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THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

Ms. MeloAMSS 7th gradeChapter 1, Section 1

What do you know about geography?

• KWL Chart:

K = What do you know about geography?

W = Would would you like to know about geography?

L= What have you learned? (Let’s answer this part later!)

What’s geography?

• Geography is the study of the Earth’s surface and the processes that shape it, the connections between places, and the relationships between people and their environment.

• Geography (Geo = Earth)

The Five Themes of Geography

1. Location

2. Place

1. Human-Environment Interaction

2. Movement

3. Regions

Location

• Where is it?

Absolute Location : exact position on the Earth.

Latitude

Longitude

Relative Location : it explains where a place is by describing places near it.

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Longitude Latitude

Tropic of Cancer

Place

• What is this place like?

Physical characteristics: natural features of the Earth

Human characteristics: people (how many people live in a place; what kind of work they do…)

Human-Environment Interaction

How do people affect their environment

• How do people use this place?

• How and why have people changed this place?

Movement

• How has this place been affected by the movement of people, goods, and ideas?

Regions

• How is this place similar to and different from other regions?