Transcript Pre AP World Geography

Mr. Lip 
Mr. Lip: The 5 Themes of Geography
Pre AP World Geography
Intro and Physical Unit
For today, 09/03
Pleased to meet you. Hope
you guess my name?!
Scholars, get out your Cornell
Notes over the 5 Themes of
Geography article and pick up
a half sheet of paper.
Mr. Lip 
M:
R:
L:
I:
P:
Movement
Region
Location
Interaction
Place
Mr. Lip is your guide to remember the 5
Themes of Geography
A terrible, terrible, Hump Day…
Your dad comes home from work and says that his boss,
Mr. Lip, told him he is to be transferred by the end of the
week. Your family will be relocated to a place called
GEOGRAPHYISAWESOMEAKA. It’s time to start packing.
On your half-sheet of paper, write down 7 questions you
have about this new place.
Movement
 Migration
Push & Pull Factors
 Emigration, Immigration, Refugee

 Natural forces
Water
 Weather
 Tectonic Plates

 Diffusion
Ideas, technologies, communication
 Cultural Hearth

What’s being diffused above?
Region
 Formal
Similarity
 Human or Physical

 Functional

Focal point (node)
 Perceptual

Perception
What region would you call this?
What type of region is it?
Location
 Absolute
Global Coordinates
 Street Address

 Relative

Relative to other location
 Toponym

Name of Location
What state is this in?
Is this absolute or relative location?
Interaction
 Human-Environment
 Modify
 Adapt
 Depend
Modify? Adapt? Depend?
Place
 Unique Characteristics
 Human
 Physical
 Place answers the
question “What does it
look like?”
Human characteristics?
Physical characteristics?
Your Homework
 Read and take Cornell Notes over Chapter 1, Section 2
 Make sure you can access the online textbook
 USER:
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 PASS: Ccisd123
 You will have a Reading Quiz over Chapter 1 on Monday, 09/08