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The 5 Themes of
Geography
Objective: Students will be able to understand & apply the 5 themes
of geography to actual locations of their choice
5 Themes of Geography


1.Location 2. Place
3. Human Environment
Interaction 4. Movement
 5. Regions
1. Location
 What is the location of a place?
 Location can be described as a
  places position on the globe
 Latitude: imaginary lines running
 parallel to the Equator


 Longitude:imaginary lines running
 north and south
 between the poles
The Equator is the
      imaginary line that splits the
      earth into 2 equal halves, or
      hemispheres between the north
      and south poles



Latitude
North Pole 0 ̊N




                  ("World atlas.com," 2010)


South Pole 0 ̊S
Longitude                     Prime Meridian=0 ̊
                             through Greenwich,
                                   England


           Longitude lines, or
       meridians, run north and
       south between the poles

   Lines are measured east
  and west of Greenwich up
           to 180 ̊
("Port cities london," 2004)




                               (Gough, 2009)
2. Place
What is the character of a place?




                           Such as…?
Physical Characteristics

      Mountains, Climate,
        & Vegetation
Human Characteristics


Government Systems


                          Population, Language, &Culture




       Economic Systems
3. Human-Environment
                  Interaction

     How do people interact with their environment?



  Have the people living in an area changed their
   environment?
                 Cut down trees




                                         Build Roads
Buildings
What are some of the
   consequences of change?

Destruction of Our Natural Resources…
               Forests
               Oceans




  ("The Role of," )
Progress &
 Innovation…
    Roads

   Buildings

   Efficiency




                (Sharp, 2008)
4. Movement
 How do people, goods, & ideas move from place to
                       place?

 Transportation
   Railroad
   Roads, Highways
   Airports
• Communication of ideas
    – Computers
    – Telephones/cell phones
   All of these things make it easier to communicate & for
    both people & goods to travel from one place to another
Movement


 People, Ideas, and
  Products   (P.I.P.)
5. Regions
       How are places similar & different from one another?



A Group of Places



      1 Common Characteristic

                                              A   REGION
Formal Regions
  -states, countries, cities
  -Places with specific
        boundaries


            Functional Regions
               -one central place and the
               surrounding places affected by
               it
               -A metropolitan area could
               consist of a large city plus its
               surrounding suburbs
Formal Map - Political
5 Themes of Geography


1.Location 2. Place
3. Human Environment
Interaction 4. Movement
 5. Regions