WORLD GEOGRAPHY

5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

LOCATION

ABSOLUTE LOCATION-POSITION ON THE GLOBE

RELATIVE LOCATION -RELATION COMPARED TO OTHER

PLACES

PLACE

HUMAN WHAT ARE THE HUMAN

CHARACTERISTICS(LANGUAGE, CUSTOM, TRADITION)PHYSICALPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS(LANDFORMS, CLIMATE)

REGION

1. FORMAL REGION -- CERTAIN CHARACTERISITICS ARE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

EXAMPLE - STATE, COUNTRY, CITY OR CORN BELT AND CHINA TOWN

2. FUNCTIONAL REGION -- CENTRAL PLACE AND AFFECTED AREAS

EXAMPLE - METRO AREA, AMAZON RIVER BASIN

3. PERCEPTUAL REGION -- DEFINED BY PEOPLES ATTITIDUES AND FEELINGS OF AN AREA

EXAMPLE -- MIDDLE EAST = TERRORISM

MOVEMENT

PEOPLE, GOODS AND IDEAS MOVING BETWEEN PEOPLE

Example -- Internet

HUMAN - INTERACTION TO THE ENVIRONMENTHOW PEOPLE USE AND CHANGE

THEIR ENVIRONMENT

EXAMPLE -MINING, CLEARING ROADS

Quiz on Themes

• Answer the Question• What theme do these questions cover?• 1. Why are Texas and Florida among the fastest growing states? • 2. What is the topography of Clara City, MN.?• 3. Is Mesabi a part of the Iron Range?• 4. Where is Fallujah?• 5. How did the invention of internet help business?

Answer Key

1. Immigration MOVEMENT 2. flat PLACE 3. Yes REGION 4. Iraq LOCATION 5. Global interaction HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

Use the 5 themes to describe Clara City, MNLocation Absolute / RelativeMovement

Place Human / Physical

Region Formal / Functional / Perceptual

Human Interaction to the Environment