1. Human Environment Interaction
5 Themes
Location
Place
Region
Human Environment Interaction
Movement

2. How are places similar or different? REGION
The Five Themes of Geography
are ways geographers organize information about the earth.
The themes answer 5 basic questions:
Where is it? LOCATION
What is it like? PLACE
How are places similar or different? REGION
How do people relate to the physical world? HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
How do people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another? MOVEMENT

3. 2 types: absolute & relative
LOCATION
2 types: absolute & relative
absolute- the precise spot of a geographic feature
Latitude (parallels)- run east/west up to the North Pole and down to the South Pole
equator- 0° latitude, divides the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
North Pole: 90°N
South Pole: 90°S
Longitude (meridians)- run north/south from pole to pole
Prime Meridian - 0° longitude, divides the earth into E & W Hemispheres
International Date Line: 180° longitude

4. Also: Phone # and addresses can be absolute location
Global Grid- the imaginary lines of latitude and longitude that cross the earth
1°= 60’ (minutes)
1’= 60’’ (seconds)
Ex: 23° 45’ 58’’ N
Also: Phone # and addresses can be absolute location E A C D B F

5. relative--- the position of places in relation to other places on the earth
Houston is on the Gulf Coast.
Cairo is east of Houston.

6. Hurricane Katrina 2005

7. Hurricane Andrew 1992