Transcript Chapter 2: The Geographers World

I. Five Themes of Geography
A. Location
B. Place
C. Region
D. Movement
E. Human-Environment Interaction
II. Importance of the Five Themes
A. The themes allow us to discuss and
explain people, places, and environment of
the past and present
III. Study of Geography
A. Scientist Alfred Wegener
1. Dateline – pg. 35
2. Wegener’s theory was that the
continents were once all
connected and over time the pieces
moved and drifted apart
3. Eventually, scientists agreed and
discovered tectonic plates
Pangaea
Five Themes
1.
Location
A. Allows us to discuss places in the world in terms that everyone
can understand
B. Absolute Location: the exact spot on Earth where a place can be
found
C. Relative Location: the approximate spot where a place can be
found
D. Latitude Lines: imaginary lines that run parallel to the Equator
and measure distance north and south of the Equator
E. Longitude Lines: imaginary lines that run between the North and
South Poles and measure distance east and west of the Prime
Meridian
Latitude/Longitude
Place
II.
A.
B.
Allows us to know what a place is like
Physical Features:
1.
2.
C.
climate, landforms, bodies of water, and plant and
animal life
Physical features change, sometimes caused by
volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, movement of
glaciers, or formation of deltas
Human Characteristics
1.
Ex:
What can you tell about this
place?
III. Region
A. Group of places that have physical features
and/or human characteristics in common
B. Geographers compare regions to understand
differences and similarities among them. Why?
C. What are some examples of regions?
1. Natural regions are classified based on
climate and plant and animal life
IV. Movement
A. People, goods, ideas, animals, and plants move
from one place to another.
B. Migrate: to move from one place to another
C. Push and Pull Factors: reasons for migration
D. Natural barriers make migration difficult.
Ex:
Push
Pull
V.
Human-Environment Interaction
A. Occurs because humans depend on, adapt to, and change the
world around them.
B. Changes:
1. Humans creates change
ex:
2. Environment creates change
C. People learn to use resources provided by environment:
1. in the past, people who lived near oceans learned how
to fish
D. Environment often creates cultural differences
E. People and the environment CONTINUALLY interact!