Transcript The Five Themes in Geography

The Five Themes in Geography
1. Location
2. Place .
3. Human/Environment Interactions
4. Movement
5. Regions
The Five Themes were developed by the
National Council for Geographic Education
to provide an organizing framework for
the presentation of geographic materials
1. Location-Where is it?
Location: Position on the Earth's
Surface (Absolute/Relative). Geographic
study begins with the location of places on
the earth..
-Location Cont.Globe, Country, State, County, Community
• Absolute Location – latitude and longitude or an address
• Relative Location – where a place is with respect to other places
2. Place-What is it like?
Place: Physical and Human Characteristics.
Place have physical and human characteristics that
make them what they are.
-Place Cont.-
• Population, Climate, Landforms,
Heritage, Plants & Animals
• Physical Characteristics
• Human Characteristics
-Place Cont.-
California
From the desert beaches-->
-Place Cont.-
-->To the Snow Capped Mountains
3. Human/Environmental
Interaction
Human/Environment Interactions: Shaping the
Landscape.. The geography of places is influenced by the degree
to which humans have impacted their local environment.
Human/Environmental Interaction cont.
• Adaptation to Climate & geology,
Land Use, Land Change, People &
Events, Energy Use
• Human Use (Resources), Human
Adaptation, Human Impact
Human/Environmental Interaction cont.
California People
From the desert beaches-->
Human/Environmental Interaction cont.
-->To the Snow Capped Mountains
4. Movement-How are
people and places linked?
Movement: Humans Interacting on the Earth.
The postmodern world is one of great interaction
between places. This movement is inherently
geographic.
Movement cont.
• Vehicles, Trucks, Planes, Railroad…
• Movements – Materials and Products
• Movements – People and Living Things
(Migration)
• Movements – Ideas and Information
(Diffusion)
Movement cont.
5. Regions-How can we
generalize about the world?
Regions: How They Form and Change. A
region is any unit of space that is unified by
the presence of some characteristic.
Regions cont.
California’s Regional Diversity
Geographic area/unity, Landforms, Government, Language,
Religion, Industry, Vegetation, Climate
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