1. The 5 Themes of Geography
Location
Movement
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Region

2. Location There are 2 ways to define location.
Absolute Location: a place’s exact position on Earth using latitude and longitude.
These are imaginary lines drawn around Earth to help geographers describe places.
Example: Philadelphia is located at about 39°N and 75° W on Earth.
Relative Location: the location of a place relative to another place.
Example: Philadelphia is located on the East Coast of The U.S

4. How can you find an exact location of a place?

5. Longitude and Latitude

6. Longitude and Latitude
Imaginary lines that are drawn around Earth to help geographers study location of places.
Latitude: Horizontal lines that run EAST to WEST. Latitude is the distance north or south of the Equator, measured in units called degrees.
Longitude: Vertical lines that run NORTH to SOUTH. Longitude is the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees.
Philadelphia is located at about 39°N and 75° W on Earth.

7. Equator and Prime Meridian
The Equator marks 0 latitude. Think of it as Earth’s belt. It runs directly around Earth’s middle.
The Prime Meridian marks 0 longitude. It runs from top to bottom of Earth.
Each half of Earth is called a hemisphere.

8. Place Human and physical features at a specific location.
Example (physical feature): Hawaii is an archipelago, a series of islands.
Example (human feature): Hawaiian people speak the Hawaiian language and have festivals called luaus where they practice the hula dance.

10. Region
A region is an area with a unifying human or physical feature such as population, history, climate, or landforms.
Example: The Rocky Mountain Region in Colorado is a region of the United States.

12. Movement
Movement explores how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another. Movement helps to explain cultural changes
Example #1: Computers spread information to mass amounts of people.
Example #2: Foreign countries shipping goods to be sold globally.
Example #3: Action News on Channel 6 reports current events.

14. Human-Environment Interaction
Considers how people affect their environment, or their natural surroundings, and how their environment affects them.
Example: Students take on a recycling project and clean up a park in their town.
Example: The Nile River was the source of life for the Egyptian people.