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The Five Themes of Geography

The Five Themes of Geography. What are the Five Themes?. Location Place Region Human-Environment Interaction Movement. Location. Absolute location allows us to pinpoint the exact location of any point on the surface of the earth using latitude and longitude or a grid system. Location.

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The Five Themes of Geography

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  1. The Five Themes of Geography

  2. What are the Five Themes? • Location • Place • Region • Human-Environment Interaction • Movement

  3. Location • Absolute location allows us to pinpoint the exact location of any point on the surface of the earth using latitude and longitude or a grid system

  4. Location • Relative location refers to the way a place is perceived and how that place relates to other places. • Can be measured in terms of time-- • “twenty minutes away” • Important for decision-making.

  5. Alaska is closer to Russia than it is to the “lower 48,” but that is not how we perceive it.

  6. Absolute Location Relative Location

  7. Our perceptions are based on relative location.

  8. Place • Physical Characteristics of Place:

  9. Place • Physical Characteristics of Place: • Topography • Climate • Vegetation

  10. Place • Human Characteristics of Place:

  11. Place • Human Characteristics of Place: • Agriculture • Architecture • Religion • Economics

  12. Region • The region is the basic unit of geographic study • Criteria for defining regions depends on the geographer’s purpose. • One place can be part of several different regions. Texas, US, and World culture regions

  13. Region • Formal regions are based on some common feature. The Corn Belt Where Islam dominates Political entities

  14. Region • Functional regions are created by movement. Austin metropolitan area Eanes attendance area Amazon River Basin

  15. Region • Perceptual regions exist in people’s minds.

  16. Human-Environment Interaction • Humans adapt to their physical environment. Building materials clothing styles

  17. Human-Environment Interaction Humans modify their environment. Open-pit mine Terracing for rice farming

  18. Human-Environment Interaction Human interaction with the environment can have important consequences.

  19. Movement • Physical processes, people, goods, and ideas move across the earth’s surface. • The geographer is concerned with the effects of this movement.

  20. What is important to understand about the Five Themes? • They give us a “geographic lens” through which to view the world. • Throughout the year, we will be using these themes to view different parts of the world and their cultures.

  21. Homework! • You will be given a current news article by the teacher. • Tonight, you need to read this article and annotate it anywhere you find examples of the five themes. • For example, • “The tropical storm began in the Gulf of Mexico as a hurricane but was downgraded when it hit the coast.” (MOVEMENT) • “The climate on Mars is very similar to deserts on Earth.” (PLACE)

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