1. Please pick up the article on the table by the door and begin reading
Please pick up the article on the table by the door and begin reading. Answer the questions ON YOUR OWN PAPER!!!

2. FRQ—I will give you 10 minutes to finish your FRQ on summer vacation from last class.

3. Five Themes of Geography
MR. HELP

4. What are the five themes of Geography?
Mr. Help knows….

5. M is for
People
Goods
Movement
“How are people and places connected?”
Ideas and Information
Religions
Political Systems
Movement – How people, goods and ideas move from one place to another.

7. TLC

8. R is for Region Examples?
An area with shared characteristics. Elements may include physical, political, economic, or cultural characteristics.
Examples?

9. Formal Region An area with clearly defined borders.
Ex.—Continents and countries

10. Functional Region
A region based on a specific landform or economic practice.

11. Vernacular/Perceptional Region
Regions that are not clearly defined, they are based on your perception.

14. Human-Environment Interaction
HE--
Human-Environment Interaction
Human-Environment Interaction – How people
depend on, adapt to, and change
the physical environment.

17. L=Location
Location – The exact position of a place on earth (Where something is located).
Where are we currently located right now?

18. 1. Absolute Location –the exact place on earth where a geographic feature is found (such as a city)
2. Relative Location – describes a place in comparison to other places around it

19. P=Place Place – The physical and cultural features of a location.
“What is it like there?”
Place – The physical and
cultural features of a location.

21. Review! What are the 5 themes of geography spelled out with MR. HELP?
For each of the following, choose the theme of geography that best fits the statement.
Colorado is very mountainous, and it does not have a large population.
Steven lives at 5843 Sanderson Street.
To survive living in Galveston, where there are lots of hurricanes, people build tall beach houses that will not flood.
Many goods that we buy in Houston are made in China, then shipped to the United States.
One characteristic that most of South America has in common is that Spanish is the most spoken language.

24. Which theme of geography do the following pictures represent?

25. Syrian Refugees, 2013
TLC…