5 Themes of Geography

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5 Themes of Geography

• Geography 12
• Activation Assignment

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The Five Themes of Geography

• Geography is the study of the earth and
  everything on it.
• When geographers study the earth, they examine or
  look at it through a five lenses
• location
• place
• human/environment interaction
• movement
• regions

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1. Location Absolute position

• Every point on Earth has a specific, absolute,
  location
• Geographers use
• parallels of latitude measured north and south
  of the equator
• meridians of longitude measured east and west
  of the Prime Meridian
• to determine absolute location

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Every point on earth corresponds to a number
showing latitude, plus a number showing longitude.
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Use the link to find the specific location of the
following places

• http//www.findlatitudeandlongitude.com/
• The border between Canada and the United States
  in BC, east of Vancouver
• Your town
• The most southern point of Canadas border with
  the US
• The farthest east you can get in Canada
• The farthest west you can get in Canada
• The farthest north you can get on this map in
  Canada

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Location can also be relative that is relative
to another place

• Relative location how one place is connected to
  another
• Where are you, relative to Prince George?
• Fort St. James is Northwest of Prince George,
  both are located on the Interior Plateau

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Assignment

• Using the three maps provided, complete the
  following questions
• The World Map
• Which line of longitude runs through Greenland
• Which line of latitude is the Equator?
• Canadas territories (Nunavut, Yukon, Northwest
  Territories) are located north of which line of
  latitude?
• Antarctica is located south of which line of
  latitude?
• Oceana is south of the Equator, and what of the
  Prime or Greenwich Meridian
• Antarctica Map
• The Amery Ice Shelf is located at approximately
  70S and 75E. Thurston Island is located
• The coordinates of the South Pole are
• The coordinates of the Magnetic South Pole are
• Pakistan
• The Indus River enters Pakistan from China at
  which coordinates? Explain in relative terms,
  where it exits Pakistan
• Afghanistan is located where, relative to
  Pakistan?
• The capital city is what, and is located at which
  coordinates? What is the capital citys relative
  location?
• India is located where, relative to China?

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2. Place

• All places have characteristics that give them
  meaning and character different from other places
  
• Physical
• Human (or cultural)

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Place

• Physical Characteristics
• animal life
• plant life
• geographical characteristics
• Question Briefly describe how these two places
  are different based on the three items above.

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Human Characteristics

• shaped by religious, political, cultural, social,
  economic ideas
• Architecture the style of buildings
• what people do for a living
• land use and ownership
• how people use the land for economic and
  recreational purposes, and who and how land is
  owned
• town planning
• communication and transportation networks

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• Describe how these two places are different
• Architecture the style of buildings
• What people do for a living
• Land use and ownership - how people use the land
  for economic and recreational purposes
• Communication and transportation networks

Place shaped by religious, political, cultural,
social, economic ideas and history
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3. Human/Environment Interaction

• Positive and negative consequences of human impact

BP Oil Spill

• The way humans depend on, adapt to and modify the
  environment

From Wikipedia Anchor-handling tugboats battle
the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig
Deepwater Horizon. A Coast Guard MH-65C dolphin
rescue helicopter and crew document the fire
aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit
Deepwater Horizon, while searching for survivors.
Multiple Coast Guard helicopters, planes and
cutters responded to rescue the Deepwater
Horizon's 126 person crew.
University of Victoria
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Human/Environment Interaction

• Looking at the images of the BP oil spill and the
  University of Victoria, write about the
  following
• How do people
• Modify or change the environment in which they
  live?
• How do people depend upon the environment?
• How do people change their activities to survive
  and thrive in the environment?
• What are the positive and negative impacts on the
  environment in each photo? On people?

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4. Regions

• A region is a basic unit of study with certain
  unifying characteristics
• physical
• cultural
• and how this changes over time

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This map shows language regions. Examine the map.
Tell one thing you notice or are surprised by.
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http//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6
/Percent_poverty_world_map.png

1. What is this map showing?
2. Where are most of the richer countries located?
3. Where are most of the poor countries located?
4. Give some reasons you think a place might be rich
   or poor.

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http//www.theglobaleducationproject.org/mideast/i
nfo/maps/religions-map.gif

1. What is this map showing?
2. Make a comment about one aspect of this map that
   is interesting or surprising to you.

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5. Movement

• Movement of life forms, including people, ideas,
  products
• travel
• communication
• reliance on products, information, ideas from
  other places
• How are we connected to other places, people?

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Go to the Geography 12 Website

• Read through the pages on the flood in Pakistan.
  As you read, answer the following questions
• Give a brief description of what has caused this
  natural and human catastrophe
• Describe some of the key problems that have been
  created for the environment, the people in
  Pakistan, the people outside of Pakistan
• Thinking about the idea of movement in geography,
  answer the following questions
• How are people in Pakistan moving in response?
• How has the world responded, or communicated, or
  helped the people of Pakistan? What goods and
  supports are moving from different countries to
  Pakistan?
• What impact could this disaster have on people
  outside of Pakistan. In other words, how are we
  connected to the people there?