The 5 Themes of Geography

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The 5 Themes of Geography

• Mrs. Isaacson
• 9th Grade World History

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Warm up

• Why do you feel geography is important to study?
  4-6 sentences
• TRY TO AVOID FORBIDDEN WORDS YOU MAY USE I
  BECAUSE YOU ARE STATING YOUR OPINION
• Hours 1,3,4,6 Page 3 in notebooks
• Hours 2,7 Page 4 in notebooks

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Why do We study Geography?

• To understand how
• Civilizations develop in certain areas.
• Why and how different cultures interact.
• How the physical world can cause good and bad
  relationships between cultures.

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The 5 Themes of Geography

• 1. Location Where is it?
• 2. Place What is it like there?
• 3. Regions Whats around there?
• 4. Movement What moves there?
• 5. Human-Environmental Interactions What do
  people do there?

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Location (Where is it, Where am I?)

• Location is measured in 2 Ways
• Absolute THATS WHERE IT IS, NO QUESTION!
• Relative Where am I in relation to

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Absolute Location

• Very specific, uses degrees through
• Latitude Equator, North Pole, South Pole.
• Longitude Prime Meridian

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Fun Fact St. Louis Absolute Location38 45 N
Latitude90 23 W Longitude
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Relative Location Its All Relative.

• Where a place is in Relation to
• What is nearby?
• What can be used as a marker to show relative
  location?

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Where is St. Louis in Relation to.

• The Arch??
• Illinois?
• Canada?
• The Mississippi?
• The World Series? ?

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Theme 2 Place

• What is it like there?
• What makes it stand out as a location in the
  world?
• Every place has Human and Physical
  Characteristics. These help define its place in
  the world.

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What do you think of??

• What do you imagine when you think of..
• France?
• China?
• Egypt?
• Florida?
• Iraq?
• Las Vegas?

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Theme 3 Regions

• What is around this place?
• What areas make up the St. Louis region?
• Having things in common make several places a
  region. Regions can be mapped out and traced.

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Types of Regions

• Formal regions Figured out by governments for
  reasons like taxes or economics.
• Functional regions Perform a certain kind of job
  or task. Example The Farming region.
• Vernacular (This means everyday, common
  language). This is based on how people view the
  world, like the Middle East or Deep South.

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Examples of Regions Political Regions
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Map of Economic Regions
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Theme 4 Movement

• This is how people, goods and culture move within
  and between regions.
• Cultures become Interdependent (Depending on one
  another).
• Movement leads to the idea of CULTURAL DIFFUSION
  The spreading of ideas and influence from one
  culture to another.

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Theme 5 Human/ Environment Interaction

• Humans affect their environment and the
  environment affects humans.
• How does the environment affect where people
  live? What would be your number 1 location? Why?

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Which Theme are These Song Lyrics Covering

• Oh, give me a home, where the buffalo roam,Where
  the deer and the antelope play,Where seldom is
  heard a discouraging word,And the skies are not
  cloudy all day.Home, home on the range,Where
  the deer and the antelope play,Where seldom is
  heard a discouraging word,And the skies are not
  cloudy all day.Where the air is so pure, the
  zephyrs so free,The breezes so balmy and
  light,That I would not exchange my home on the
  rangeFor all the cities so bright.Oh, give me
  a land where the bright diamond sandFlows
  leisurely down the streamWhere the graceful
  white swan goes gliding alongLike a maid in a
  heavenly dream.