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FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
Location
Where is it?
A place is an area that is defined by everything in it. All places have features that give them personality and distinguish them from other places.
Place Phyical-Landforms, bodies of water, climate
Place Human-Cultural characteristics- language, religion, customs, and leisure time activities
Human-Environment Interaction
Human-environment interaction looks at the relationships between people and their environment; how people adapt to the environment and how they change it.
Movement
Movement refers to the way people, products, information and ideas move from one place to another. This can be local such as how did you get to school today, or it can be global such as how did humans get to North America?
Region
A region is an area that is defined by certain similar characteristics. Those unifying or similar characteristics can be physical, natural, human, or cultural.
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FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
Location
Where is it?
- Absolute: A location can be absolute (specific) as in coordinates of a map using longitude and latitude
- Relative: A location can be relative - examples: next door, nearby, a short drive, down the road a ways. Or, it can be in the same general location as another location - example: next to the post office.
A place is an area that is defined by everything in it. All places have features that give them personality and distinguish them from other places.
Place Phyical-Landforms, bodies of water, climate
Place Human-Cultural characteristics- language, religion, customs, and leisure time activities
Human-Environment Interaction
Human-environment interaction looks at the relationships between people and their environment; how people adapt to the environment and how they change it.
- How do people depend on the environment? (Example: In ancient times, the annual flooding of the Nile River produced good soil for growing crops.)
- How to people adapt to the environment? (Example: The ancient Egyptians rebuilt their homes each year, after the annual flooding. As time went on, they built their homes above the flood plain.)
Movement
Movement refers to the way people, products, information and ideas move from one place to another. This can be local such as how did you get to school today, or it can be global such as how did humans get to North America?
Region
A region is an area that is defined by certain similar characteristics. Those unifying or similar characteristics can be physical, natural, human, or cultural.