5 Themes of Geography

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5 Themes of Geography

• Movement
• Regions
• Location
• Interaction
• Place

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TYPES OF INFORMATION GEOGRAPHERS STUDY

• Physical and human characteristics of a place or
  region
• Relationship between humans and their environment
• Culture learned system of shared beliefs,
  traits, and values

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Movement

• People, goods, ideas, animals, plants move from
  one place to another
• Migrate to move from one place to another to
  settle

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Movement

• Reasons for moving
• Push Factorsproblems that push you away from an
  area.
• Example poverty, overcrowding, lack of jobs,
  schools, prejudice, war, natural disasters
• Pull Factorsadvantages that pull you toward an
  area.
• Examples higher standard of living,
• employment, freedom, etc.

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Movement

• Natural barriers-mountain ranges, canyons, rivers
  etc. Can make migration difficult.
• Modern forms of transportation have made it
  easier for people to move.

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Region

• A group of places that have physical features or
  human characteristics in common.
• Geographers use regions to understand the
  differences and similarities among places on
  earth.
• Ex-Languages, religions, similar cultures etc.

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Region

• Natural region has its own unique combination of
  plant life, animal life, climate.
• Natural Regions 10 natural regions (listed on
  pg. 38 in textbook)

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Location

• Allows you to find a place anywhere on earth.
• 2 types of location
• Absolute
• Relative

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Location

• Absolute exact spot on Earth where a place can
  be found.
• Uses Latitude and Longitude lines.
• Everywhere on earth has a world address that is
  made up of latitude longitude coordinates

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Location
Relative describes a place by its relation to
other places.
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Location
Frisco, Texas Dallas, Texas Plano, Texas Austin,
Texas Paris, Texas Houston, Texas
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Human Environment Interaction
Occurs because humans depend on, adapt to,
modify the world around them. People and the
environment continually interact!
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Human Environment Interaction

• People depend on their environment for items such
  as food and clothing.
• Some places are the way they are because people
  have modified them.
• Ex clearing land for farming

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Human Environment Interaction

• Humans have adapted their way of life to the
  natural resources around them.
• Ex live near oceans, learned to fish or build
  your home from local materials or wear clothes
  according to environment

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Human Environment Interaction

• Changes by humans may hurt or help the
  environment.
• Ex Pollution hurts the environment
• Ex use public transportationless
  pollutionhealthier environment

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Human Environment Interaction

• The environment can also hurt people
• Ex hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados.

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Place

• The first thing people want to know about a place
  is what is it like?
• Every place has a distinct group of physical
  features, such as climate, landforms, bodies of
  water and plant and animal life

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Place

• Every place has a distinct group of physical
  features, such as climate, landforms, bodies of
  water and plant and animal life
• Place can also have human characteristics or
  features that human beings have created such as
  cities and town governments and cultural
  traditions.

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Place

• Three examples of how places can change
• Rivers, forests, wetlands, glaciers and oceans
  continue to change
• Some changes are dramatic caused by erupting
  volcanoes, earthquakes and hurricanes
• Some changes are slow such as movement of
  glaciers or formation of deltas

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5Themes of Geography Explanation and Illustration
Movement
Region
Location
Write an explanation and draw an Illustration for
each of the 5 themes of geography on one figure
of your hand.
Interaction
Place
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5 Themes of Geography
Theme Explanation
Movement Define Two factors to movement are ____________ factor means Example ____________ factor means Example
Region Define 3 examples are
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5 Themes of Geography
Location Two Types of location ____________ location means ____________ location means
Interaction How do people interact with their environment?
Place Define Why do places change?