WHAT IS “PRILM”?
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WHAT IS “PRILM”?PRILM is a mnemonic device that can be used to
help remember what the 5 Themes of Geography are. Simply put, take the first letter of each Theme to create the word PRILM. They are:
• Place• Region• Interaction (Human-Environment)• Location• Movement
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Theme 1: PlacePhysical Characteristics• Land Features• Mountains,
plains, and plateaus
• Climate• Bodies of Water
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Theme 1: PlaceHuman Characteristics
• People• Culture• Language• Religion• Buildings and
Landmarks• Cities
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Physical Characteristics- looks like?Land, mountains, climate, water
Human Characteristics- peoplePeople, language, culture, religion
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Theme 2: Regions
What Places Have in CommonEX: Northwest Ohio= flat land• Political Regions• Landform Regions• Agricultural Regions• Cultural Regions
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Physiographic Regions
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REGION:
What Places Have in Common
EX: Northwest Ohio= flat land
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Theme 3: Human Environment Interaction
How People Interact With Their Environment
People . . .• Adapt to Their Environment• Modify Their Environment• Depend on Their Environment
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Dependence on Environment
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INTERACTION:How People Interact With Their
Environment
People…Adapt-change themselvesModify-change environmentDepend-on environment
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Theme 4: Location
• Where is It?• Why is It There?
Two Types of Location
•Absolute
•Relative
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Absolute Location
• A specific place on the Earth’s surface• Uses a grid system• Latitude and longitude• A global address
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Relative Location
• Where a place is in relation to another place
• Uses directional words to describe– Cardinal and
intermediate directions
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LOCATION:
• Absolute= an exact spot: latitude & longitude
• Relative=a place in relation to another place: east, west, north, south
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Theme 5: MovementThe Mobility
(move) of•People•Goods• Ideas
How Places are linked to one another and the world
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MOVEMENT:The Mobility (move) of•People•Goods•Ideas