FIVE T

HEMES OF

GEOGRAPHY

IMAGES OF 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

LOCATION

The place where any person or object can be found

Exaction Location: Latitude and longitude

Relative Location…one place to another

Tell me the location of your house…..

Tell me the location of the church…..

PLACE….

A specific location…different from all other locations

Physical features: formed by nature

Human features: created by humans

Describe to me the United States as a place, include both physical and human features

HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS

People and their environment interact or affect each other

People and their activities may change the environment

The environment impacts the life of the people…people will have to adapt to an environment

List three ways people can change an environment

List three ways people would have to adapt to living in a desert

MOVEMENT

The exchange of ideas and products

Describe your movement during the school day

List 5 products and trace their movement from one place to another

Example: Corn grown in Missouri may be sent to Ethiopia to feed hungry children

REGIONS

Areas of Earth with main features that make them different from other areas

CULTURE OF A REGION……

People Religion Housing Recreation Sports

Clothing Traditions Holidays

Food Language…..

Physical features of a region

Human features

Describe the region known as the Great Plains region, include both physical and human features

FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY: A RAP

EXACT LOCATION

Exact Location: a position defined by latitude and longitude reading

Equator: imaginary line that divides the world into Northern and Southern Hemispheres….Equator is 0 degrees

Northern Hemisphere: North America, Europe, Asia, Africa

Southern Hemisphere: South America, Africa, Australia, Antarctica

Latitude Lines…imaginary lines NORTH OR SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR…measured in degrees north or south of the equator

Prime Meridian---imaginary line that divides the world into Easter and Western Hemispheres…Prime Meridian is 0 degrees

Eastern Hemisphere: Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica

Western Hemisphere: North America, South America, Antarctica

Longitude: imaginary lines drawn EAST or WEST of the Prime Meridian..measures in degrees east and west of the prime meridian

RELATIVE LOCATION

Relative Location: the location relationship of one place to another

Example: Relative location of North American to South America: North America is north of South America

Another example: Relative location of Europe to Asia: Europe is west of Asia