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Five Themes of Geography. Location Place (Characteristics) Human-Environmental Relationships Movement Regions. I. Location. a. Absolute Location: Exact position on the globe Latitude and Longitude Street Address - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Five Themes of Geography
LocationPlace (Characteristics)Human-Environmental RelationshipsMovementRegions
I. Location
a. Absolute Location: Exact position on the globei. Latitude and Longitude ii. Street Address
b. Relative Location: Location in relation to other places (described by landmarks, time, direction or distance from one place to another)
i. North of Provoii. Along the Jordan Riveriii. 30 miles from Park City
Location
What is the absolute location of Sunset Ridge?
6881 West 8200 South
West Jordan, UT 84081
What is the relative location?
www.jordandistrict.org
II. Place (Characteristics)a. Physical i. land features ii. Weather iii. Plants iv. animals
b. Human: Things that have changed due to peoplei. Buildings and Landmarks
ii. Roads
iii. People
iv. Culture
v. Language
vi. Religion
vii. Cities
Place (Characteristics)
What are physical characteristics of Utah?
What are human characteristics of Utah?
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III. Human-Environmental Relationships
How have we changed the environment?
How have we responded to changes in the environment?
a. Humans adapt to the environment.
b. Humans modify the environment.
c. Humans depend on the environment.
IV. Movement
a. Peoplei. Migrationii. Traveliii. Immigrationiv. Work
b. Goodsi. Exportsii. Imports
c. Ideasi. Internet
How does geography impact movement? (positive and negative)Rivers and OceansMountainsDeserts
Movement
How are people transported in this city?
How are goods transported in this city?
How are ideas transported in this city? (e.g. communication)
V. Region
a. Formal – area where a certain characteristic or characteristics are present
i. Languagesii. Climateiii. Religioniv. Ethnicity/Race
b. Functional – one central place and the surrounding places around iti. Metropolitan Area (DC, NYC, Denver, Salt Lake, St. George)ii. Shopping Region (central mall/supermarket, Gateway, Jordan Landing) iii. Ports and the areas served by them
Region
What are examples of formal regions?
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