1. The Five Themes of Geography

2. What is Geography? Study of the earth and the way people live and work on it. Means “earth’s description.” Will help you understand the history of a civilization Uses 5 themes to explain what a place is like and why it is like that.

3. The 5 Themes of Geography Location Place Human/Environmental Interaction Movement Regions

4. Compass Rose

5. Theme 1: Location Where is It? Why is it There? Two Types of Location: Absolute Location A specific place on the Earth’s surface Uses a grid system Latitude and longitude A global address

6. Latitude Horizontal lines measured in degrees north or south of the Equator (0 Latitude) “Lat” rhymes with “Flat”

8. Longitude distance measured in degrees east or west from an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole

10. Examples of Absolute Location: New Jersey 40° N Latitude 74° W longitude Thomas Jefferson Middle School 40.93° N Latitude 74.10° W Longitude

11. Relative Location The position of a place in relation to another. (Fair Lawn is north of Philadelphia) Northwest Northeast Southeast Southwest North South East West Fair Lawn

12. Practice: New Jersey New Jersey is boarded by New York to the _______and Pennsylvania to the _________. The Atlantic Ocean forms New Jersey's ____________coast.

13. Theme 2: Place Physical Characteristics Land Features Mountains, plains, and plateaus Climate Bodies of Water

14. New Jersey: Physical Characteristics

15. Theme 2: Place Human Characteristics People Culture Language Religion Buildings and Landmarks Cities

16. New Jersey: Human Characteristics

17. Theme 3: Human Environment Interaction How People Interact With Their Environment People... Adapt to Their Environment Modify Their Environment Depend on Their Environment Example: American Westward Expansion of the 1800s.

18. Adapt to Their Environment

19. Modify Their Environment

21. Panama Canal http://www.history.com/videos/panama -canal-locks#panama-canal-locks

22. Depend on Their Environment

23. Theme 4: Movement How places are linked to one another and the world. The Mobility of: People Goods Ideas Examples: Religion Languages Cultures

24. New Jersey: Movement EXAMPLE: Elizabeth/Newark

25. Theme 5: Regions What places have in common : Political Regions (United States, New Jersey) Landform Regions (rivers, mountains) Agricultural Regions (Farmland, wheat, corn) Cultural Regions (language, arts)