The 5 Themes of Geography

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The 5 Themes of Geography

• August 2012

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• LOCATION
• PLACE
• MOVEMENT
• REGION
• HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

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LOCATION

• Where is it?
• Absolute vs. Relative Location
• Absolute Location- The precise or exact point
  where a place is located on Earth.
• Ex Morehead 38.19N, 83.46W

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LOCATION

• Relative Location- Where a place is located in
  relation to another place.
• Ex Dairy Queen is down the hill from the high
  school.
• Ex Mr. Singletons is across from the brown
  lockers

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PLACE

• What is it like there?
• Includes both physical AND human features of a
  place.
• Ex landscapes, climate, people, culture, and
  language.

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Movement

• How are people and places connected?
• Reasons why people move
• Movement of goods, information, and ideas

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Movement-Spread of Buddhism
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Movement-Spread of Black Death
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Region

• How is a place similar to and different from
  other places?
• Region-an area of the Earths surface with
  similar characteristics.
• May be physical, political, economic or cultural
  features

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Region

• The Bible Belt

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Middle East
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Human-Environment Interaction

• How do people relate to their physical
  environment?
• People depend on the environment
• People adapt to the environment
• The impact of people on the environment

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Human-Environment Interaction

• Dependence farming, logging, mining
• Adaptation housing, clothing
• Impact environmental problems pollution, global
  warming, depleting natural resources

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