Transcript 5 Themes of Geography

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THE FIVE
THEMES OF
GEOGRAPHY
(Chapter 1 / Section 2)
THE FIVE THEMES
OF GEOGRAPHY
 Location
 Place
 Interaction
Human-Environment Interaction
 Movement
 Regions
LOCATION
Where are we?
 Absolute Location  Relative Location
 A latitude and longitude
(global location) or a
street address (local
location).
 Houston, Texas is
located at 29o N (lat.),
95o W (long.)
 The White House is
located at 1600
Pennsylvania Ave.
 Described by
landmarks, time,
direction, or distance.
From one place to
another.
 Go 1 mile west on
Main Street, turn left
at the gas station,
and travel one block.
Power Notes
1: Location
2: Absolute Location
3: latitude and longitude
3: street address
2: Relative Location
3: landmarks, time, direction,
or distance
PLACE
What’s it like there?
 Human
Characteristics
 What are the primary
languages, customs,
and beliefs.
 How many people live,
work, and visit a place.
 Physical
Characteristics
 Landforms (mountains,
rivers, etc.), climate,
vegetation, wildlife,
soils, etc.
Power Notes
1: Place
2: Human Characteristics
3: languages, customs, beliefs
3: live, work, visit
2: Physical Characteristics
3: landforms, climate,
vegetation, wildlife, soils
INTERACTION
How do humans interact
with their environment?
 We depend on it.
 For example, people depend on the Mississippi River
for water and transportation.
 We modify it.

 People modify their surroundings
by erecting shelters for comfort
We adapt toand
it.roadways for convenience.
 We adapt to the environment by wearing
clothing suitable for summer (shorts) and
winter (coats), for rain and sunshine.
Power Notes
1: Interaction
2: We depend on environment
3: rivers for water, transportation
3: trees for lumber, paper
2: We modify environment
3: cities for comfort
3: roadways for convenience
2: We adapt to environment
3: clothing for summer/winter
3: build shelters
MOVEMENT
How does stuff move
fromofplace
to place?
 Movement
Humans/Goods
 Planes, trains, (&) automobiles, trucks, etc.
 Movement of Information
 Mail, telephone (voice/text), email
 Movement of Ideas
 Newspapers, magazines, radio, TV, internet
Power Notes
1: Movement
2: Movement of Humans/Goods
3: planes, trains, autos, trucks
2: Movement of Information
3: mail, phone (voice/text), email
2: Movement of Ideas
3: newspapers, magazines, radio,
TV, internet
REGIONS
How are regions defined?
What are their unifying characteristics?
 Formal Regions
 Regions designated by official boundaries, such as
cities, counties, states, and countries.
 Regions defined by similar characteristics, such as the
Coastal Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and Chinatown.
 Most are clearly indicated and publicly known.
 Functional Regions
 Regions defined by their connections (examples include
school district boundaries and cell phone coverage area).
 Vernacular Regions
 These are perceived regions, such as “The South” and
the “Middle East.”
 They have no formal boundaries but are understood in
our “mental maps” of how we see the world around us.
Power Notes
1: Regions
2: Formal Regions
3: official boundaries
4:
cities, counties, states,
countries (political maps)
3: similar characteristics
4: Coastal Plains, Rocky
Mountains (physical maps)
3: clearly indicated & known
Power Notes
• 1: Regions
2: Functional Regions
3: connections
4: school district boundaries
(special purpose maps)
2: Vernacular Regions
3: perceived regions
3: no formal boundaries
3: “mental maps”
MNEMONIC
For remembering the Five Themes…
Lemon Pizza
In My
Refrigerator
Your assignment
• Describe you and your family using the 5
Themes of Geography.
• Make sure you use every theme.
• Type your biography, double space.