5 Themes of Geography

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5 Themes of Geography

• Place
• Location
• Region
• Movement
• Interaction

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Place

• Place-An areas physical and human features.
  These include Climate, soil, vegetation, animal
  life, and bodies of water.
• People shape place through their actions

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Location

• Where did an event take place?
• Two ways to use location
• Latitude and longitude( San Antonio is at 29
  degrees North latitude and 99 degrees west
  longitude)
• Relation to another place-( San Antonio is 125
  miles from Dallas)
• At what Longitude and Latitude is Salt Lake
  located?

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Interaction

• How people adapt and change in the environment in
  which they live.
• Native Americans learned to plant seeds and grow
  food crops
• The way we live has changed due to technology. We
  can interact through the computer and other
  things.

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Movement

• Traveling from place to place to exchange goods,
  ideas and obtain more resources
• Hunters followed the herds as they moved from
  Canada to the United States
• We move goods from one country to another in the
  most efficient way possible.

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Regions

• Characteristics of the people, lands or cultures
  of a group of people.
• The Great Plains is a region of level land, hot
  summers, cold winters and little rainfall.
• Bourbon Street in New Orleans is associated with
  Jazz.

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5 Themes and Expansion

• As more settlers arrived, they moved from the
  East coasts to the west.
• This lead to more movement of goods, larger
  regions, more locations and an abundance of
  different physical features in those places.

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Geography and Population Trends

• Late 1700sPeople lived along the Atlantic coast
  or near other water transportation.
• Early 1800sWith new forms of transportation,
  people moved westward and cleared land for farms.
• Late 1800sWhite settlers overcame Native
  Americans and settled the West.
• Mid 1900sPeople were attracted to cities with
  mild climates in the south and west.

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Cartographers Make Maps and Globes

• Cartographers make maps using different map
  projections for different purposes.
• Cartographermapmaker
• Map projectionsways to show the earth on a flat
  surface. Types of map projections are Mercator
  and Robinson

• Cartographers make different types of maps for
  different purposes.
• Physical maps show physical features such as
  mountains and bodies of water.
• Political maps show countries, states, and
  capitals and other cities.
• Thematic maps deal with specific
  topics-population, rainfall, vegetation, or
  elections, for example.

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Looking at Physical Regions of the United States

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Looking at Physical Regions of the United States

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Pictures of what erosion leads to
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Climate

• Is the average weather of a place over a period
  of 20-30 years
• -Is characterized by the following
• Weather-(The climate in a certain area)
• Precipitation-(Rain or snow fall)
• Altitude-(Height above sea level)

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How Climates Vary

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How Climates Vary
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Tools of History and Economics

• Primary Sources-First hand account about people
  or events.
• Written by someone that was actually at this
  event.
• Secondary Source-account by someone written after
  the event.
• Usually written by someone that was not there.

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Chronology

• Sequence of events over time.

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Archaeologists Add to Our Knowledge of History

Archaeologystudy of evidence left by early
people in order to find out about their way of
life. Artifactobjects made by humans, such as
tools and weapons. Culturea peoples way of
lifehome, economy, government, for example.
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Economics

• Study of how people manage their resources to
  satisfy their wants and needs.
• What goods and services should we produce?
• How should we produce goods and services?
• For whom should we produce goods and services?

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Benefits of a Free Enterprise System

• Characteristics of a Free Enterprise System
• Government plays a limited role in the economy.
• Private citizens own businesses, decide what to
  make, how much to make, where to sell, and what
  to charge.
• Businesses compete.

• Benefits of a Free Enterprise System
• The know-how of many individuals contributes to
  national prosperity.
• Consumers have freedom of choice.
• The choices people make influence what is made,
  how much, and at what price.

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Economics Simulation

• We will demonstrate how economics work and what
  it means to us.

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Branches of Social Sciences
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Branches

• Archeology-the study of evidence left by early
  people.
• Anthropology-Study of how people and cultures
  develop
• Psychology-Study of how people think and behave
• Sociology-Study of how people behave in groups.
• Political Science-Study of Government