Transcript 5 Themes of Geography Powerpoint

Pre-Geography Writing
5 minutes
Respond to the following question in 4-5
complete sentences. Prepare to discuss!
• What can we learn from a map?
5 Themes of Geography
Location
• Absolute Location
• Relative Location
Absolute Location
Absolute Location
• The exact location of a place using
latitude/longitude coordinates or street
address
• BrainPop!
Relative Location
• Relative location is the location of a place in
relation to other landmarks.
One way to describe relative location is using
distance.
For example – Lexington is about 11 miles away
from of the city of Boston.
Relative Location
• Another way to describe relative location is
by using close by land marks.
Example: Lexington is near the historic town
of Concord
Relative Location
• You can also describe relative location
using time.
Example: Lexington is about a thirty minute
drive from Boston
Relative Location
• Lastly, relative location can be described
using direction.
Example: Lexington is west of the Atlantic
coast.
Group Activity - Relative Location
• Describe the relative location of Lexington.
• Keep adding to your list until I ask you to
share.
Physical and Human
Characteristics
Physical Characteristics: The
characteristics describing a place that are
found in nature
Human Characteristics: The
characteristics describing a place that have
been created by humans
On a piece of scrap paper, jot down the
human characteristics and the physical
characteristics that you notice in each
picture.
Place
Place
Place
Place
• Examples of physical characteristics
– climate, landforms, bodies of water, plants
and animal life
• Examples of human characteristics
– Man-made objects like buildings or cars,
languages, religions, industries, government
systems, political boundaries (like the borders
of a city)
Human or Physical
Characteristics?
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The Gulf of Mexico
Sugar Maple Trees in a forest
A Maple sugar house in a forest
Wind and snow at the top of Mount
Everest
• Smog in Los Angeles, CA
• The Nile River
• A man-made dam on the Nile River
Place Activity
• Take out blue worksheet in the bin
• Think of a place outside of Lexington that
you have visited.
• Please read the directions and complete
the activity. Color pencils are in the bins
too!
• Once you complete, please share with
your tablemates and describe your place.
Region
• A Region is an area that has common
characteristics.
• These characteristics may be physical or
human
Physical Regions
• Physical regions can be deserts,
mountains, grasslands, and rain forests.
Examples:
-White Mountains of New Hampshire
-Amazon rain forest.
Human Regions
• Human regions may have to do with aspects
of culture such as religion, language, or
industry.
Examples:
-Islamic countries of north Africa (religious region)
-The French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec
(language region)
-Silicon Valley, California (industrial region)
Are these regions human or
physical?
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The Great Lakes region
The Rocky Mountains
Fishing towns on the coast of Maine
Chinatown in Boston
The Nile River valley
Milan, Italy: the fashion capital of the world
Red Sox Nation
Movement
• Goods, ideas, and people can move.
Goods
• When goods move, it is called trade.
• Trade is the action of buying and selling
goods and/or services.
• Exports are goods or services that are
sent out of a region to other places in the
world.
• Imports are goods or services that are
sent into a region from other parts of the
world.
Common U.S. Exports
• Machinery, engines, oil, electronic
equipment, medical equipment, food
products
Common U.S. Imports
• Oil, foreign cars, electronics,
drugs/medicines, spices, food products
Movement of Ideas
• When ideas spread from one culture to
another, it is called cultural diffusion.
How do the following pictures picture show
movement of ideas or cultural diffusion?
Movement of People
• A person who leaves their native
homeland to move somewhere else is
called an immigrant.
• BrainPop!
Human/Environmental Interaction
• People can adapt to the environment
• People can change the environment
• People can depend on the environment
Which type of interaction?
Which type of interaction?
Which type of interaction?
Human/Environmental Interaction
• What are some ways you adapt to your
environment?
• What are some ways you change your
environment?
• What are some ways you depend on your
environment?