Theme 1: Location

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Theme 1 Location

• Two Types of Location
• Absolute
• Relative

• Where is It?
• Why is It There?

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The Five Themes of Geography

1. Movement
2. Region
3. Human-Environment Interaction
4. Location
5. Place

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Theme 1 Movement

• The Mobility of
• People
• Goods
• Ideas
• Shows how places are linked to one another and
  the world

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Michigan Movement
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Theme 1 Movement

• List three ways movement helps people.
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.

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Theme 2 Regions

• What Do Places Have in Common?
• Political Regions
• Landform Regions
• Agricultural Regions
• Cultural Regions

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Michigan RegionsWe are part of the Midwest
region.
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Theme 3 Human Environment Interaction

• How Do People Interact With Their Environment?
• People . . .
• Adapt to their environment
• Modify their environment
• Depend on their environment

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Human Environment Interaction

• It is not just humans that effect the
  environment, the environment effects us too!
• Examples Weather, natural disasters, floods,
  snow, rain, etc.

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Michigan Human Environment Interaction
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Theme 4 Location

• Two Types of Location
• Absolute
• Relative

• Where is it?

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Absolute Location

• A specific place on the Earths surface
• Uses a grid system
• Latitude and longitude
• A global address

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Michigan

• Absolute Location
• Michigan
• 43.6867 N Latitude,
• 85.0102 W Longitude
• St. Clair Shores
• 42.4956 N Latitude
• 82.9003 W Longitude

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Relative Location

• Where a place is in relation to another place
• Uses directional words to describe
• north, south,
• east, west

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Michigan

• Michigan is bordered by Ohio and Indiana to the
  south.
• Lake Huron and Lake Erie form Michigans east
  coast. Lake Michigan forms the west coast, and
  Lake Superior and Canada are to the north.
• Michigan is one of the Midwestern States

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Theme 5 PlacePhysical Characteristics

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

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Michigan Physical Characteristics
Pictured Rocks
Lake St. Clair
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Theme 5 PlaceHuman Characteristics

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

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Michigan Human Characteristics
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Question??

• What is the difference between Place and Region?
• Answer Place is for only one area and Region is
  about many areas!!