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1 The Five Themes of Geography

2 Movement The Mobility of People Goods Ideas How Places are linked to one another and the world

3 Movement: How can things move?? FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION TELEPHONES SATELLITES COMPUTERS WORD OF MOUTH

4 Movement: Through movement we connect all of our world together. globalization!This is called globalization! When we are interdependent on each other for our economy, culture, politics, socialization, and technology.

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7 Regions What Places Have in Common Political Regions Landform Regions Agricultural Regions Cultural Regions

8 Region: A region describes: Areas that have something in common Regions can be:BIG orsmall

9 There are two types of Regions FormalFormal FunctionalFunctional

10 Region: A Formal Region is an... throughout Area in which a certain characteristic is found throughout the area Example: City, State, Country, Continent

11 Region: Functional Regions Have one central place and is surrounded by the areas it affects Example: Hershey, PA

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15 McDonald’s Activity

16 Human Environment Interaction How People Interact With Their Environment People... Adapt to Their Environment Modify Their Environment Depend on Their Environment http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/corbis/DGT119/BAG0017.jpg

17 Location Where is It? Why is It There? Two Types of Location Absolute Relative

18 Absolute Location A specific place on the Earth’s surface Uses a grid system Latitude and longitude A global address

19 Relative Location Where a place is in relation to another place Uses directional words to describe –Cardinal and intermediate directions

20 Place Answers the question- What is it like there?

21 Place Human Characteristics People Culture Language Religion Buildings and Landmarks Cities

22 Place -What is it like there? Physical Characteristics Land Features Mountains, plains, and plateaus Climate Bodies of Water

23 MR. HELP M- movement R- region H/E human environmental interaction L- location P- place

24 Applying the Five Themes.... Naples, Italy........

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28 Latitude : 40 50' 00'' Longitude : 14 15' 00''

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30 Location: A I Q Movement: D L M Geographic Themes Place: E G O P Human/Environmen t Interaction: B H J N Can you place the geographic term with the correct geographic theme!?!? Equator Building roads Southwest Asia Visiting another country On an island Western US A very hot climate Planting crops longitude Cutting down forests Your neighborhood Changing your address Written letters Building new houses Areas with little rainfall Swiss chalets & high mts = Switzerland Texas is south of Oklahoma Region: C F K Location: A I Q Geographic Themes Human/Environmen t Interaction: B H J N Equator Building roads Southwest Asia Visiting another country On an island Western US A very hot climate Planting crops longitude Cutting down forests Your neighborhood Changing your address Written letters Building new houses Areas with little rainfall Swiss chalets & high mts = Switzerland Texas is south of Oklahoma Region: C F K Location: A I Q Geographic Themes Human/Environmen t Interaction: B H J N Equator Building roads Southwest Asia Visiting another country On an island Western US A very hot climate Planting crops longitude Cutting down forests Your neighborhood Changing your address Written letters Building new houses Areas with little rainfall Swiss chalets & high mts = Switzerland Texas is south of Oklahoma Region: C F K Location: A I Q Geographic Themes Human/Environmen t Interaction: B H J N Place: E G O P Equator Building roads Southwest Asia Visiting another country On an island Western US A very hot climate Planting crops longitude Cutting down forests Your neighborhood Changing your address Written letters Building new houses Areas with little rainfall Swiss chalets & high mts = Switzerland Texas is south of Oklahoma Region: C F K Location: A I Q Geographic Themes Human/Environmen t Interaction: B H J N Place: E G O P Equator Building roads Southwest Asia Visiting another country On an island Western US A very hot climate Planting crops longitude Cutting down forests Your neighborhood Changing your address Written letters Building new houses Areas with little rainfall Swiss chalets & high mts = Switzerland Texas is south of Oklahoma Region: C F K Location: A I Q Geographic Themes Place: Equator Building roads Southwest Asia Visiting another country On an island The Western US Planting crops Latitude/longitude coordinates Cutting down forests Your neighborhood Changing your address Handwritten letters to a friend Building new houses Areas with little rainfall Swiss chalets & high mountains = Switzerland Texas is south of Oklahoma Region: Location: Five Themes of Geography Human/Environmen t Interaction: Movement: Can you place the geographic term with the correct theme of geography!?!?


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