5 Themes of Geography

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5 Themes of Geography

• 1. Location
• 2. Place
• 3.Human/Environment Interaction
• 4. Movement
• 5. Region

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Location

• Where is it?
• 1. Absolute Location its precise position on
  the globe.
• 2. Relative Location A place in relation to
  other places.

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Absolute Location Latitude

• Imaginary Lines that circle the earth parallel to
  the Equator.
• Equator is 0 latitude
• N Pole lies 90º N
• S Pole lies 90º S
• Latitude line N of Equator N
• Latitude line S of Equator S
• Tropic of Cancer 231/2 N
• Tropic of Capricorn 231/2 S

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Absolute Location Longitude

• Imaginary lines going from Pole to Pole
• Also called meridians
• Prime Meridan 0º
• Longitude east of the PM E
• Longitude west of the PM W
• Go from 0-180 degrees both directions.
• International date line at 180º, at this point
  the date changes.
• For every 15º of longitude the times changes 1
  hour.

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Breaking down Latitude and Longitude.

• Measured in Degrees, minutes seconds
• A degree 60 minutes
• A minute 60 seconds
• 69 miles btwn degrees

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Question?
If you are at the Equator and travel North to 10
Degrees latitude how many miles have you
Traveled? If you are at 20 N degrees Latitude
and and 60 W degrees what Hemisphere are you in?
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Relative Location

• Place in relation to another place.
• Example San Diego is a town on the Pacific Ocean
• Now you give an example

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2. Place

• What is it like there?
• Every place has its own physical features
  weather, plant life, water, landforms.
• Every place has its own human features
  population, religion, sports, farming, language,
  customs.

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3. Human/Environment Interaction

• What is the relationship between people and
  their environment.
• Why are some places on earth desirable others
  not?
• 1. How people adapt to environment
• 2. How have people modified their environment.
  This could be for the negative or positive.
• 3. How do people move goods people are
  interdependent

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QUESTION

• WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE CHANGING THEIR
  ENVIRONMENT?
• WHAT ARE SOME PROBLEMS PEOPLE CREATE FOR THEIR
  ENVIRONMENT?

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4. MOVEMENT

• How people places are connected.
• Why do people move?
• How do people move?
• Also, how do people move goods, information,
  ideas.
• Example?

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5. Regions

• Regions split by physical human
  characteristics.
• Physical could be, mountainous, deserts,
  grasslands, etc.
• Physical could also be by climate. Climate
  controls what is grown in an area and how people
  live.
• ExampleThe Great Plains
• Another example?

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Regions cont.

• 2)Human Characteristics
• Human could be by language, religion or politics.
• Human could also be by economics, how people in a
  region make money.
• Example The Bible Belt.
• Give another example and why?

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Questions?

• Do you have any questions or anything you want to
  discuss further?