1. 5 Themes of Geography

2. What are the 5 themes?
1. Location
2. Place
3. Human-Environment
Interaction
4. Movement
5. Regions

3. Location
Tells you where it is-

5. KMS is on the north side of Houston KMS is south of K-Park
5 Themes of Geography
1.Location: Tells you where it is-
-Relative Location: position of a place compared
to another place.
-Absolute location: The exact position of a place on the earth.
Uses:
exact coordinates- (latitude & longitude)
Addresses
Accurate descriptions of a location
KMS is on the north
side of Houston
KMS is south of K-Park

6. Is it Relative or Absolute location?
1. Southwest of Houston ___________________________
Pine Terrace Dr. (Kingwood Middle School) ___________________________
3. Corner of Rusk and Main Street ___________________________
N and 90 E ___________________________
5. Near the coast ___________________________
6. East of Texas ___________________________
Relative location
Absolute location
Absolute Location
Absolute location
Relative location
Relative location

7. place

9. Geography
2.Place: What is it like when you get there?
What does the area look like and who occupies it? - Desert areas, forested areas, coastal areas, urban areas, racial population, etc.
- physical characteristics: Describes what features give an area its own identity. (landforms, climate, plants, animals).
- human characteristics: (language, religion, architecture, music, politics, racial population, etc.

10. Place:
What are the unique features of this place?

11. Place:
What are the unique features of this place?

12. Place:
What are the unique features of this place?

13. What is the difference between Location & Place?

14. What is the difference between Location & Place?
tells you where it is-
Location: - Corner of 10th & Colorado St.
Colorado St.
- 97* 44’34.79’N & 97* 44’34. 79’W
- Near the center of downtown Austin
30°16′21.72

15. What is the difference between Location & Place?
Place: Tells you what its like

16. Movement
People & ideas get around

18. 4. Movement: People and ideas get around.
Geography
4. Movement: People and ideas get around.
~Migration: moving from one place to another – (culture, ideas)

19. 3. movement
~Transportation: ex. how your food, electronics, etc. get to supermarkets & stores…they come from other cities & countries.

20. 3. movement
~Communication: technology allows us to communicate with those faraway.

21. Human Environment Interaction
1979
2005
Human Environment
Interaction

23. 4.Human-Environmental Interaction:
What do the people do to the environment? What does the environment do for the people?
~The way people are changing or interacting to the environment. Ex. adding ditches & ponds, leveling land to build houses, cutting down trees, planting trees, polluting the air, etc.
Can be good
or bad

24. The environment influences how: We live Example: What’s
HEI
The environment influences how:
We live
Example: What’s
the environment
like & how does it
affect the people who
live there?

25. Regions

27. 5. Regions: What do locations have in common
5. Regions: What do locations have in common? Climate, religion, language, education…
-Areas that have something in common.

28. 4 Regions of Texas

29. See if you can answer which theme of Geography these are?
Choices
Location
Place
Movement
Human- Environment Interaction
Region

30. 1. Fax Machines send messages &
5 Themes of Geography
Location (relative or absolute)
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Region
1. Fax Machines send messages &
information from Houston to the border
town of Brownsville.

31. 2. Concrete drainage ditches catch flood
5 Themes of Geography
Location (relative or absolute)
Place/Region
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Region
2. Concrete drainage ditches catch flood
water run-off from community streets
and sewers.
Human Environment Interaction

32. Absolute Location 5 Themes of Geography
Location (relative or absolute)
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Region
3. Burger King is at the corner of West Lake Houston and Kingwood Dr.
Absolute Location

33. 5 Themes of Geography amount of annual precipitation it receives.
Location (relative or absolute)
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Region
4. East Texas has pine forests due to the
amount of annual precipitation it
receives.

34. Absolute Location 5 Themes of Geography
Location (relative or absolute)
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Region
5. Lubbock Texas can found at 34 N and
102 W.
Absolute Location

35. 5 Themes of Geography
Location (relative or absolute)
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Region
6. Air Jordan’s are made in China and sent to the U.S. for individuals to wear.

36. Human Environment Interaction
5 Themes of Geography
Location (relative or absolute)
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Region
acres of trees are cut down to build 60 more houses in a new subdivision.
Human Environment Interaction

37. 5 Themes of Geography population of Hispanics.
Location (relative or absolute)
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Region
8. San Antonio is a city with a large
population of Hispanics.

38. Absolute location 5 Themes of Geography
Location (relative or absolute)
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Region
9. Chick-Fil-A is located at 4594 Kingwood Dr.
Absolute location

39. Assignment
Using a note card- create an original example of absolute & relative location.
Side 1- Absolute location.
Side 2- Relative location.
Use the computer to
locate your favorite restaurant, sports team stadium, rapper, place to hang-out, favorite family vacation spot, or something you’ve wanted to see, etc.
Absolute location
Relative location
NSMS is south of the GPISD football stadium.
The San Jacinto Monument is located at 29°44′56″N 95°4′49″W