The 5 Themes of Geography

LOCATION: Geographers study a place by finding its location. There are two types of location:

Absolute location: latitude and longitude or street address

Ex. Woodworth Middle School’s address is 4951 Ternes street.

Woodworth Middle School is located at 49°19’N latitude and 83°11’W longitude

Relative location: where it is located in relationship to another known place

Dearborn is west of Detroit.

Woodworth Middle School is south of Ford Rd.

Location

EXAMPLE 1:

Lansing, the capital of MI is located Northwest of Detroit.

The 5 Themes of Geography

PLACE: Place refers to the physical and human characteristics of an area. what an area is like?

This includes:

1.what is the land like (land and water features)

2.what the climate and vegetation is like

3.what buildings or man-made structures are there

4. the amount of people that live there

5. what is the culture like

6.what language is spoken there.

PLACE

EXAMPLE 1:

Eiffel Tower is in France.

Rocky Mountains are in the United States.

The 5 Themes of Geography

REGION: Areas of the world that have common characteristics.

Can be identified:

1. common climate

2. physical feature

3. common language

4. common national government

REGION

EXAMPLE 1:

Great Lakes Region, because the states and Canada that border the lakes all share in using the water and resources that the lakes provide.

The 5 Themes of Geography

MOVEMENT: The way people, goods, and ideas travel or spread from one place to another.

Why these movements happened ?

How they affect or affected the people living there?

MOVEMENT

EXAMPLE 1:

Pineapples are brought to Michigan from Hawaii. Pineapples are a fruit that is not able to be grown naturally in Michigan.

The 5 Themes of Geography

HUMAN-ENVIROMENT INTERACTION (H.E.I):

See how people have changed and adapted to live in their natural surroundings

How they have used their land and natural resources?

How they have changed or affected the place they live?

HUMAN-ENVIROMENT INTERACTION (H.E.I):

EXAMPLE 1:

The Japanese diet is made mostly of seafood because its an island and have very little land for vegetation.

EXIT CARD

Write name, core and # on card

EXIT TICKET EVENNAME: CORE: #:

1.The weather in the Congo is always hot because it is near the equator.REGION PLACE HEI

2. The river near my house has become very polluted.HEI MOVEMENT REGION

3. My new bicycle was sent to my house in a truck.PLACE MOVEMENT LOCATION

4. South Korea is considered part of the Asian Continent.PLACE REGION HEI

5.India is south of Nepal.LOCATION MOVEMENT REGION

EXIT TICKET ODDNAME: CORE: #:1.This island is 64°W 16°N.

LOCATION PLACE HEI

2. In Hawaii, it is customary for visitors to receive a flower necklace called “lei” when they arrive on the island.

HEI MOVEMENT PLACE

3. I phoned my friend on my cell phone to tell her about exciting news. PLACE REGION MOVEMENT

4. Chili is considered part of the South American Continent.LOCATION PLACE REGION

5. China is North of Nepal.LOCATION MOVEMENT REGION