Geographical Themes

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Geographical Themes
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THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

• Location
• Place
• Human-Environment Interaction
• Movement
• Regions

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Theme 1 Location

• Location the meaning of relative and absolute
  position on the earth's surface
• Sample terms Latitude and longitude, site and
  situation, direction, distance, scale

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Location

• Two Types of Location
• Absolute
• Relative

• Where is It?
• Why is It There?

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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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Absolute Location

• Examples
• Rome is located at 41 N, 12 E
• Argentina is located in the southern hemisphere
• Ecuador is located in Tropic of Cancer.
• LNE is located in Lincoln, NE.

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Relative Location

• Where a place is in relation to another place
• Uses directional words to describe
• Cardinal and intermediate directions

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Relative Location

• Examples
• Rome is located near the Mediterranean Sea.
• Argentina is near Brazil.
• Ecuador is south of Mexico.
• Lincoln is 50 miles from Omaha.

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Theme 2 Place

• Place the distinctive and distinguishing
  physical and human characteristics of locales
• Sample terms Physical and cultural landscapes,
  sense of place

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PlacePhysical Characteristics

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

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PlaceHuman Characteristics

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

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Theme 3 Human Environment Interaction

• Relationships within places the development and
  consequences of human-environment relationships
• Sample terms Ecosystems, natural resources,
  environmental pollution

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Theme 3 Human Environment Interaction

• How People Interact With Their Environment
• People . . .
• Adapt to Their Environment
• Modify Their Environment
• Depend on Their Environment

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Theme 4 Movement

• Movement patterns and change in human spatial
  interaction on the earth
• Sample terms Migration, diffusion, globalization

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Theme 4 Movement

• The Mobility of
• People
• Goods
• Ideas
• How Places are linked to one another and the world

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• Regions how they form and change
• Sample terms Formal vs. functional regions

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Theme 5 Regions

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

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Remembering the 5 themes

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• M Movement
• R Regions
• HE Human Environment interaction
• L Location
• P - Place