CHAPTER 1 SECTION 2 NOTES

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• CHAPTER 1 SECTION 2 NOTES

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THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

• Location
• Place
• Human-Environment Interaction
• Movement
• Regions

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LOCATIONDescribes where something is

• Absolute Location
• Sites location expressed in specific or absolute
  terms, such as an address
• Paris, France is 49o North Latitude and 2o East
  Longitude.
• The White House is located at 1600 Pennsylvania
  Ave.

• Relative Location
• Sites location expressed in general terms
• Canada in N of USA
• Westridge is across from Oak Park Mall

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PLACE

• Describes the features that make a site UNIQUE

• Refers to an areas landscape, land, climate,
  plants and animals

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REGIONS

• Areas that share COMMON characteristics

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MOVEMENT

• Looks at how and why people and things move
• Human Movement
• Trucks, Trains, Planes
• Information Movement
• Phones, computer (email), mail
• Idea Movement
• How do fads move from place to place?
• TV, Radio, Magazines

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HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

• Includes its land, water, climate, plants and
  animals
• People affect environment
• Dam rivers to prevent flooding
• Environment affects people
• In cold weather we wear coats

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Remembering the 5 themes

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• M Movement
• R Regions
• HE Human Environment interaction
• L Location
• P - Place

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• Geographers study the world by using
• A System of Standards
• Essential Elements
• These identify the most important ideas in the
  study of geography

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY STANDARDS

• 18 basic ideas that are central to the study of
  geography

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6 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS

1. The world in spatial terms
2. Places regions
3. Physical systems
4. Human systems
5. Environment society
6. The uses of geography

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• Last but not least
• The 6 Essential Elements build on the 5 Themes.
• The uses of geography are NOT covered in the 5
  Themes