Transcript 5 themes of geography - McKinney ISD Staff Sites

5 THEMES OF
GEOGRAPHY
DEFINITION OF GEOGRAPHY
Science that deals with the:
Description, distribution, and interaction
of the diverse
physical, biological, and cultural features
of the earth's surface
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IN PLAIN ENGLISH
Geography is the study of
the earth and everything
on it.
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5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
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WHERE DID THE 5 THEMES
COME FROM?
5 Themes of Geography –
Originated by the
National Geographic Society to fulfill a
need for geographers to categorize
everything they learn about the
world.
Geographers -
(people who study the earth and everything on it)
These 5 places are easy to remember.
Just say the word “PRILM”.
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5 Themes explained
Location – Where is it ?
Place – What is it like ? How does it look ? Is it hot, cold, dry,
wet, lots of buildings ?
Region – How are places similar and different ? Does it have
characteristics that unify it ?
Movement – How do people, goods, and ideas move from one
place to another ?
Human-Environment Interaction – How do people relate to the
physical world ?
How do they use it ?
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PLACE
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It is a description of what makes that area
different to others.
This is divided into 2 parts:
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Physical differences, or characteristics,
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Human differences, or characteristics,
include things that occur naturally, such
as mountains, rivers, type of soil, wildlife,
climate etc.
are things that have changed due to
people, such as roads and buildings, how
people live and their traditions.
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REGION
Regions are areas that can be grouped together
by a set of things special to that area.
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Examples: Government, Language, Religion, Climate
The three types of area are:
Regions defined by a government or physical characteristics
are regions that are strictly maintained, such as countries or
continents.
Regions defined by a function are areas served by a particular service.
Take the example of the school district of McKinney ISD.
If MISD closes down, then the school district will no longer exist.
It will have to be named or described some other way.
Loosely defined regions are regions that are grouped together in
general terms.
Like the  Far East and Middle East.
* The S.W. region of the USA
or * The N.E. part of the USA
These are the sort of definitions that people will argue about.
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HUMAN-ENVIRONMENTAL
INTERACTIONS
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The relationship between people and their environment,
or how they work together.
What effects have the people had on their environment?
How has the environment affected them ?
Do they depend on it for anything?
What changes have they made to their environment to make it easier
to live in?
It can be divided into 3 parts:
How people have been changed by the environment can be called
adaptation.
Is the way humans change to suit their environment.
Examples ???
How the environment has been changed or modified is the
way people alter their environment to suit themselves.
Examples ???
Depending on the environment is when people rely on their
environment for something.
Examples ???
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LOCATION
This is divided into 2 parts:
SPECIFIC + RELATIVE LOCATION
Specific location is shown by an address.
The address can be any type of address that gives an exact
position.
It is sometimes called Absolute location
Here are some examples:
A Street Address:
152 Silly Street, McKinney, Tx. 75983
A Map Address:
15o20' North, 20o15' West
Both of these examples well tell you exactly where a place is.
Relative location is shown by saying where something is in
relation to somewhere or something else is located.
Here are some examples:
- ten minutes away by train
- in front of the bank
- across the street from Walmart
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MOVEMENT
Movement includes movement of :
• People,
• things, such as Goods,
• as well as Communications  (the movement of Ideas)
What type of communications are there ?
What forms of transportation that takes place ?
What goods are exported and imported ?
These all come under the heading of Movement.
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