1. The Five Themes of Geography

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Geographyis the study of the earth and its inhabitants.

• The earth is complex, so we beakdown its study into 5 areas

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Place

Movement

Human-Environmental Interaction

Region

Location

4. Place

What is it like there? studies what the people and surroundings are like in an area

Human Characteristics -The traits of the people

Physical Characteristics - The traits of the land

5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Movement

How and why do we moves things around the world?

• Goods

• Ideas

• People

15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Human-Environmental Interaction

How do humans impact the environment and how does the environment influence humans?

• Human modify and adapt to the environment

24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Region

What ties an area together?

Formal -has set boundaries

Functional -based around a certain purpose

Vernacular -based on human perception

31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. Location

Where is it?

Absolute Location Expresses location with latitude and longitude or street address

Relative Location Expresses location using landmarks

• • Erie is 50 miles north of Titusville