Warm Up What is geography? What can learning geography tell you about places?

5 Themes of Geography

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Movement Where and why people migrate from place to place

Region Dividing the world based on similar characteristics

Human-Environment Interaction How people adapt to and modify the environment, positively and negatively

Location Absolute location - Latitude and longitude Relative location - In relation to something else

Place Human and physical characteristics, including natural landforms and landscapes and man-made structures

Pick a place, any place! Describe it using the 5 themes of geography (Mr. Helps). Can be a city, state, country, building, theme park, anything! That is your ticket out of class today!

Map of the World Label everything you can on your map. Oceans, continents, countries, cities, states, rivers, lakes, etc.