Five Themes of Geography

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Five Themes of Geography

• Location, Place, Interaction, Movement, and
  Regions

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Location

• Absolute Location
• Latitude runs East to West but measures distance
  North to South
• Longitude runs North to South but measures
  distance East to West of Prime Meridian
• San Diego 331/2N,115W

3
Location

• Relative Location- Where it is in relation to
  something else.
• Where people
• live in relation
• to.

4
PlaceWhat is it like there?

• Natural Features
• Landforms, made by nature
• Mountains, lakes, deserts,

5
Place What is it like there?

• Cultural Features
• Made by humans

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Interaction How People have changed the
environment

• Advantages
• Water- S.D.
• We use water from the Colorado River
• Starts from the Grand Canyon

• Disadvantage
• Beach Living
• All the run-off from the people living by the
  beach drains into the ocean.

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Movement What has been moved from one place to
another

• Mexican Food
• Thai Food
• Chinese Food
• Indian Food
• Japanese Food

• All of these restaurants came from people who
  migrated herefrom all over the World

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Movement

• Products like- McDonalds has spread all over the
  world. Russia opens 1st McDonalds when I was in
  Middle School.
• Soft drink- Pepsi

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Region What makes an area different from another
area?
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Regions

• Compare
• NYC/S.D.
• Traffic
• Pollution
• Smog
• Skyscrapers

• Contrast
• S.D./NYC
• Room to grow
• Beaches
• Better climate
• Friendly People