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5 THEMES OF
GEOGRAPHYSOCIAL STUDIES – MISS MILAZZO
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Location
Location describes where a place is.
2 Types of Location Absolute Location Relative Location
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Absolute Location Describes the exact location on the
earth’s surface
Use latitude and longitude to describe this location
Global address
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Absolute Location
Latitude: 40° 7' N
Longitude: 74° W
NEW YORK CITY
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Relative Location Describes a place in relation to another
place
Typically directional words are used to describe the location
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Relative Location
Northeast of Philadelphia
Located between the Hudson River and East River
Empire State Building is 227 miles north of the White House.
It is also about 15 blocks from New York's Central Park.
NEW YORK CITY
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Place
The physical and human characteristics that make a place unique
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Physical Characteristics What naturally is present?
Can include landforms such as mountains or bodies of water, animals, the climate or weather conditions
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Physical Characteristics
NEW YORK CITY Located on an island called Manhattan
Has a humid subtropical climate
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Human Characteristics What do people make or do there?
Can include their culture, language, religion, politics, buildings, landmarks, bridges, and roads
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Human Characteristics
NEW YORK CITY
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Human-Environment Interaction
The impact humans and the environment have on each other.
Can be positive or negative.
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Human-Environment Interaction
Hurricanes can occur in this area and subways or low lying coastal areas need to be evacuated.
On an island so humans have had to adapt and build a bridge to be able to and from the city
Air pollution exists from factories, buildings, and vehicle exhaust.
NEW YORK CITY
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Movement
The mobility of people, goods and ideas
Travel, communication, trade
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Movement
50.5 million tourists visited in 2011
Immigration - Between 1892 and 1956 over 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island
NEW YORK CITY
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Region
Unifying physical, human, or cultural characteristics in an area
Helps geographers split the world into areas of study
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Region
NEW YORK CITY
In the Northeast of the United States
Located along the eastern seaboard
5 boroughs which include Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn,
Queens and Staten Island
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Can you name the 5 themes?
Try and give an example of each!
Press play to check your answers!
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And the 5 themes are…
1 – Location2 – Place3 – Human-Environment Interaction
4 – Movement 5 – Region