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WHAT IS “PRILM”?. PRILM is a mnemonic device that can be used to help remember what the 5 Themes of Geography are. Simply put, take the first letter of each Theme to create the word PRILM. They are: P lace R egion I nteraction (Human-Environment) L ocation M ovement.
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WHAT IS “PRILM”? PRILM is a mnemonic device that can be used to help remember what the 5 Themes of Geography are. Simply put, take the first letter of each Theme to create the word PRILM. They are: • Place • Region • Interaction (Human-Environment) • Location • Movement
Theme 1: PlacePhysical Characteristics • Land Features • Mountains, plains, and plateaus • Climate • Bodies of Water
Theme 1: PlaceHuman Characteristics • People • Culture • Language • Religion • Buildings and Landmarks • Cities
Physical Characteristics- looks like? Land, mountains, climate, water Human Characteristics- people People, language, culture, religion
Theme 2: Regions What Places Have in Common EX: Northwest Ohio= flat land • Political Regions • Landform Regions • Agricultural Regions • Cultural Regions
REGION: What Places Have in Common EX: Northwest Ohio= flat land
Theme 3: Human Environment Interaction How People Interact With Their Environment People . . . • Adapt to Their Environment • Modify Their Environment • Depend on Their Environment http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/corbis/DGT119/BAG0017.jpg
INTERACTION: How People Interact With Their Environment People… Adapt-change themselves Modify-change environment Depend-on environment
Theme 4: Location • Two Types of Location • Absolute • Relative • Where is It? • Why is It There?
Absolute Location • A specific place on the Earth’s surface • Uses a grid system • Latitude and longitude • A global address
Relative Location • Where a place is in relation to another place • Uses directional words to describe • Cardinal and intermediate directions
LOCATION: • Absolute= an exact spot: latitude & longitude • Relative=a place in relation to another place: east, west, north, south
Theme 5: Movement The Mobility (move) of • People • Goods • Ideas How Places are linked to one another and the world
MOVEMENT: The Mobility (move) of • People • Goods • Ideas