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Five Themes of Geography Location Place Human-Environment Interaction Movement Regions
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Map Observation Activity
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Map Questions In what state is this piece of map showing? Can you describe more specifically where in the state it is found? (What city, particular area, name of something specific you see) Provide two reasons for your answers above.
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Location
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Location – where is it? Relative Location - are described by landmarks, time, direction or distance from one place to another. Absolute Location - is a latitude and longitude (a global location) or a street address (local location).
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200 East 800 South Heber, UT, 84032
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Place
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Place – what does it look like? Human Characteristics - the ideas and actions of people that result in changes to the environment, such as buildings, roads, clothing, and food habits. Physical Characteristics - characteristics include mountains, rivers, soil, beaches, wildlife, etc.
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Human Characteristics
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Buildings
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Clothing
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Food Habits
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Physical Characteristics
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Mountains
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Beaches
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Wildlife
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Movement
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Movement – how it’s connected What moves – people, goods, and ideas.
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Regions
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Regions – What are the shared characteristics? Undefined regions – Loosely defined by people’s perception. –i.e.) Bible belt, Dixie, Chinatown, Middle East Defined Regions – Governmental boundaries, or regions not open for dispute. –i.e.) Countries, Religion, Climate, Economics
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Human-Environment Interaction
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How do humans and the environment affect each other? Humans adapt to their environment ie) suitable clothing, natural disasters Humans modify the environment ie) clearing forests, watering lawns, fertilization Humans depend on the environment ie) jobs, rivers for transportation, food
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Questions??? How have people changed? –Adaptation How have people changed the environment? –Modified Do people depend on the environment for anything? –Depend on
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Nature Walk
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Affects on Environment Modified AdaptedDepend On
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5 Themes Drawing Draw a picture to represent each part of the different themes. Explain why the picture represents that part of the theme.
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Self Starter Trains Wearing a Coat Utah/Nevada Border Trees, Lakes, Mnts. Media Ideas Defined People Adapt Physical Chara. Location Place Movement Human-Environment Region
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Self Starter ( Matching) Location Place Movement Human Environment Region What are the shared characteristics? How is it connected? What does it look like? Where is it? How do people and the environment affect each other?
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Self Starter Name the region where each physical characteristic can be found. –Flood plains –Desert – Nothingness –Temperate forest –Great Plains –Coastal Marshes –Rolling Hills
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Self Starter Copy notes to review for the test tomorrow. 5 Themes – know question each theme answers. Be able to give examples of each theme and its part. know definitions of theme. Regions – Know the main physical characteristics of each region and identify pictures. Map – Locate states, cities, and major physical characteristics on the U.S. map.
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