1. The 5 Themes of Geography
Organizing our study of Geography
USING THE CITY OF DETROIT AS AN EXAMPLE

2. The 5 Themes Are: LOCATION PLACE REGIONS MOVEMENT
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

3. LOCATION Where is it? Where are we? 42N, 83W Home address
RELATIVE LOCATION
- General location
ABSOULTE LOCATION
- exactly where is it?
In South East Michigan
North and west of Windsor, ON
On the Detroit River, between Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie
42N, 83W
Home address

4. PLACE What is the place like? Physical Characteristics
Human Characteristics
Resources
Climate
Landforms
Water bodies
Plants/Trees
Buildings
Crops / Soil
Clothing
Religion
Hobbies
Music
Food
Language
Ethnicity
Entertainment

5. HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
How People interact with their environment
Environment = land, water, climate
resources, vegetation, infrastructure.
OUR SURROUNDINGS!

6. HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
How do we depend on our environment:
Examples:
Using Resources (Detroit salt mine)
Growing Crops

7. HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION How do we depend on our environment:
Examples:
Using water

8. HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
How do we modify / change our environment:
Examples:
Cutting down trees and planting trees
Building Malls freeways

9. HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
How do we adapt or adjust to our environment:
Examples:
Wearing warmer clothes
Shoveling snow or Slanted roofs

10. MOVEMENT How do people, goods, And ideas move?
How did people first settle here?
How do people and goods currently move?
Early settlers
German, English and French
What brought them to this place

11. REGIONS What makes on area Like another? Physical Characteristics
The Great Lakes
Detroit Metropolitan Area
Government
Economic Activity
Upper Midwest
Similar climate, plant and animal life
Similarities and differences help geographers learn why places develop the way that they do.