1. The five themes of geography vocabulary
Core concepts 1.2 (pages c6-c7)

2. Key notes and Terms
1. The five themes of geography are location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction.
2. Geographers answer 2 basic questions:
1. Where are things located? 2. Why are they there?
3. Location – where something is.
*Absolute location – describes a place’s exact position
on Earth in terms of longitude and latitude
Ex: The center of Washington, D.C. is at the intersection of the
38°54’(‘ = minutes) north latitude and 77°2’ west longitude.
*Relative location – the location of a place relative to
another place. Ex: Washington, D.C. is about 200 miles southwest
of New York City.

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4. Place – refers to the mix of human and nonhuman features at a given location. Ex: hilly, wet, on a river, major city 5. Region – an area with at least one unifying physical or human feature Ex: climate, landforms, population, or history. 6. Movement – explores how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another. Ex: food, fuel, and other basic goods.

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7. Human-Environment Interaction - considers how people affect their environment, or their natural surroundings, and how their environment affects them. Ex: The movement of water from the Potomac River into Washington’s water system.