The Five Themes of Geography

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The Five Themes of Geography

• Harley Pegues
• Period 5

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What is Geography?

• Geography is the study of the earths surface and
  the processes that shape it, the connections
  between places, and the complex relationships
  between people and their environment.
• There are five themes of geography, location,
  description of place, human-environment
  interaction, movement, and regions.

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Location

• There are two kinds of location.
• Absolute location give a places position on the
  globe using imaginary lines of longitude and
  latitude.
• Relative location tells where a place is in
  relation to other places.

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Description of Place

• Geography describe both physical and human
  characteristics.
• Physical characteristics include natural features
  like landforms, climate, and vegetation.
• Human characteristics include where people live
  and work, the languages they speak, heir customs
  and beliefs, how they are governed , and how
  their governed, and how their economy functions.

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Human-Environment Interaction

• Refers to how people use their environment, how
  they have changed their environment, the
  consequences of those changes, how people have
  responded to changes in their environment.

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Movement and Regions

• Movement
• Because places have different characteristics,
  people, goods and ideas move between them.
• There are two kinds of regions.
• Formal Regions are sets of places with similar
  characteristics.
• Functional Regions are places connected by
  movement.