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Good Morning. AP Human Geography. 5 Themes of Geography. what is geography?. The study of spatial variation How and why things differ from place to place on the surface of the earth The study of how observable spatial patterns evolved through time. Spatial variation: predominant religion.

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  1. Good Morning

  2. AP Human Geography 5 Themes of Geography

  3. what is geography? • The study of spatial variation • How and why things differ from place to place on the surface of the earth • The study of how observable spatial patterns evolved through time

  4. Spatial variation: predominant religion

  5. Why spatial variation exists: earthquakes

  6. Changes over time: deforestation

  7. what is geography? • Geography is a spatial science • Spatial behavior of people • Spatial relationships between places • Spatial processes that create or maintain those behaviors and relationships

  8. Spatial behavior of people: population

  9. Spatial relationships between places: trade

  10. Spatial processes: urban commuting

  11. Spatial, spatial, spatial still confused? -adjective 1. of or pertaining to space. 2. existing or occurring in space; having extension in space

  12. Spatial, spatial, spatial • OK, try this: • Slap the desk of your neighbor. • What happened in the room?

  13. Say Hello to PLIRM The 5 Themes of Geography Place Location Interaction (Human/Environment) Region Movement

  14. Five themes of geography 1) Place: the distinctive and distinguishing physical and human characteristics of locales • Vocab : Physical geography and cultural landscape, sense of place • Skills: Description, compare and contrast • Questions: What does ____ look like? Why? How is it different from ____?

  15. Five themes of geography 2) Location: the meaning of absolute and relative position on the earth's surface • Vocab : Global Positioning Systems (GPS), scale, latitude and longitude, distance • Skills: Map reading, identification • Questions: Where is ____? Where is ____ relative to where I am?

  16. Relative and absolute location • Everyone Stand up! • Tell the person next to you: • Where you were born? • Where you live? (not exact address of course… creepers!) • Where’s the most beautiful place you’ve ever been?

  17. Location: Clear Falls High School • 29.5193716 degrees North • 95.014818 degrees West YOU ARE HERE

  18. Five themes of geography 3) Interaction (Human/Environment): The relationships within places or the development and consequences of human-environment relationships • Vocab : Ecosystems, resource, environmental hazard, pollution • Skills: Evaluation, analysis • Questions: What human-environment relationships are occurring? How do they affect the place and its inhabitants?

  19. Five themes of geography 4) Regions: how they form and change • Formal Regions • Regions defined by governmental or administrative boundaries (States, Countries, Cities) • Regions defined by similar characteristics (Corn Belt, Rocky Mountain region, Chinatown). • Functional Regions • Regions defined area organized around a NODE or focal point (newspaper service area, cell phone coverage area, subway). • Vernacular/Perceptual Regions • Regions defined by peoples perception of something existing based on people’s cultural identity (middle east, the south, or home.) • Skills: Synthesis, application • Questions: How has this spatial pattern developed? Will it continue to change?

  20. Five themes of geography 5) Movement: patterns and change in human spatial interaction on the earth • Vocab: Migration, diffusion, globalization • Skills: Explanation, prediction • Questions: Why did people move from one place to another? What does it mean for the people and places involved? What affect did their new ideas have on the native population?

  21. Worldwide Net Migration

  22. P L I R M

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