The Five Themes of Geography. 1: Location Where are things located? A location can be specific (for example, it can be stated as coordinates of longitude.

The Five Themes of Geography

1: LocationWhere are things located?

A location can be specific (for example, it can be stated as coordinates of longitude and latitude or as a distance from another place) or general (it's in the Northeast).

• A. Absolute Location: Where something is exactly…absolutely… address…coordinates with latitude and longitude.

• B. Relative Location: where something is in relationship to somewhere else. Next to…across the street from…

Absolute Location:

Sendai is located at 38°5’53”N Latitude, 140°52’ 22”E Longitude

Latitude measures north and south of the Equator.

Longitude measures east and west of the

Equator.

Latitude measures north and south of the Equator.

Longitude measures east and west of the Prime

Meridian.

Hemisphere: “hemi” = half“sphere”= circle or globe

Equator Prime Meridian

For the Eastside Word Wall:

Equator: A line of latitude that divides the world into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

Prime Meridian: A line of longitude that divides the world into the Eastern and Western hemispheres.

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Find the latitude.

Find the longitude.

Relative Location:…is the place where something is

in comparison to something else.

‡ A good example of relative location is if you were to give directions to somebody and you used terms such as "it is across the street from the Middle School" or "it is to the left of the Post Office.“

…can also be on a larger scale.

‡ A good example would be saying that Lake Michigan is between Illinois and Michigan.

Relative Location:

Australia is located south of

Indonesia.

Where is “Blue Hills Trail” located?

2: PlaceWhat makes one location

different from other locations?

Differences might be defined in terms of climate, physical features, or the people who live there and their traditions.

How are these locations different?

What makes us different or the same?

3: MovementWhat are the patterns of

movement of people, products, and information?

A study of movement includes learning about major modes of transportation used by people, an area's major exports and imports, and ways in which people communicate (move ideas).

How we get from one location to another.

4: RegionHow can Earth be divided into

regions for study? Regions can be defined by a

number of characteristics including area, language, political divisions, religions, and vegetation (for example, grassland, marshland, desert, rain forest).

Name the different characteristics of each region.

Cultural Regions of the World.

Languages of Europe

Different views of the same regions.

5: Human-Environmental

InteractionHuman-environmental interactions

involve the different ways people depend on, adapt to, or change their environments.

What are the relationships among people and places? How have people changed the environment to better suit their needs?

What did farmers do here to adapt to the environment?

Colorado River

Turbines for hydroelectric power.

Lake Mead, a man made

lake.

How is this Human-Environmental Interaction?

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List the elements of HEI…

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Can you think of another theme of geography that fits this picture?

“You should have seen the one that

got away…”

Oops…Back to geography… How is this HEI?

Describe the elements of Human-Environmental Interaction…

What other activities would illustrate HEI?

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