Transcript 5 Themes of Geography

5 Themes of Geography
Location
2.
Place
Human Environment Interaction
4.
Movement
5.
Region
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3.
What Are They??
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5 Themes of Geographythe basics of learning
about Geography
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Students goal is to
develop a “Geographic
Perspective”
Location
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Answers the Question “Where are we?”
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Can be Relative or Absolute
Relative Location
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Relative Location- NOT an exact Location
1. Described by landmarks, direction or
what is near it
Example- Lancaster Pa
 Near the Susquehanna River
 Outside of Philadelphia
 In Pennsylvania
East of York, Pa
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Absolute Location
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Absolute Location- Exact location of a place
(Where it is EXACTLY)
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Based On
1. Latitude and Longitude
2. Street Address
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Example- St. Leo the Great School
2427 Marietta Ave. Lancaster PA 17602
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Place
Answers the Question “What kind of place is it?”
 What do you think of when you picture:
1. China
3. Saudi Arabia
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2. Russia
4. Jamaica
You Just Described!!
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Human Characteristics- Ideas that evolved
from the people that live in an area
1. buildings, roads, foods, clothing
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Physical Characteristics- Physical aspects
that make an area well known
1. mountains, rivers, beaches, soil
Maui Hawaii
Location VS. Place
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What’s the DIFFERENCE??
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Location- Where a place is
1. Relative OR Absolute
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Place- What characteristics separate one
area from another
1. Physical OR Human Characteristics
Human Environment Interaction
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How people affect their environment and
how their environment affects them
1. Relationship between people and their
Environment
2 Key Questions
How do we use or change our environment?
How does our Environment cause problems
for people?
How do we use or change the
Environment??
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Negative Ways
1. Exploring for natural resources
2. Destruction of natural habitat (deforestation)
3. Over population
4. Littering/Pollution
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Positive Ways
1. Recycling
2. Conservation
3. Researching Alternative fuel sources
Difficult Environmental Factors
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Temperature
Weather
Climate
Natural Disasters
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All provide challenges for people
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Movement
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How and why things move from place to place
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Why do we move?
Why did native groups move in the past?
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Main Reasons for Movement
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Looking for a food source
Changes in climate/weather
Exploration
Employment Opportunity/Economic Opportunity
Availability of Resources
Political/War
Religious Freedom
What Else Moves??
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Ideas (Information)
1. Letters/Email/Phone Calls/AIM
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Goods
1. Trading/Shipping/Supply and Demand
Region
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Characteristics
that are common
in a given area
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What types of
characteristics?
Physical Characteristics
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Physical Features of an area
1. Specific landforms (mountains/plains)
2. Weather patterns (Climate)
Human Characteristics
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Human factors that divide regions
1. Industry types
(farming/mining/manufacturing)
2. Political Ideas
3. Language/Customs
Key Points to Remember
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Location- Absolute VS. Relative
Place- Physical VS. Human Characteristics
(what makes a place famous??)
Human Environment Interaction- What affects
our environment (people vs. natural)
Region- What does an area have in common?
Movement- What moves? Why does it move?