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The Five Themes of Geography

The Five Themes

Location • Absolute Location: Exact position o Bodwell High School is located at north

latitude 49.313985,and 123.1008539 west longitude

• Latitude: “FATitude” horizontal lines of measurement • Longitude: vertical lines of

measurement

Location • Relative Location: less exact –

described by time, direction or distance from one place to another

• Ms. Stewart lives about 12 km from BHS • I’m about 45 minutes away from home (in

traffic) or 20 minutes away (in no traffic)

• Why is Kelowna a transportation and service center?

Place • Physical Characteristics of place include things

like: o Landforms o bodies of water o soil o mineral deposits

• Cultural Characteristics include things like: o First nations people using tree bark to make

blankets

Regions • Regions are areas that share common

characteristics, such as: • government • landforms • climate

Regions

• Can you point out any regions from this satellite image of BC?

Types of Regions: Movement • How do people interact with each

other in the 21st century?

• Ideas, People and Objects can move very quickly in the 21st century.

• How and why?

Human / Environment Interaction

• The interactions between humans and the environment

• Geographers ask: o How do dams, roads, industry, and housing

developments change an environment? o How have land use choices affected our ability

to buy food grown near our homes? o How has information technology changed where

people work? o How does the moving of an industrial plant from

one community to another affect the people in those two communities?

Questions: • Summarize the main idea from each of the

five themes of geography

• Brainstorm a list of the ways people (from the past until today) have affected the landscape of our local area. o What are the long term and short term

effects of these activities on the environment?

Maps • Why do people use maps? • Maps can be one of the best ways to share

information about a place – showing climate, population or political boundaries. They can show how places have changed over time

• All maps o Visually represent an area o Use symbols – a compass rose, for example o Scale to indicate distance

Interpret a Map • To understand or interpret a map – you may ask

all or some of these questions: o What kind of map is it? What can it be used

for? o Who created the map, and when? o What do we know about the creator from

examining the map? o Who would use this map? o Have there been changes to the area since

the map was drawn? What do these changes tell us?

o What is the significance of the map?

What type of map is this?

Parts of a Map • Remember DOGTAILS • D – date the map was made • O – Orientation / Directions (north arrow) • G - Grid – Locates places on the map • S - Scale – What the map distance is • T - Title – What, where and when • A- Author – Who made the map • I - Index – Map address of places • L - Legend – What the symbols mean • S - Sources – Basis for map information

The Most Important Parts…

The Title – text explaining what the map is supposed to portray

“ Map of Area around CVA”

Orientation – Show which direction is north, usually with an arrow or a compass rose

The Most Important Parts Date – Tell the reader when the map was made or updated

Author – Tell the reader who the cartographer (person that makes maps) or organization was that made the map

The Most Important Parts

Legend: A guide identifying what the map’s symbols and colors represent

The Most Important Parts Scale: This shows the relationship between distance on a map and actual distance on the earth

Types of Scales:

Verbal Words One centimeter equals one kilometer

Number Ratio or fraction 1:63, 3:60 Graphic Divided bar or

line (like a ruler) showing miles or kilometers

0 500 kilometers

Small Scale and Large Scale Maps

A Small Scale Map:

A map that shows a large area in not much details (ie. A map of the world)

A Large Scale Map: A map that shows a small area in a lot of detail (ie. A map of a neighbourhood)

Activity 1. Draw a map of your school and its surroundings • You can choose to make a SMALL SCALE or a

LARGE SCALE map • Use different sources of information to construct

your map • Include all of “The Most Important Parts” on your

map

2. On a separate piece of paper – Look at the 5 themes of geography – how can maps be used to study each theme?