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The Five Themes of Geography
What are the five themes?
What are the five themes?
• Location
• Absolute
– Definite reference
• Lat. & Long.
• Street Address
• Township and range
• Relative
– Describes a place in
respect to its
environment and
connection to other
places
What are the five themes?
• Place
• Describes human and
physical characteristics
of a location
• Physical examples
–…
• Human/Cultural
examples
–…
What are the five themes?
• Human/Environment
Interaction
• How humans adapt to
and modify their
environment
• Human Environment
Interaction examples
–…
What are the five themes?
• Movement
• Movement of people,
things, and ideas
• Movement examples
–…
– Look at your shirt tags
What are the five themes?
• Region
• Sorted by similar
characteristics
• Formal
– Official/Political
boundaries, human
made
• Functional
– Defined by connections
• Perceived
– mental maps
– “The South” “The
Plains” etc…
What are the five themes?
• Location
• Place
• Human/Environment
Interaction
• Movement
• Region
• Pneumonic device
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The Five Themes. How did we do?