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-

4. 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

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

6. place

7. 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.

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

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

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

11. What is the difference between Location & Place?

12. 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

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

14. Movement
People & ideas get around

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

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

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

18. Human Environment Interaction
1979
2005
Human Environment
Interaction

19. 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

20. 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?

21. Regions

22. 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.

23. 4 Regions of Texas

24. See if you can answer which theme of Geography these are?
Choices
Location (Absolute or Relative)
Place
Movement
Human- Environment Interaction
Region

25. 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.

26. Human Environment Interaction
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

27. 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

28. 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.

29. 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

30. 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.

31. 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

32. 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.

33. 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