The Five Themes of Geography

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The Five Themes of Geography
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What is Geography?

• Study of the earth and the way people live and
  work on it.
• Means earths description.
• Will help you understand the history of a
  civilization
• Uses 5 themes to explain what a place is like and
  why it is like that.

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The 5 Themes of Geography

• Location
• Place
• Human/Environmental Interaction
• Movement
• Regions

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Compass Rose
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Theme 1 LocationWhere is It? Why is it There?

• Two Types of Location
• Absolute Location
• A specific place on the Earths surface
• Uses a grid system
• Latitude and longitude
• A global address

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Latitude

• Horizontal lines measured in degrees north or
  south of the Equator (0 Latitude)
• Lat rhymes with Flat

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Longitude

• distance measured in degrees east or west from an
  imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to
  the South Pole

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Relative Location

• The position of a place in relation to another.
  (Fair Lawn is north of Philadelphia)
• Northwest
• Northeast
• Southeast
• Southwest
• North
• South
• East
• West

Fair Lawn
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Practice New Jersey

• New Jersey is boarded by New York to the
  _______and Pennsylvania to the _________.
• The Atlantic Ocean forms New Jersey's
  ____________coast.

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Theme 2 PlacePhysical Characteristics

• Land Features
• Mountains, plains, and plateaus
• Climate
• Bodies of Water

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New Jersey Physical Characteristics
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Theme 2 PlaceHuman Characteristics

• People
• Culture
• Language
• Religion
• Buildings and Landmarks
• Cities

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New Jersey Human Characteristics
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Theme 3 Human Environment Interaction

• How People Interact With Their Environment
• People . . .
• Adapt to Their Environment
• Modify Their Environment
• Depend on Their Environment
• Example American Westward Expansion of the
  1800s.

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Adapt to Their Environment
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Modify Their Environment
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Modify Their Environment
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Modify Their Environment

• Panama Canal
• http//www.history.com/videos/panama-canal-locksp
  anama-canal-locks

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Depend on Their Environment
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Theme 4 MovementHow places are linked to one
another and the world.

• The Mobility of
• People
• Goods
• Ideas

• Examples
• Religion
• Languages
• Cultures

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Theme 5 Regions

• What places have in common
• Political Regions (United States, New Jersey)
• Landform Regions (rivers, mountains)
• Agricultural Regions (Farmland, wheat, corn)
• Cultural Regions (language, arts)