1. 5 Themes of Geography & the tool of Geography
Geographers Toolbox
5 Themes of Geography & the tool of Geography

2. 5 Themes of geography Location- Where is it? Place- What is it like?
Region- How are places similar or different?
Human-Environment Interaction- How do people relate to the physical world?
Movement- How do people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another?

3. Location- Where is it? Absolute Location- exact place on earth
Use lines of latitude and longitude
to find absolute location
Relative Location- where something is related to another thing

4. Place- what is it like?
Physical features and cultural characteristics of a location.
Physical features- climate, landforms, ect…
Cultural characteristics- what are the people like

5. Region- how are places similar or different?
Area with similar characteristics
Physical, political, economic, or cultural characteristics

6. human/environment interaction- How do people relate to the physical world?
The relationship between humans & their enviroment
Using natural resources
Egyptians using Nile River
Mountains as walls

7. Movement- how do people, goods, and ideas move?
Linear Distance- how far away is something in a straight line
Time Distance- how long it takes something to travel
Psychological Distance- familiar things seem closer than they actually are

8. Geographer’s tools- Maps, globes and data
Three-dimensional
Shows earth as it travels through space
Can only see one side at a time
Not easy to carry

9. Maps Two-dimensional Portable Able to be drawn to scale
But maps are flat and the earth is not

10. Topographic map
General map, showing natural and man made features

11. Thematic Map Shows specific information
Climate, population, religion, ect…

12. How would this thematic map help geographers understand the 5 themes of geography?

13. Technology in geography
Surveying:
Satellites gather map data and computers translate the data into images for maps

14. Geographic Information System (GIS)
Computer data base that stores geographic info
Used to look at many different types of maps and decide where to build new structures

15. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS)
Satellites send signals to a handheld unit telling you exactly where you are