The Five Themes of Geography

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The Five Themes of Geography

• Textbook Pages 15
• and Page 18

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5 Themes of Geography

• Mr. Help
• M-----Movement
• R-----Region
• HE-----Human Environmental Interaction
• L-----Location
• P-----Place

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Location

• Where is it?

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Location

• Where something is

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Location

• Absolute Location the exact position of a spot
  on the earth
• Relative Location--- the position of a spot in
  relation to another spot on the earth

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Location

• Absolute Location
• The latitude and longitude of a spot
• The address of a spot
• Exact location
• Relative Location-
• The location of a spot in relation to another
• Near, by, next to, north of, etc.

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Place

• Whats it like?

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Place

• Whats it like?
• Physical Characteristics
• Human Characteristics

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Place

• Whats it like?
• Makes the location UNIQUE

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PLACE
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Place--Whats It Like?

• Physical Characteristics
• landforms, bodies of water, climate, soil, plant
  life and animal life (FYI)

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Place--Whats It Like?

• Human Characteristics
• how many people live somewhere, how close
  together they live , social traits, cultural
  traditions and political institutions (FYI)

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Human Environmental Interaction

• Way of Life

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Human and Environmental Interaction

• Humans interact with their environment
• The environment interacts with and affects people

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Human Environmental Interaction

• Way of Life
• Positive and negative interactions

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Human Environmental Interaction
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Human Environmental Interaction

• How people interact with the environment and how
  the environment interacts with people
• Depend
• Adapt
• Modify

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Human Environmental Interaction

• (FYI)
• People DEPEND on the environment
• People ADAPT to the environment
• People MODIFY their environment

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Human and Environmental Interaction

• Humans interact with their environment (FYI)
• Depend---(Basic needs, recreational activities)
• Adapt---(Clothing, housing, way people use land)
• Modify---(People change the environment--heat,
  air conditioning, farming, mining, irrigation)

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Movement

• Moving people, goods and ideas
• Transportation and Communication

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MOVEMENT
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MOVEMENT

• Movement means change.
• How and why people and things move and how they
  are connected

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Region

• Group areas by unifying characteristics or like
  characteristics
• Areas that show common characteristics
• Makes the study of geography more MANAGEABLE.