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There are 5 themes in Geography (c) Ms. Vice, 2015 http://msvice.blogspot.com

Theme One: Location Location which answers the question: Where are we on the earth’s surface? How specific can we be when describing our location? (c) Ms. Vice, 2015 http://msvice.blogspot.com

Theme Two: Place Place which answers the question: What are the human and physical characteristics of this location? What things are natural? What are man-made? (c) Ms. Vice, 2015 http://msvice.blogspot.com

Theme Three: Human-Environment Interaction Human-Environment interaction which answers the question: How do humans and the environment affect each other? (c) Ms. Vice, 2015 http://msvice.blogspot.com

Theme Four: Movement Movement which answers the question: How do people interact? (example: movement of people, information, and ideas) (c) Ms. Vice, 2015 http://msvice.blogspot.com

Theme Five: Regions The last theme is regions, which answers the question: How do regions form and change? (c) Ms. Vice, 2015 http://msvice.blogspot.com

Confused? Just ask… MR. HELP! M: Movement R: Regions HE: Human-Environment Interaction L: Location P: Place (c) Ms. Vice, 2015 http://msvice.blogspot.com

Types of Location There are 2 types of location: absolute and relative (c) Ms. Vice, 2015 http://msvice.blogspot.com

Absolute Location Absolute geography is an absolute location that gives the exact street address. Absolute geography is also measured in latitude and longitude lines. Ex: The White House is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC. (c) Ms. Vice, 2015 http://msvice.blogspot.com

Relative Location Relative location gives a relative or comparative address. Ex: The White House is near Capitol Hill. (c) Ms. Vice, 2015 http://msvice.blogspot.com

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