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Aim: Understanding the themes and elements of Geogrpahy

Aim: Understanding the themes and elements of Geogrpahy. What’s a Theme. Anything you are interested in. Example: Throwing a party where everyone dressed up like Superheroes. 1) Location. Where something is Empire State Building in NYC. Two Types of Location. 1) Absolute Location

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Aim: Understanding the themes and elements of Geogrpahy

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  1. Aim: Understanding the themes and elements of Geogrpahy

  2. What’s a Theme Anything you are interested in. Example: Throwing a party where everyone dressed up like Superheroes.

  3. 1) Location Where something is Empire State Building in NYC

  4. Two Types of Location 1) Absolute Location Specific description Example: Address 2) Relative Location General description

  5. 2) Place Things that make place interesting Features of an areas land-make it unique Example: Orlando, Florida-Amusement Parks

  6. Lets look at an Example of A Place Orlando, Florida

  7. 3) Human-Environment Interaction People interact with environment. Example: Farmers grow crops Environment- Area’s land and resources

  8. 4) Movement Looks at why people and things move. Example: Airport and Train Stations

  9. 5) Region Areas that have common characteristics Examples: Mountains and Deserts

  10. The Six Essential Elements of Geography 1) The world in spatial terms 2) Places and Regions 3) Physical Systems 4) Human Systems 5) Environment & Society 6) The Uses of Geography

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