1. The Five Themes of Geography

2. MR. HELP

3. M—Movement R—Region H/E—Human Environment Interaction L—Location P—Place

4. MOVEMENT It helps explain how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another.

5. REGION Geographic area displaying some type of unity. –Landforms- Government –Language- Religion –Industry- Vegetation –Climate

6. Types of Regions

7. 1. Formal Regions Defined by governmental or administrative boundaries. United States, Houston, The Rockies

8. 2. Functional Regions Regions defined by a function Airline, Newspaper, Public Transport

9. 3. Perceptual Regions Regions loosely defined by people’s perceptions. The Middle East, The South

10. Human Environment Interaction Describes how people adapt to and change their environment.

12. LOCATION Where is it in the World? ABSOLUTE latitude and longitude. an address RELATIVE Where is it in terms of other locations?

13. The Marshall Islands are 10' North latitude and 165' East longitude.

14. Chad is located south of Libya, west of Sudan, East of Niger and North of the Central African Republic

15. Latitude and Longitude Challenge

16. 30N, 95W

17. Houston, Texas

18. 32S, 116E

19. Perth, Australia

20. 30N, 31E

21. Cairo, Egypt

22. 41N, 29E

23. Istanbul, Turkey

24. PLACE Physical – landforms, bodies of water, climate, soil, animals, plant life Human – Architecture, Religion, Language, Government, Clothing, Food

26. San Francisco