5 Themes of Geography

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5 Themes of Geography

• How do we begin to study this big world?

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Location

• Absolute Where a place is located exactly
• Longitude/Latitude
• GPS
• Address
• Relative Where something is located in relation
  to somewhere else
• North/South/East/West
• right by, near, across from

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Place

• Physical Characteristics
• Landforms, weather, animals, plants, climate,
  natural resources, water
• Whatever Mother Nature put there
• Human Characteristics
• Culture, buildings, language, religion
• Whatever describes the human activity

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Relationship

• How people relate to the environment
• How People
• Use the environment
• Affect the environment
• Are affected by the environment

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MOVEMENT

• How do people from one place interact with people
  from another?
• Involves movement of
• People
• Information
• Ideas
• Goods
• Services

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Regions

• Defined by common characteristics
• Can be classified in two ways

• Classification 1
• Physical
• Landforms
• Climates
• Vegetations
• Soils
• Cultural
• Language
• Religion
• Lifestyle
• Politics
• Industry

• Classification 2
• Formal one or more common features that make it
  different from surrounding areas
• Functional different areas linked together and
  function as a unit
• Perceptual reflect human feelings and attitudes