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The 5 Themes of Geography
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Why use 5 Themes of Geography?

• Geography is the study of Earth.
• Geographers are guided by two basic questions
• 1. Where are things located?
• 2. Why are they there?
• The 5 Themes of Geography help answer these
  questions and organize information.

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Theme 1
LOCATION

• Location is finding WHERE an area is, or its
  location

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Absolute Location

• Absolute location is an areas exact position.
• This can be given by a street address or by
  using lines of latitude and longitude.

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Absolute Location examples

• Street address Aylen Jr. High
• 101 15th Street SW
• Puyallup, WA 98371
• Latitude longitude Puyallup, Washington, 47N,
  122W
• Both examples tell you exactly where an area is
  located.

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Relative Location

• Relative location tells where an area is by
  describing other areas near it.
• This can be described by landmarks, time,
  direction, or distance from another area.

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Relative Location examples

• Orting is near Mount Rainier
• Seattle is about 45 minutes by car from Puyallup
• Puyallup is southeast of Tacoma
• Puyallup is 30 miles south of Seattle

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Theme 2
Place

• Place is the NATURAL and HUMAN features that are
  unique to an area.
• Place is a description of what an area is LIKE,
  not where it is.

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Place Natural Features

• Natural features are the physical characteristics
  unique to an area as determined by nature.
• They include things like climate, mountains,
  rivers, valleys, forests, plants, wildlife, and
  much more.
• Example Downtown Puyallup is on a river valley
  surrounded by hills on two sides.

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Place Human Features

• Human features are an areas unique
  characteristics that come from the actions of
  people.
• This includes buildings, roads, clothing, foods,
  employment, culture, traditions, and more.
• Example Disneyland is an area with many thrill
  rides, dressed-up characters, and unique
  buildings.

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Theme 3
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

• Human-environment interaction is the relationship
  between people and their natural surroundings
  (environment).

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Theme 3 Human-Environment Interaction

• Answers important questions
• How does the environment affect people?
• How do people affect their environment?
• What are the consequences (good bad) of
  peoples actions?
• How people depend on the environment?

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How does the environment affect people?

• Environment affects how people live, work, dress,
  and travel.
• This is called adaptation
• Examples include wearing a rain coat in Seattle
  or light clothing in Phoenix.
• Using a camel for transportation in the Sahara
  desert or a snowmobile in Alaska.

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How do people affect their environment?

• The way people change their environment to suit
  themselves.
• Examples include building things like power
  plants, roads, dams, or landfills also doing
  things like forestry, irrigation, and producing
  electricity.

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What are the consequences of peoples actions?

• Sometimes these can be good, such as irrigation
  can help grow crops.
• Sometimes these can be bad, such as coal burning
  power plants adding to greenhouse gasses.
• Sometimes these can be both good and bad.

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How people depend on the environment?

• Examples include using trees for paper and lumber
• Rivers for water and electricity
• Natural resources like coal, oil, and natural gas
• Can you imagine life without depending on the
  environment?
• (No homes, electricity, water, or gasoline)

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Theme 4
MOVEMENT

• Movement explains how people, goods, and ideas
  get from one area to another area.
• All these can create cultural changes.

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People Move

• PEOPLE move and travel from place to place for
  many reasons.
• This helps explain changes such as foods,
  fashions, and fads.
• Where is your family from?

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Goods Move

• GOODS are moved from place to place through
  imports exports.
• We live in a Global Economy.
• What countries do you read on made in labels?

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Ideas Move

• IDEAS are communicated from place to place?
• This can be done through television, books, mail,
  telephones, and computers.
• How has the internet changed how ideas move?

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Theme 5
REGIONS

• Regions are areas that can be grouped together by
  a set of things special to that area.
• Unifying characteristics may include climate,
  land, population, culture, or history.

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Examples of Regions

• Countries, states, and cities are examples of
  political regions.
• Western Washington is in the Marine-West Coast
  climate region.
• Puyallup is in the Puget Sound lowlands region.

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Regions

• An area can be part of several regions at the
  same time.
• Example Hawaii is part of the United States
  political region, tropical climate region, and
  Polynesian cultural region.

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Regions

• Example Toyko, Japan and Detroit, Michigan are
  alike. They are both automobile manufacturing
  regions.
• Regions can change over time due to changes in
  climate, economic conditions, accessibility of
  trade routes, and many other factors.

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How smart are you?

• Now that you have all this fantastic knowledge
  and super notes about the 5 Themes of Geography,
  how well do you think youll do on a quiz?
• Your note taking skills are the KEY to future
  success!

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GOOD LUCK ON THIS QUIZ!

• From Mr. Swanson
• (Aylen Junior High 2009)
• Adios Amigos!