1. Five Themes of Geography
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Five Themes of Geography

2. Five Themes of Geography
Movement √Region
Human-Environment Interaction
Location √Place
These themes help us ask questions as we study the Earth.
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3. Five Themes of Geography Location
Where is a place?
A place’s location can be described in either absolute or relative terms.

4. Five Themes of Geography Location
Absolute Location
Gives a specific location or an address for a place.
Examples:
9695 Schaefer Road. is a specific location…It is where you will find Judson Middle School.
29°N, 98°W is a specific location…It is where you will find San Antonio, Texas, USA.

5. Five Themes of Geography Location
Relative Location
Gives a place’s location in relation to other places.
Examples:
San Antonio is in Southern Texas.
San Antonio is in the Western United States.
San Antonio is in North America.
San Antonio is east of New Mexico.

6. Five Themes of Geography Place
Every place on Earth has features that distinguish it from other places…things that make it special.
Think about San Antonio and the surrounding area, what makes it unique from other cities?

7. Five Themes of Geography Place
Physical Characteristics-- Naturally occurring elements within our world, they include landforms, vegetation, and climate.
Nature made, naturally occurring

8. Five Themes of Geography Place
Human Characteristics-- People created elements within our world, they include how people live, work, & play, customs, beliefs, religions, economic & government systems.
Man made things or concepts

9. Five Themes of Geography Human-Environment Interaction
This theme involves how people use their environment and how the environment affects people.
People
Environment
They directly impact each other

10. Five Themes of Geography Human-Environment Interaction
We ask the following questions:
Have they changed it?
What are the consequences of those changes?
How have people responded to changes in their environment?

11. Five Themes of Geography Movement
This theme involves how people, goods, and ideas move from one place to another.
We ask the following questions:
What methods of transportation is used?
What helps or inhibits the movement?
Why is it moving? Where is it going?

12. Five Themes of Geography Movement
Some examples: (write some examples)
automobiles, trains, boats, airplanes,
telephone, television, radio,
Internet
Can you think of any others?

13. Five Themes of Geography Regions
This theme involves what one place has in common with another place.
Many different criteria can be used to define regions, so the same place may be found in several different regions.

14. Five Themes of Geography Regions
A region is a group of places with one or more common characteristics.
The United States of America can be divide into regions in many different ways, depending on what characteristics you wish to use.

15. Five Themes of Geography
As we study World Geography this year we will use
Movement,
Regions,
Human-Environment Interaction,
Location, and
Place to help us explore the world.