Five Themes of Geography

A collection of places with similar features is called a

• Place
• Region
• Location 
• Human Environment Interaction 

38 degrees South Latitude, 83 degrees East latitude is an example of

• Absolute location 
• Relative location 

Which of the following is an example of absolute location?

• 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W
• Two blocks south of Wayne State
• Across the street from McDonald's
• University Prep Academy Middle School is close to my home.

Name the Five Themes of Geography

• Movement, Region, HEI, Location, Place
• Ask, Acquire, Analyze, Organize, Answer
• Global, Inter-regional, Regional, Local, Cities
• none of the above

Movement is ...

• The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
  
• The way people and the environment affect each other.
  
• Where a place is on Earth.
  

Human and Environment Interactions are ...

• The way people and the environment affect each other.
  
• Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
  
• The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
  

Location is ...

• The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
  
• Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
  
• Where a place is on Earth.
  

A place is...

• The physical and human characteristics of a place.
  
• The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
  
• Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.

An example of relative location would be............

• 37.02 degrees N, 96.2 degrees W

• 10 miles south of Springfield on HWY 65

• Paris, France

What does relative location tell you?

• a place's exact position on Earth
• a place's position in relation to other people and places
• how a place is similar to other places
• why people moved to a certain place