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The Five Themes of Geography
A Framework for Studying the World
Theme 1: Location
• Where is It?• Why is It There?
Two Types of Location
•Absolute
•Relative
Absolute Location
• A specific place on the Earth’s surface• Uses a grid system• Latitude and longitude• A global address
Absolute Location
Lodi
Latitude: 43.31 N, Longitude: 89.53 W
Relative Location
• Where a place is in relation to another place
• Uses directional words to describe– Cardinal and
intermediate directions
Wisconsin
• Wisconsin is in the upper Midwestern region of the US.
• Lake Michigan forms the eastern border of Wisconsin and Lake Superior is the northern border.
• Wisconsin lies to the north of Illinois and east of Minnesota.
Map Projections
Mercator
Peters
Winkle Tripel
Theme 2: PlacePhysical Characteristics• Land Features• Mountains, plains, and plateaus• Climate• Bodies of Water
Wisconsin: Physical Characteristics
Theme 2: PlaceHuman Characteristics
• People• Culture• Language• Religion• Buildings and
Landmarks• Cities
Human Characteristics of Asian Nations:
Theme 3: Human Environment Interaction
How People Interact With Their Environment
People . . .• Adapt to Their Environment• Modify Their Environment• Depend on Their Environment
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Global Human Environment Interaction
The Netherlands – land reclamation
Assignment:
• Find an extreme or surprising example of human environmental interaction (non-US).
• Create 1 power point slide– Include an image– Include a description (including location)
Theme 4: Movement
The Mobility of• People• Goods• Ideas
How Places are linked to one another and the world
Wisconsin: Movement
What are the ways people in our region/state move?
Wisconsin: Movement
Movement of People
• Humans are a mobile species
• Migration– Immigration
– Emigration
Chinese Migration
• The Chinese Economic Miracle– 1978 Deng Xiaoping
– Need for mass of labor in industrial areas on the coast.
• Economic Boom, Rise of Chinese Middle Class
Vs.• Congestion, Crime
Backlashes against internal migrant laborers
• “The Last Train Home”
Movement of STUFF
• Natural Resources• Processing• Manufacturing• Marketing• Sales• Resale• Disposal
Theme 5: Regions
What Places Have in Common
• Political Regions• Landform Regions• Agricultural Regions• Cultural Regions
US: Regions
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Formal Region
• Most common/familiar.• Determined by the distribution of a uniform
characteristic (physical or cultural)– Location– Climate– Religion
• Examples– Central America (Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama)
– Latin America (spanish-speaking nations)
– Tropics (countries located near equator)
Functional Region
• Serves a purpose that affects places around it. – Distributes goods/people
– Serves specific purpose
• Examples:– Panama Canal
– Amazon River Basin
– Hollywood
– Amish Country
Perceptual/Vernacular RegionSense of place defined by people’s ordinary
language and informal understanding of a place.Groups of areas that provoke a certain stereotype or
feeling.• Examples:
– The Bronx– The “ghetto” – China town– The Bible Belt– Packer Country
Assignment
• Create a Map of Lodi that defines one of the following:
• Formal Regions
• Functional Regions
• Vernacular Regions
You will be randomly assigned which regions you will define.