5 Themes of Geography

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5 Themes of Geography

• World Geography
• August 21, 2007

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Theme 1 Location, location, location!!

• Absolute Location Precise position on globe
• Latitude (Ladder)
• Equator 0
• Poles 90
• -Tropic of Cancer 23 ½ N
• Tropic of Capricorn 23 ½ S

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Longitude

• Long Ladder
• Runs in N/S
• parallels around
• the globe
• Prime Meridian
• in Greenwich, England
• Up to 180 degrees
• in each direction

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Theme 2 Place!!

• Whats it like there?
• Stuff like soil, animals, land, weather

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Theme 3 Human/Environment Interaction

• Relationship between people and env.
• Warm, sunny places- why might people live there?

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Human/Environment Interaction Continued

• Cold places why live there?
• Any other examples?

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Theme 4 Movement

• Why do people migrate?
• Better land
• Freedom
• More money

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Theme 5 Region

• Refers to general
• location
• Midwest,
• Central Illinois
• Middle East, Southwest