Transcript Five Themes of Geography - Colorado Springs School District 11

Five Themes of Geography
Why is it important to know where we
are? How we interact with each other
and the planet? How we move about?
(2 Sentences)
Five themes of Geography
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Location
Regions
Movement
Place
Interaction
Location
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Continent, Country
Exact location as
712 East Yampa
Colorado Springs, CO
80903
Lat
Lon
[COS] 38*52’43”N 104*48’54”W
Colo Sprgs,CO
Longitutde- Long up and down
Latitude- Flatitude
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Your address
• 700Sunset Terrace,
Amarillo,TX 79017
Region
• Area that shares a
common feature
• Countries, States,
Cities- political
regions
• Climate and
Topography- Rocky
Mtns.
Place
• Things that make an
area unique
• Landforms, climate,
plants, animals.
People, language,
and culture
• Each has it’s own
signature
Movement
• How do people,
goods and ideas
move.
• Ideas move from
location to location
Interaction
• Focuses on
relationship
between people and
environment
• People moving to an
area bring changes
to make life easier
Activity
• Create Poster or Card About the 5
themes of Geography