learn? new language and new customs

  19. When people leave one place for another place to get a better job it is called migration • Slums are described as poor, overcrowded urban neighborhoods

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