5 Themes of Geography

Location

Absolute LocationExact spot on the earths surface

where something is

Example: Street address, or Latitude and Longitude

Relative LocationWhere something is in relation to

other things

Example: Utah is north of Arizona. My house is west of the big field.

Place

• Physical Characteristics

Physical features that make a place unique. It is how we describe the physical surroundings

• Human Characteristics

How peoples activities have changed the way a place looks

Physical Characteristics

Human Characteristics

Movement

• People

People use various forms of transportation.

People move from city to city, state to state, etc.

• Ideas, Goods, Information, services

Ideas such as religions, political thought, and inventions move.

Goods such as food and clothing move

Information such as knowledge and news moves

Services such as financial services move.

Movement Examples

Human Environment Interaction

• The ways that humans adapt to and change their surroundings for their benefit.

Examples: The clothes people wear, the food they eat, the buildings they build, recreation spots, canals and dams etc.

RegionAn area with common characteristics and its surrounding

area

• Formal Region

• A region that has a formal boundry

• Examples include states, cities, stores, neighborhoods,

• Functional Region

• A region that does not have formal boundaries

• Examples include culture regions, climate regions, physical feature regions

5 Themes Pictures

Art Activity-5 Themes• Make a booklet (I will demonstrate).• On the front, write a title and your name. Use color.• Make a page for each theme of geography: - Title each page with the name of a theme - Draw a picture(s) or a cartoon that represents

the theme. Use you imagination and draw

pictures that show you understand the theme. The pictures need to be in color. -Most themes will require two pictures (Ex.

Location-picture of absolute and a picture for relative. ONLY INTERACTION WILL HAVE 1 PICTURE)

- Write a 5 word (no more or less) definition that explains the theme.