Transcript 5 Themes of Geography

5 Themes of Geography
Geography 12
Activation Assignment
Ms. Inden
The Five Themes of Geography
• Geography is the study of the earth and
everything on it.
• When geographers study the earth, they examine or look
at it through a five lenses:
1. location
2. place
3. human/environment interaction
4. movement
5. regions
1. Location – Absolute position
• Every point on Earth has a specific,
absolute, location
• Geographers use
– parallels of latitude – measured north and
south of the equator
– meridians of longitude – measured east and
west of the Prime Meridian
• …to determine absolute location
Every point on earth corresponds to a
number showing latitude, plus a number
showing longitude.
http://www.lakelandsd.com/tutorial/instructions.html
Use the link to find the specific
location of the following places
• http://www.findlatitudeandlongitude.com/
1. The border between Canada and the United States in BC, east of
Vancouver
2. Your town
3. The most southern point of Canada’s border with the US
4. The farthest east you can get in Canada
5. The farthest west you can get in Canada
6. The farthest north you can get on this map in Canada
Location can also be relative –
that is relative to another place
• Relative location – how one place is
connected to another
• The relative location is not a specific
designation, but a general description
based on where it exists compared to
another landmark or place
– Where are you, relative to Prince George?
• Fort St. James is Northwest of Prince George, both
are located on the Interior Plateau
Assignment
• Using the three maps provided, complete
the following questions
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The World Map
1. Which line of longitude runs through Greenland
2. Which line of latitude is the Equator?
3. Canada’s territories (Nunavut, Yukon, Northwest Territories) are located north of which line of latitude?
4. Antarctica is located south of which line of latitude?
5. Oceana is south of the Equator, and what of the Prime or Greenwich Meridian
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Antarctica Map
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The Amery Ice Shelf is located at approximately 70°S and 75°E. Thurston Island is located:
The coordinates of the South Pole are:
The coordinates of the Magnetic South Pole are:
Pakistan
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The Indus River enters Pakistan from China at which coordinates? Explain in relative terms, where it exits
Pakistan
Afghanistan is located where, relative to Pakistan?
The capital city is what, and is located at which coordinates? What is the capital city’s relative location?
India is located where, relative to China?
2. Place
• All places have characteristics that give
them meaning and character different from
other places –
– Physical
– Human (or cultural)
Place
• Physical
Characteristics
– animal life
– plant life
– geographical
characteristics
http://weathersavvy.com/A-Climate.html
• Question: Briefly
describe how these
two places are
different based on
the three items
above.
http://www.the-labs.com/Lightbox/mountain.jpg
Human Characteristics
• shaped by religious, political, cultural,
social, economic ideas
– Architecture – the style of buildings
– What people do for a living
– Land use and ownership
• How people use the land for economic and
recreational purposes, and who and how land is
owned
– Town planning
– Communication and transportation networks
Describe how these two places
are different:
1. Architecture – the style
of buildings
2. What people do for a
living
3. Land use and
ownership - how people
use the land for
economic and
recreational purposes
4. Communication and
transportation networks
Place: shaped by
religious, political, cultural,
social, economic ideas
and history
http://www.uva.co.uk/wp/wpcontent/projects/onTheRoad/tokyo/tokyo01.jpg
http://k53.pbase.com/u48/rvision/upload/30747180.HollandBiki
ngHollandBiking09.jpg
3. Human/Environment
Interaction
• Positive and
BP Oil Spill
From Wikipedia: Anchor-handling tugboats
battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil
rig Deepwater Horizon. A Coast Guard MH-65C
dolphin rescue helicopter and crew document
the fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit
Deepwater Horizon, while searching for
survivors. Multiple Coast Guard helicopters,
planes and cutters responded to rescue the
Deepwater Horizon's 126 person crew.
http://web.uvic.ca/malahat/supporters.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deepwater_Horizon_offshore_drillin
g_unit_on_fire_2010.jpg
negative
consequences of
human impact
• The way
humans
depend on,
adapt to and
modify the
environment
University
of Victoria
Human/Environment Interaction
• Looking at the images of the BP oil spill and the
University of Victoria, write about the following:
1. How do people
• Modify or change the environment in which they
live?
• How do people depend upon the environment?
• How do people change their activities to survive
and thrive in the environment?
2. What are the positive and negative impacts on the
environment in each photo? On people?
4. Regions
• A region is a basic unit of study with
certain unifying characteristics
– physical
– cultural
– and how this changes over time
This map shows language regions. Examine the
map. Tell one thing you notice or are surprised by.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Percent_poverty_world_map.png
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What is this map showing?
Where are most of the richer countries located?
Where are most of the poor countries located?
Give some reasons you think a place might be rich or poor.
http://www.theglobaleducationproject.org/mideast/info/maps/religions-map.gif
1. What is this map showing?
2. Make a comment about one aspect of this map that is interesting or
surprising to you.
5. Movement
• Movement of life forms, including people,
ideas, products
– travel
– communication
– reliance on products, information, ideas from
other places
• How are we connected to other places,
people?
Go to the Geography 12
Website
• Read through the pages on the flood in Pakistan. As you read,
answer the following questions
1. Give a brief description of what has caused this natural and
human catastrophe
2. Describe some of the key problems that have been created for
the environment, the people in Pakistan, the people outside of
Pakistan
3. Thinking about the idea of movement in geography, answer the
following questions:
• How are people in Pakistan moving in response?
• How has the world responded, or communicated, or helped the people of
Pakistan? What goods and supports are moving from different countries to
Pakistan?
• What impact could this disaster have on people outside of Pakistan. In other
words, how are we connected to the people there?