5 Themes of Geography

MR. HELPMovement RegionHuman-EnvironmentLocationPlace

MovementI. How do people, goods, and ideas

move from place to place?A. How?Examples:car booksInternet Cell phone

B. Why?1. Push Factors = negativeExamples: gov’t, financial, famine, mass

migration…2. Pull Factors= positiveExamples: jobs, climate, freedom…

Movement cont’d

Infrastructure- basic physical and organizational structures and

facilities needed for the operation of a society Examples: buildings, roads, and power supplies

Movement cont’d

Emigrant/immigrant…what’s the difference?

Emigrant- A person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in anotherImmigrant- A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country

RegionII. How are places similar or different?

A. Formal –defined by a limited number of characteristics

B. Functional- organized around a set of interactions and connections between places

C. Perceptual- people perceive or see a region in the same way

Region cont’d

State of NebraskaAmazon River basinDixieThe Sun BeltLancaster CountyCountry of BrazilThe I-80 corridor Husker Nation

FormalFunctionalPerceptualPerceptual Formal Formal FunctionalPerceptual

When the region on the left pops up, you decide if it is

Formal, Functional, or Perceptual.

Human-Environment InteractionIII. What is the relationship between humans and

their environment?

A. RecreationB. Urban (cities/buildings)

Rural (country/farming)C. Examples: drain swamps, dig irrigation

ditches/ Hurricane Katrina

Human-Environment Interaction cont’d

Garbage Island

Garbage Island

LocationWhere is it?

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A. Absolute Location -the exact place on Earth

B. Relative Location- describes a place in comparison to other places around it

2 types of Locations

Place What is it like?

A. Physical Features1. Climate2. Landforms3. Vegetation4. Animal lifeB. Human features 5. dams, highways, houses6. Culture (religion, customs, languages, political

and economical systems, population distribution, quality of life, identity…)

Place

How can MR.HElP help you?

1. Kiwi fruit from New Zealand is on sale at the supermarket.

 

2. Man has driven the black rhino to near extinction.

 

3. In the bayous of Louisiana, many houses are built on stilts.

 

4. Railroad networks in Europe make traveling easier for tourists.

 

5. Deserts are not all hot and dry; Antarctica is a desert of sorts.

 

6. Mauritania is southwest of Russia.

 

7. The warmth of the southern states makes them attractive for retirement living.

 

8. Islam is the major religion in the Middle East.

 

9. Sheep are raised in Iceland for the wool used in Icelandic sweaters.

 

10. The mountain passes of the Rockies are treacherous in winter and even a

bit scary in the summer.

  11..Write one sentence of your own that relates to one of the five themes:

Strait- Near Egypt:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Red_Sea_topographic_map-en.jpg

Near Vietnam:

Island

Archipelago-

Delta-

Plateau-

Escarpment- steep cliff or slope

Mountain-

Rocky

Andes

Ural

Himalayas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngV66m00UvU&feature=related

Rift- long, thin valley created by moving apart continental plates

Volcano-

Valley-