Introduction to World Introduction to World CulturesCultures

5 themes of geography5 themes of geography

A View of the Globe from SpaceA View of the Globe from Space

Why should we study geography?Why should we study geography?

BLUE BEAUTY BLUE BEAUTY

SANDSTORM LEAVING NORTH AFRICA TOWARDS THE ATLANTIC – CANARY ISLAND.

GIBRALTAR STRAITSGIBRALTAR STRAITS

NIGHT ARRIVES NIGHT ARRIVES BETWEEN EUROPE & AFRICA BETWEEN EUROPE & AFRICA

SWISS ALPSSWISS ALPS

ICELANDICELAND

BLACK SEABLACK SEA

RED SEARED SEA

OUR PLANET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE UNIVERSE AT NIGHT

SPECTACULAR!SPECTACULAR!

Satellite photo of Europe and Africa at night on a cloudless day.

Lights are already on in Paris, Barcelona but not in London, Lisbon or Madrid, where there is still daylight.

You can see the Azores in the middle of the ocean. A little below Madeira and further Canary Islands and Cape Verde.

You can observe the continent platforms from the British Isles to Canada and Iceland in the middle.

France

Iceland

Italy

Continental Continental

PlatformPlatformEngland

ÁFRICA

Already night time here.

Spain

Atlantic

Ocean

Cabo Verde Island

Canary IslandsCanary Islands

Islas de la Madera y Azores

Grande São Paulo

Rio de Janeiro

Belo Horizonte

Salvador

Atlantic Ocean

Brazilian Continental Platform.

NIGHTFALL IN BRAZILNIGHTFALL IN BRAZIL

Grande São Paulo

Rio de Janeiro

Salvador

Recife

Fortaleza

Brasília

Goiânia

UberlândiaBelo Horizonte

Florianópolis

NIGHTFALL IN NIGHTFALL IN USAUSA

The biggest concentration of lights (from top to bottom) are the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington.

MiamiHouston

Dallas

Chicago

Still daylight in California.

Puerto Rico

THE ENDTHE END

TRANSLATION TO ENGLISH AND EDITED MSW 2007TRANSLATION TO ENGLISH AND EDITED MSW 2007

What is geography?What is geography?

Geography:Geography: the study of where people, places and things are located and how they relate to each other

Types of geography:• Physical, economic, historical, cultural• Environmental, population, political, climatology,

agricultural, religious, linguistic, development

Brasilia: “City Built from Brasilia: “City Built from Scratch”Scratch”Page 6

How did the builders interact with the How did the builders interact with the environment?environment?

The kind of information geographers The kind of information geographers and developers want comes from and developers want comes from studying the studying the 5 themes of geography5 themes of geography

Brasilia: “City Built from Brasilia: “City Built from Scratch”Scratch”

Five Themes of GeographyFive Themes of Geography

1.1. LocationLocation

- - Position on Position on the Earth’s the Earth’s surfacesurface

Five Themes of GeographyFive Themes of Geography

2.2. Place Place

-the physical or -the physical or human human characteristics of characteristics of a locationa location

[landforms, soil, climate, [landforms, soil, climate, animal/plant life; activities animal/plant life; activities of people, means of of people, means of transportation, religion, transportation, religion, language]language]

Five Themes of GeographyFive Themes of Geography

3. 3. InteractionInteraction

- Between Between people and people and the the environmentenvironment

- adaptationadaptation

Five Themes of GeographyFive Themes of Geography

4. 4. MovementMovement

- Of people, - Of people, goods, and goods, and ideas to new ideas to new areasareas

Five Themes of GeographyFive Themes of Geography

5. 5. RegionRegion

- An area with An area with its own its own unifying unifying characteristicscharacteristics

- Can be defined in a Can be defined in a number of waysnumber of ways

Physical Political Cultural-- Religious

ReviewReview

VocabularyVocabulary

- geography- geography

- Location- Location

- Place- Place

- Interaction- Interaction

- Movement- Movement

- Region- Region