5 Themes of Geography

What is movement?

• The how and why of how people, goods, and ideas travel from place to place.

• People moving from place to place

• Why ideas travel around the globe

• How goods get from point A to point B.

What is Place?

• Describing a location by using physical and human features.

• Where something is

• A place's address

What is Human-Environment Interaction?

• The relationship between people and their environment.

• The relationship between people and a place

• The relationship between the environment and animals

What is Region?

• A group of places that share a common physical or human characteristic or feature.

• A place that only has physical features

• A place that only has the same human features.

What is Location?

• Where a place is located on the Earth using absolute or relative location.

• The coordinates of a location

• How we give directions

What do we use to find absolute location?

• latitude and longitude
• the equator and international dateline
• a GPS and an XLP
• landmarks and distances

What is relative location?

• The position of a place in relation to other places.

• Somethings exact location on the Earth

• Using a map to get from place to place.

Which below are all examples of human features?

• Language, religion, culture

• Landforms, language, water

• Religion, vegetation, culture

Which below are examples of physical features?

• Climate, vegetation, landforms

• Vegetation, culture, and language

• Climate, religion, and music

Which below is an example of how people impact the environment?

• Clearing a forest to plant crops

• A tornado hitting a city

• A drought destroying crops