Five Themes of Geography

• Location

• Place

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Movement

• Regions

Map Observation Activity

Map Questions

• In what state is this piece of map showing?

• Can you describe more specifically where in the state it is found? (What city, particular area, name of something specific you see)

• Provide two reasons for your answers above.

Location

Location – where is it?

• Relative Location - are described by landmarks, time, direction or distance from one place to another.

• Absolute Location - is a latitude and longitude (a global location) or a street address (local location).

200 East 800 South Heber, UT, 84032

Place

Place – what does it look like?

• Human Characteristics - the ideas and actions of people that result in changes to the environment, such as buildings, roads, clothing, and food habits.

• Physical Characteristics - characteristics include mountains, rivers, soil, beaches, wildlife, etc.

Human Characteristics

Buildings

Clothing

Food Habits

Physical Characteristics

Mountains

Beaches

Wildlife

Movement

Movement – how it’s connected

What moves – people, goods, and ideas.

Regions

Regions – What are the shared characteristics?

• Undefined regions – Loosely defined by people’s perception. – i.e.) Bible belt, Dixie, Chinatown, Middle East

• Defined Regions – Governmental boundaries, or regions not open for dispute. – i.e.) Countries, Religion, Climate, Economics

Human-Environment Interaction

Human-Environment Interaction

How do humans and the environment affect each other?

Humans adapt to their environment ie) suitable clothing, natural disasters

Humans modify the environment ie) clearing forests, watering lawns, fertilization

Humans depend on the environment ie) jobs, rivers for transportation, food

Questions???

• How have people changed?– Adaptation

• How have people changed the environment?– Modified

• Do people depend on the environment for anything?– Depend on

Nature Walk

Affects on Environment

Modified Adapted

Depend On

5 Themes Drawing

• Draw a picture to represent each part of the different themes.

• Explain why the picture represents that part of the theme.

Self Starter

• Trains• Wearing a Coat• Utah/Nevada Border• Trees, Lakes, Mnts. • Media

• Ideas

• Defined

• People

• Adapt

• Physical Chara.

• Location

• Place

• Movement

• Human-Environment

• Region

Self Starter(Matching)

• Location

• Place

• Movement

• Human Environment

• Region

• What are the shared characteristics?

• How is it connected?• What does it look like?• Where is it?

• How do people and the environment affect each other?

Self Starter

• Name the region where each physical characteristic can be found. – Flood plains– Desert – Nothingness– Temperate forest– Great Plains– Coastal Marshes– Rolling Hills

Self Starter• Copy notes to review for the test tomorrow.

• 5 Themes – know question each theme answers. Be able to give examples of each theme and its part. know definitions of theme.

• Regions – Know the main physical characteristics of each region and identify pictures.

• Map – Locate states, cities, and major physical characteristics on the U.S. map.