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CW 5 Themes of Geog Notes & Practice

HW Map Quiz tomorrow!

World Map There is a C in Arcctic and Antarcctic. Latitude & Longitude lines are labeled OFF the map. Europe & Asia are divided through Russia. Spelling counts & is important! It is spelled correctly on

the paper...just copy the correct spelling.

Five Themes of Geography

Melcher

World Geography

There are five important questions that we can ask to help organize information about places we study…What is the location of a place?What is the character of the place?How do people interact with the natural environment of a place?How are places regionally similar to and different from other places?How do people, goods, and ideas move between places?

The Five Themes of Geography

Location Place Human-Environment Interaction Region Movement

1. LocationWhere is the location of this place?

Every geographical feature has a unique location—its global address.

Location is divided into two parts:AbsoluteRelative

Absolute Location

Exactly where something is.

Latitude and Longitude (global location)-OR-

Specific street address (local location)

Absolute LocationLatitude and Longitude—global location

Absolute LocationSpecific Address—local location

Shawnee Mission North7401 Johnson Drive

Overland Park, KS 66202

Relative Location

Where something is relative to what is around it—how it’s connected to other places.

Examples:The student parking lot at SM North is located

east of the school. California is south of Oregon in the western

United States.

Tuesday, August 19BW Any supplies? Clear off desk. Need pen or pencil Take Map Quiz! When done w/ map quiz finish #1&2 in tan packet—

latitude/longitude & relative location of SMNorth.

CW Continue 5 Themes of Geog Notes & Practice

HW Bring supplies…kleenex & colored pencils.

2. PlaceWhat are the special and unique

features? Described by the physical and/or human characteristics of a

location.

Something that makes it different than anything else.

Physical Characteristics of a Place Things that are naturally part of the

place. Landforms (and processes that shape the landscape)

Climate Soils Natural Vegetation Animal Life Bodies of Water

Physical CharacteristicsExamplesMount Everest…not just any mountain.

Redwoods Forest…not just any forest.

Table Rock Lake…not just any lake.

Human Characteristics of a Place

Things that are there because of humans Religion/Food/Dress Languages Population factors Settlement patterns Economic activities

Human CharacteristicsExamples

Highway—ex. I-70

Building—ex. Empire State Building.

House—ex. Igloo.

3. Human-Environment Interaction

How have people interacted with-or-

changed their environment?

Three kinds…

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How people change because of their environment.

Clothes they wear… coats, light colors, grass skirts.

Kinds of homes they build…soddie, raised house.

Transportation they use… trains, bicycles, feet, boats.

How people change the environment. Heat and cool buildings.

Build dams to control water

Build roads to travel.

Plow fields to farm.

How people use the environment

Get food from the land.

Roads to get to work.

Play on lakes and beaches.

Dig mines for coal and iron.

4. RegionHow are the characteristics of a place similar

to and/or different from other places?

Q: What is a region?

A: Group of places bound together by one or more similar characteristics. Sharp (Kansas) or indistinct boundaries (Midwest)

Three types of regions.

Formal Regions – areas in which entire population share a defining trait (ex. county or state)

Functional Regions – areas which are characterized by a central focus on some activity (ex. marketing area for a metro newspaper)

Vernacular Regions – areas that exist in the mind of a large number of people and may play an important role in the cultural identity (ex. “the South,” “the Midwest,” “the Bible Belt,” etc.)

The United States

Central America

Sun Belt

Great Lakes

5. MovementHow has the place been affected by the movement of people, goods, and ideas.

Transportation Communication

Trade Natural Disasters

Hurricane Katrina Refugees.

Chinese food in San Francisco.

A tsunami.

Computers and scientists in Antarctica.

MR. LIP will help you remember

Movement

R.egion

Location

Interaction between human and environment

Place

Latitude and Longitude