Transcript 5 Themes of Geography

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Directions: Turn in your notebook to page 11, write the title below and answer the
following question for each day in a COMPLETE SENTENCE.
Warm
Up
Questions
Week
1
Monday –No School!
Tuesday – What is the purpose of a map legend?
Wednesday – Based on the map to right, what is
one conclusion that you can make from the information
given?
Thursday –What is the difference between a physical map and a political map?
• Friday – What is one positive thing you enjoyed about
the Mapping Our World activity?
• Directions: Turn in your notebook to page 14, write the title below
and answer the following question for each day in a COMPLETE
SENTENCE.
Warm Up Questions - Week 2
•Monday – What is one
example of relative
location? (You CAN NOT
copy the one straight from your
notes!!)
THE 5 THEMES OF
GEOGRAPHY
CH 1 SECTION 1 NOTES
THE FIVE THEMES OF
GEOGRAPHY
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Movement
Regions
Human-Environment Interaction
Location
Place
PLACE
What is it like there? What kind of place is it?
- Physical Characteristics
- Human Characteristics
• Landforms
• What are the main
(mountains,
languages, customs, and
rivers, deserts,
beliefs?
• How many people live, work, etc.)
• climate,
and visit a place?
vegetation,
wildlife, soil, etc.
LOCATION
Where are we?
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- Relative Location
• Described by landmarks, time,
direction or distance from one place to
another.
– Ex. - Go 1 mile west on Main St.
and turn left for 1 block.
- Absolute Location
– A latitude and longitude (global location) or a
street address (local location).
– Ex.- Paris France is 48oN Latitude and
2oE Longitude. The White House is
located at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION
• How do humans and the environment affect
each other?
– We depend on it.
• Ex. People depend on the Tennessee River
for water and transportation.
– We modify it.
• Ex. People modify their environment by
heating and cooling buildings for comfort.
– We adapt to it.
• Ex. -We adapt by wearing clothing suitable
for summer (shorts) and
winter (coats), rain and shine.
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REGIONS
How are Regions similar to and different from other
places?
– Formal Regions
• Defined by governmental or administrative
boundaries (States, Countries, Cities)
• Defined by similar characteristics (Corn Belt,
Rocky Mtns, Chinatown).
– Functional Regions
• Defined by a function (newspaper service area,
cell phone coverage area).
– Vernacular Regions
• Defined by peoples’ perception (Middle East, the South,
etc.)
MOVEMENT
• How are people, goods, ideas moved from place
to place?
– Human Movement
• Ex. - Trucks, Trains, Planes
– Information Movement
• Ex. - Phones, computer (e-mail), mail
– Idea Movement - How do fads move from
place to place?
• Ex. - TV, Radio, Magazines
Remembering the 5 themes
• If you can’t remembering what they
are just ask MR. HELP!!!
• M – Movement
• R – Regions
• HE – Human Environment interaction
• L – Location
• P - Place
Assignment– Page 10 of your
Composition Notebook
• Make a Venn Diagram in your notebook. Then write your
OWN example for each of the Five Themes of Geography
• Make sure you use EVERY theme!!