Transcript 5 Themes of Geography Powerpoint

The Five Themes of Geography
The 5 Themes of Geography
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Movement
Region
Human/Environment Interaction
Location
Place
Theme # 1: Movement
• How are people linked together?
Movement:
• Movement describes…
• How people in one area contact
people in other areas
Movement:
• What can move??
GOODS
MONEY
IDEAS
PEOPLE AND
THEIR PERSONAL
STUFF
Movement:
• Through movement we connect all of
our world together.
• This is called globalization!
• When we are interdependent on each
other for our economy, culture,
politics, socialization, and
technology.
Movement:
• How can things move??
WORD OF
MOUTH
COMPUTERS
FORMS OF
TRANSPORTATION
SATELLITES
TELEPHONES
Theme # 2: Region
• What does it have in common?
Region:
• A region describes:
• Areas that have something in
common: languages, political
divisions, traditions, climates, etc.
• Regions can be:
BIG
or
small
Human/Environment Interaction:
• How do we interact with our environment?
HEI:
Human/Environment Interaction
explains how people use and
change their environment.
Does the environment affect where we do these
activities?
HEI:
Changes to the environment can be
» Good
» Bad, or
» Both!
Theme # 4: Location
Where is it??
Location:
• There are two types of LOCATION!!
• Absolute
• Relative
Absolute Location:
• Absolute Location is found by
using…
• Two specific line types
• Latitude
• Longitude
Relative Location:
• Where an area is depending on where
another area is!
Figure out where the teacher’s desk is in
relation to something else in the room!
Theme # 5: Place
What is it like?
Place:
Each PLACE on Earth has it own:
DISTINCT CHARACTERISTICS
Two types:
Human
Or
Physical
(something that makes it different
than any other place in the world)
Place:
• Physical Features include the
landforms and bodies of water
found on the earth
Place:
Place:
What is it like?
Place:
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• What is the difference between
Location & Place?
What is the difference between
Location & Place?
Place: Describe
Remembering the Five Themes
Use the term
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Movement
Region
Human Environment (Interaction)
Location
Place
Location:
Location:
Location:
A
A
II
Q
Q
Movement:
Can you place the
geographic term
with
the
correct
Can
you
place the
geographic
theme ofterm with
the correct
geography!?!?
geographic theme!?!?
Five
Geographic
Geographic
Themes
of
Themes
Themes
Geography
Movement:
D
L
M
Equator
Building roads
Equator
Southwest
Building Asia
roads
Visiting
another
Southwest
Asia country
Visiting
another country
On an
island
On an island
The Western
US
Western US
Planting
A verycrops
hot climate
Latitude/longitude
Planting crops
longitude
coordinates
Place:
Place:
E
G
O
P
Region:
Region:
C
F
K
Human/Environment
Interaction:
Human/Environmen
Human/Environmen
tt Interaction:
Interaction:
B
B
H
H
J
J
N
N
Cutting down forests
Your neighborhood
Cutting down forests
Changing
your address
Your neighborhood
Handwritten
to a friend
Changingletters
your address
Written
letters
Building
new
houses
Building
new
Areas with little houses
rainfall
Areas with little rainfall
Swiss Swiss
chalets
& high
chalets
& high mts =
mountains
=
Switzerland
Switzerland
is south
Oklahoma
Texas Texas
is south
of of
Oklahoma