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5 Themes of Geography

5 Themes of Geography. World History. SH 24-29. World History Text. Cartography. Maps v. Globes Map projections Mercator Distortion increases in size and distance as you move from equator. Useful for early sailors because of true directions and shapes Goode’s Interrupted Equal Area

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5 Themes of Geography

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  1. 5 Themes of Geography World History

  2. SH 24-29 • World History Text

  3. Cartography • Maps v. Globes • Map projections • Mercator • Distortion increases in size and distance as you move from equator. Useful for early sailors because of true directions and shapes • Goode’s Interrupted Equal Area • True size and shape, distance is distorted • Robinson • Flattens out polar areas

  4. Mercator (1569) Positive: used by sailors because it preserves linear scale and allows straight course lines. Also preserves angles and shapes Negative: scale is distorted especially towards the poles

  5. Interrupted and RobinsonProjections A compromise between equal area and conformal Interrupted projection An equal area image. Problem?

  6. Five Themes of Geography • Location • Regions • Place • Movement • Human Environment Interaction

  7. Absolute Location Exactly where something is found on a map Latitude Measures North and South Equator (0 degrees) Longitude Measures East and West Prime Meridian (0 degrees) Relative Location 2 Miles South of Essex Must have current knowledge of the area Location Where in the world a certain place is found; Absolute and Relative

  8. Region • A large area that has common characteristics • Physical (examples) • Landforms • Climate • Cultural (examples) • Religion • Language

  9. Place • What an area looks like in physical and human terms • One particular area • Physical • Landforms • Soil • Climate • Human • Cultural • Region = Large • Place = Small

  10. Movement • The transfer of peoples, goods, and ideas from one place to another. • Cultural Diffusion • Items from one cultural are used by another culture • What causes Cultural Diffusion? • Trade • Migration • Conquest • Religion

  11. Human Environmental Interaction • How humans and the environment have changed • How the environment has changed humans • How humans have changed the environment to suit their needs • What are some examples of Human Environmental Interaction that you used today?

  12. Examples of H.E.I.

  13. Using the map at the front of the room, find the countries at the following degrees: 20 n, 100 w 60 n, 100 e 20 n, 20 e 65 n, 160 e 20 s, 60 w 20 s, 50 e What are Relative locations of the following areas: Baltimore Wheeler Hall Johns Hopkins University Towson Mall Catonsville Exercises:

  14. 1_____ 15 S and 75 W • 2_____ 30 N and 15 E • 3_____ 45 N and 105 E • 4_____ 45 N and 120 W • 5_____ 30 S and 120 E • 6_____ 45 N and 0 • 7_____66 S and 60 W • 8._____75 N and 45 W • 9_____22.5 N and 75 E • 10_____64 N and 15

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