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Five Themes of Geography A Framework for Studying the World
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Five Themes of GeographyA Framework for Studying the World
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FIVE THEMES
1. Location2. Place3. Human-Environment Interaction4. Movement5. Regions
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ABSOLUTE LOCATION
Every place on the earth’s surface has an absolute location or global address that is expressed in degrees latitude and longitude. Highway maps often use an alpha/numeric system to locate places.
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Relative Location
We often describe a specific location in terms of where it is relative to other places. South Carolina is situated south of North Carolina and north of Georgia on the east coast of the United States.
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PLACE
Where is your favorite place?
Describe your favorite place.
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Places Have Physical Characteristics
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Po River Plain, Italy
Acapulco
Aruba
Blue Ridge MountainsSt. Martin
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Glacial Landforms
Jasper Park, Alberta
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Glacier Bay, Alaska
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Cultural Characteristics
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Food is an important cultural characteristic.
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Religion
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HUMAN – ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
• People adapt to and modify physical environments• Environments offer opportunities and constraints for
human activities• Environments do not determine human activities• Environmental constraints and opportunities change
through time• Humans have great impacts on the environment:
environmental degradation• Cultural Landscape: Human interactions with the natural
landscape over time give character and identity to place
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Honduras
Costa Rica
Piedmont South Carolina
Environmental Degradation
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CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
Culture•Indigeneous People•Europeans•Africans•Hispanics•Asians
Culture•Indigeneous People•Europeans•Africans•Hispanics•Asians
Time15,000 B.P. ? To PresentTime15,000 B.P. ? To Present
Natural Landscape•Landforms•Climate•Drainage•Soil•Vegetation•Minerals•Seas
Natural Landscape•Landforms•Climate•Drainage•Soil•Vegetation•Minerals•Seas
The Imprint of Humans onthe Earth’s Surface
The Imprint of Humans onthe Earth’s Surface
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It is the blending of the physical and cultural characteristics over time that lends character and identity to place.
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MOVEMENT
United States Population
Wheat Production
Movement occurs because people and resources are unevenly distributed across the earth’s surface.
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People move because they either are “pushed” from a location or “pulled” to
a new location.
Colonial Frontier Settlement
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Human Migration to North America
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Movement or Diffusion of Ideas
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REGIONS
• Everyone uses regions• A region is a specific area that includes certain
criteria that give it an identity that separates it from surrounding areas
• Regions are conceptual devices• Regions help us organize information in space• Regions help us study a specific area within a larger
area: South, Mid West, etc.• Regions can be used to study specific phenomena
within a larger area: landforms, cultures, economic activities
• Regions change over time: Lowcountry & Upstate
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Culture Regions
Regions of North America
Agricultural Regions
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Ravioli Family
Ribbon FamilyFettuccineTagliatelleLasagne
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