Transcript The 5 Themes of Geography
The 5 Themes of Geography
Location Place Human-Environment Interaction Movement Regions
• Where is it?
• Why is it there?
Location
Two Types of Location • Absolute • Relative
Absolute Location
• A specific place on the Earth’s surface • Uses a grid system– latitude & longitude • A global address
Kansas: Absolute Location
• Kansas 38 ° N 96 ° W • Lenexa 38 ° , 57’ N 94 ° , 44’ W
Relative Location
• Where a place is in relation to another place • Uses directional words to describe – Cardinal and intermediate directions – Landmarks, time, or distance
Rhode Island: Relative Location
• Rhode Island is bordered by Massachusetts to the north and Connecticut to the south • Rhode Island is on the east coast • Rhode Island is the Northeast
Place-The personality
• What is it like there? • What kind of place is it?
• We look at the physical and human characteristics to identify a place.
Physical Characteristics- are natural
• Land features • Mountains, plains, and plateaus • Climate • Bodies of water • Animals • Plant life
Physical Features
Human Characteristics
• People • Culture • Language • Religion • Buildings and landmarks • Cities • Customs and beliefs • How many people live, work, and visit a place.
Human Characteristics
Human-Environment Interaction
• How people interact with their environment • People . . .
– Adapt to their environment – Modify their environment – Depend on their environment
Human-Environment Interaction
Human Environment Interaction Humans adapt to the environment.
Human Environment Interaction • People
adapt
to their environment by wearing clothing that is suitable for the weather.
Human Environment Interaction People modify the environment by heating and cooling buildings for comfort.
Human Environment Interaction People depend on the Amazon River for water, food and transportation.
Movement
• The mobility of – People – Goods – Ideas • How places are linked to one another and the rest of the world.
Movement
Regions
• What places have in common.
– Political regions (countries, states, counties, cities) – Landform regions (Rocky Mountains, Death Valley) – Agricultural regions (Cornbelt, Bread basket) – Cultural regions (Chinatown, Little Italy)
Regions
If you can’t remember the 5 themes of Geography, just ask Mr. Help! • M– Movement • R– Regions • HE– Human-Environment Interaction • L– Location • P– Place
Checking What You Know!
For each of the following questions, identify which of the five themes of geography is being expressed.
1. Moving people, goods, and ideas a. Location b. Place c. Human-environment interaction d. Movement e. region
2. Share a common characteristic or set of characteristics • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region
3. Depend, adapt, and modify the environment • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region
4. What it’s like . . .
• Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region
5. clothing, shelter, agriculture, population • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region
6. Latitude and longitude
• Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region
7. buildings, irrigation, shopping, farming, language • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region
8. Raising crops
• Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region
9. Rivers flowing
• Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region
10. Transportation and communication • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region
11. continents, hemispheres, oceans • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region
12. Overland Park is located in east-central Kansas • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region
13. 8300 Travis Lane
• Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region
14. climate, landforms, bodies of water, animal life, plant life • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region
15. Maps
• Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region
16. YouTube, cell phone, nightly news, KC Star • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region
17. dams, windmills, oil drilling
• Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region
18. Lenexa, Johnson County, metropolitan, Kansas, midwest • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region
19. Carbon dioxide emissions, roads, traffic signals • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region
20. Northeast, the South, the Midwest • Location • Place • Human-environment interaction • Movement • region