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Five Themes of Geography

Five Themes of Geography. What do Geographers Do?. ?????. Five Themes of Geography. Location. Two Types of Location. Absolute Location. Absolute: Latitude and Longitude 36° north and 45° east. Latitudes. North/South Hemispheres. Longitudes. East/West Hemispheres.

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Five Themes of Geography

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  1. Five Themes of Geography

  2. What do Geographers Do?

  3. ?????

  4. Five Themes of Geography

  5. Location

  6. Two Types of Location

  7. Absolute Location • Absolute: Latitude and Longitude • 36° north and 45° east

  8. Latitudes

  9. North/South Hemispheres

  10. Longitudes

  11. East/West Hemispheres

  12. Measurement

  13. Relative Location • Relative: Describing where a place is by describing places near it. • South Carolina is north of Georgia and east of Tennessee.

  14. Place

  15. Two Features

  16. Human features: The culture of a place. • Race, religions, languages, governments, occupations, architecture, foods, clothing, etc.

  17. Physical features: Things determined by nature. • Climate, indigenous plants, animals, land forms, types of soils, etc.

  18. Human/Environment Interaction

  19. Human- Environment Interaction • How people effect the environment and how the environment effects people.

  20. Examples • Dams • Roads • Farms • Cities

  21. Movement

  22. Movement • Movement of people, goods, and ideas from one place to another.

  23. Everything Came From Somewhere

  24. Linear Distance • How far do people, products and ideas travel from one location to another.

  25. Time Distance • The amount of time it takes for a person/idea/good to travel from one location to another.

  26. Psychological Time • The way people perceive distance.

  27. Region

  28. Region • An area that is unique. Geographers use regions to compare different areas.

  29. Distinctive Characteristics

  30. Formal Regions • Defined by a limited number of related characteristics. • North Texas • USA • Africa • Europe

  31. Functional Regions • Organized around a set of interactions and connections between places. • Think of a hub: • Downtown to Spring • Medical Center to Sugarland

  32. Perceptual Regions • People see characteristics the same way. • Hill Country • Acadiana • The Midwest

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