The Five Themes of Geography

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The Five Themes of Geography
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The 5 Themes of Geography

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

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Theme 1 Movement

• How are people linked together?

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Movement

• Movement describes
• How people in one area contact people in other
  areas

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Movement

• What can move??

GOODS
PEOPLE AND THEIR PERSONAL STUFF
MONEY
IDEAS
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Movement

• Through movement we connect all of our world
  together.
• This is called globalization!
• When we are interdependent on each other for our
  economy, culture, politics, socialization, and
  technology.

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Movement

• How can things move??

WORD OF MOUTH
COMPUTERS
FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION
SATELLITES
TELEPHONES
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Theme 2 Region

• What does it have in common?

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Region

• A region describes
• Areas that have something in common languages,
  political divisions, traditions, climates, etc.
• Regions can be
• BIG
• or
• small

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Human/Environment Interaction

• How do we interact with our environment?

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HEI

• Human/Environment Interaction explains how people
  use and change their environment.

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Does the environment affect where we do these
activities?
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HEI

• Changes to the environment can be
• Good
• Bad, or
• Both!

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Theme 4 Location

• Where is it??

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Location

• There are two types of LOCATION!!
• Absolute
• Relative

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Absolute Location

• Absolute Location is found by using
• Two specific line types
• Latitude
• Longitude

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Relative Location

• Where an area is depending on where another area
  is!
• Figure out where the teachers desk is in
  relation to something else in the room!

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Theme 5 Place

• What is it like?

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Place

• Each PLACE on Earth has it own
• DISTINCT CHARACTERISTICS
• Two types
• Human
• Or
• Physical
• (something that makes it different
• than any other place in the world)

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Place

• Physical Features include the landforms and
  bodies of water found on the earth

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Place
What is it like?
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Place
What is it like?
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Place

• What is it like?

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• What is the difference between Location Place?

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What is the difference between Location Place?
Place Describe
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Remembering the Five Themes
Use the term MR. HELP
M Movement
R Region
HE Human Environment
(Interaction) L Location
P Place
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Can you place the geographic term with the
correct theme of geography!?!?
Place
Location
Can you place the geographic term with the
correct geographic theme!?!?
Location A I Q
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Place E G O P
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Five Themes of Geography
Region
Movement
Movement D L M
Region C F K
Region C F K
Region C F K
Region C F K
Region C F K
Human/Environment Interaction
Equator Building roads Southwest Asia Visiting
another country On an island The Western
US Planting crops Latitude/longitude coordinates
Cutting down forests Your neighborhood Changing
your address Handwritten letters to a
friend Building new houses Areas with little
rainfall Swiss chalets high mountains
Switzerland Texas is south of Oklahoma
Equator Building roads Southwest Asia Visiting
another country On an island Western US A very
hot climate Planting crops longitude
Equator Building roads Southwest Asia Visiting
another country On an island Western US A very
hot climate Planting crops longitude
Equator Building roads Southwest Asia Visiting
another country On an island Western US A very
hot climate Planting crops longitude
Equator Building roads Southwest Asia Visiting
another country On an island Western US A very
hot climate Planting crops longitude
Equator Building roads Southwest Asia Visiting
another country On an island Western US A very
hot climate Planting crops longitude
Human/Environment Interaction B H J N
Cutting down forests Your neighborhood Changing
your address Written letters Building new
houses Areas with little rainfall Swiss chalets
high mts Switzerland Texas is south of Oklahoma
Human/Environment Interaction B H J N
Cutting down forests Your neighborhood Changing
your address Written letters Building new
houses Areas with little rainfall Swiss chalets
high mts Switzerland Texas is south of Oklahoma
Human/Environment Interaction B H J N
Cutting down forests Your neighborhood Changing
your address Written letters Building new
houses Areas with little rainfall Swiss chalets
high mts Switzerland Texas is south of Oklahoma
Human/Environment Interaction B H J N
Cutting down forests Your neighborhood Changing
your address Written letters Building new
houses Areas with little rainfall Swiss chalets
high mts Switzerland Texas is south of Oklahoma
Human/Environment Interaction B H J N
Cutting down forests Your neighborhood Changing
your address Written letters Building new
houses Areas with little rainfall Swiss chalets
high mts Switzerland Texas is south of Oklahoma