1. By: Marcia Timmel / Art by: Phillip Martin

2. Human / Environment Interaction Movement Regions
Geography identifies 5 ways of looking at our world. These are called: “The Five Themes of Geography”
Location
Place
Human / Environment Interaction
Movement
Regions

3. Location Location asks the question: Where is it?
Location can be thought of in two ways:
Absolute location – what is the EXACT location – using longitude and latitude or precise addresses
Relative location – what is the relationship of one place to another. Relative location uses words like:
near
beside
next to
under

4. Place Physical Characteristics: Human Characteristics:
Place asks the question “What is it like there?”
Place can be described in terms of
Physical Characteristics:
landforms
bodies of water
climate
soil / minerals
vegetation
animal life
Human Characteristics:
those aspects of a place that have been made by humans such as buildings, roads, and farms. Can you think of some other ways humans change a place?

5. Human-Environment Interaction
H-E Interaction asks the question: “What is the relationship between humans and where they are?”
Humans DEPEND on their environment for all their basic needs such as food, water, shelter, and transportation
Humans ADAPT to their environment, for example by choosing appropriate clothing and housing
Humans MODIFY their environment, through construction, pollution, and other human activity.

6. Movement
Movement asks the question: “How do people, products, information and ideas move from one place to another?”
People interact with each other through movement because we are social beings. 
The import and export of goods, and mass communication have played major roles in shaping our world.  We live in a global village and global economy.
Ideas move; fashions move; fads move.  What is an example of an idea that moves? 
Fashion?  Fad?

7. Regions physical natural human or cultural
Region asks the question: “ How is an area defined by certain similar characteristics?”
The characteristics that can define a region can be:
physical
natural
human
or cultural 

8. So what are The Five Themes of Geography?
Location
Place
Human-
Environment
Interaction
Movement
Regions