5 Themes of Geographyuse the note-taking page provided

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LOCATIONWhere is it?

Why is it located there?

ABSOLUTE LOCATION

the exact location using latitude and

longitude

42oN, 86oW - what is located NEAR here?

RELATIVE LOCATION

where something is in relation to other things

(landmarks ~ for example: turn left at Wagoners, right at the baseball fields) ~ things

you might tell relatives to get to your house.

PLACEWhat is it like?

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

things that are naturally part of earth’s surface

*landforms (mountains, plains, etc.) *bodies of water (oceans, lakes, bays, etc.) *ecosystems (soil, plants, animals, and climate)

HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS

Things that humans have created (bridges, roads, buildings, culture, language) *all these places have features that distinguish them from other places.

HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

How do people interact with and change their environment?

DEPEND…on the environment

for basic needs (food, shelter, and clothing)

making it possible to live everywhere on Earth (using heating

units where it’s cold, air conditioning where it’s

warm, tents to move with herds, etc.)

ADAPT… to the environment

modify… the environment

to meet our needs (building bridges,

plowing and irrigating fields,

building schools)

MOVEMENTHow are people and places linked by

communication and the flow of people, ideas & goods

*Transportation, communication, trade - people move goods (clothing, cars)

*Patterns of movement such as migration - in groups refugees

*linkages and connections as in how people work together (like how blood moves through your veins to the different organs)

REGIONSWhat are there unifying features and how

do they form and change over time?

Regions are a basic unit for

geographic study how are areas

similar? how are they different?

Geographers divide

the world into regions to help them interpret

Regions can be defined on the basis of physical and human characteristics.