The Five Themes of Geography

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The Five Themes of Geography
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• Theme 1 Location

• Location answers the question, Where are we?
• Location can be Absolute or it may be Relative.

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• Absolute Location

• An Absolute location is an exact location
  (latitude and longitude point or a street
  address).
• Paris, France is 4851 North latitude and 2.20
  East longitude
• 6150 Old Jenks Rd. Apex, NC 27523

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• Relative Location

• Relative locations are in comparison with other
  locations.
• They might be described by landmarks, time,
  direction or distance from one place to another.
• The Galapagos Islands are
• Norway is ...

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• Theme 2 Place

• The characteristics that describe a place.
• Places have both cultural and physical
  characteristics.
• What do you imagine when you think of Russia? Or
  Brazil?

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• Cultural Characteristics

• Cultural characteristics describe people.
• They include languages, buildings, roads,
  religions, sports, _______, and _______.

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• Physical Characteristics

• Physical characteristics are the natural features
  of the Earth, not created by humans.
• They include mountains, soil, wildlife, and

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• Theme 3 Human/ Environment Interaction

• People modify and depend on our environment
• People depend on the Atlantic Ocean for ...
• People modify the beach by
• How do humans and the environment affect each
  other?

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• Theme 4 Movement

• People interact with each other through movement.
• People, animals, goods, and _______ all move.

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• Theme 5 Region

• A region is the basic unit of study in Geography.
• A region is a group of places bound together by
  one or more characteristics.

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5 Themes of Geography summary paragraph

• Compose a paragraph that summarizes the 5 Themes
  of Geography. Your paragraph should include the
  following sentences
• Topic Sentence (Introduce what you will be
  talking about in your paragraph).
• Explain absolute and relative LOCATION.
• Explain cultural and physical PLACE.
• Explain HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION.
• Explain MOVEMENT.
• Explain REGION.
• Closing Sentence (Summarize what you have said in
  your paragraph).
• When you are finished, your paragraph will be
  8-10 sentences long, and should demonstrate what
  you know about the 5 Themes of Geography based on
  your notes.

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Geography v. History

• What is history?
• How is studying geography different than studying
  history?
• Which do we study in 6th grade social studies?