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Five Themes of Geography. What do Geographers Do?. Five Themes of Geography. Location. Where is it?. Two Types of Location. Absolute Location. Absolute: Latitude and Longitude or an address KCHS: Latitude 30º03’52.337” N Longitude: 95°29’30.833”W or 20811 Ella Blvd. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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What do Geographers Do?
Five Themes of Geography
Where is it?
Two Types of Location
Absolute Location• Absolute: Latitude and Longitude or
an address– KCHS: Latitude 30º03’52.337” N
Longitude: 95°29’30.833”W or 20811 Ella Blvd.
Latitudes
North/South Hemispheres
Longitudes
East/West Hemispheres
Measurement
Relative Location
• Relative: Describing where a place is by describing places near it.– KCHS – south of
Schindewolf & west of Kreinhop.
What is it like?
Two Features
• Human features: The culture of a place.– Race, religions,
languages, governments, occupations, architecture, foods, clothing, etc.
• Physical features: Things determined by nature.– Climate, indigenous plants, animals,
land forms, types of soils, etc.
How do people relate
to the physical world?
Human- Environment Interaction
• How people effect the environment and how the environment effects people.
• People either adapt to their environment or they modify their environment
Examples• Dams
• Roads
• Farms
• Cities
How do people,
ideas, and products
move from one location to another?
Movement• Movement of people, goods, and
ideas from one place to another.
Everything Came From Somewhere
Linear Distance• How far do people, products and
ideas travel from one location to another.
Time Distance
• The amount of time it takes for a person/idea/good to travel from one location to another.
Psychological Time• The way people perceive distance.
How are areas similar or different?
Region• An area that is unique. Geographers
use regions to compare different areas.
Distinctive Characteristics
Formal Regions• Defined by a limited number of
related characteristics.
• Houston• Texas• USA• Africa
Functional Regions• Organized around a set of
interactions and connections between places.
• Think of a hub:– Downtown to Spring– Medical Center to Sugarland
Perceptual Regions• People see characteristics the same
way.
• Hill Country• The South• The Middle East