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The 5 Themes of Geography
Location Place Human-Environment Interaction Movement Regions
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Location Where is it? Why is it there? Two Types of Location Absolute
Relative
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Absolute Location A specific place on the Earth’s surface
Uses a grid system– latitude & longitude A global address
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Kansas: Absolute Location
96° W Lenexa 38°, 57’ N 94°, 44’ W
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Relative Location Where a place is in relation to another place
Uses directional words to describe Cardinal and intermediate directions Landmarks, time, or distance
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Rhode Island: Relative Location
Rhode Island is bordered by Massachusetts to the north and Connecticut to the south Rhode Island is on the east coast Rhode Island is the Northeast Kansas is a Midwestern state.
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Place-The personality
What is it like there? What kind of place is it? We look at the physical and human characteristics to identify a place.
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Physical Characteristics- are natural
Land features Mountains, plains, and plateaus Climate Bodies of water Animals Plant life
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Physical Features
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Human Characteristics
People Culture Language Religion Buildings and landmarks Cities Customs and beliefs How many people live, work, and visit a place.
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Human Characteristics
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Human-Environment Interaction
How people interact with their environment People . . . Adapt to their environment Modify their environment Depend on their environment
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Human-Environment Interaction
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Human Environment Interaction
Humans adapt to the environment.
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Human Environment Interaction
People adapt to their environment by wearing clothing that is suitable for the weather.
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Human Environment Interaction
People modify the environment by heating and cooling buildings for comfort.
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Human Environment Interaction
People depend on the Amazon River for water, food and transportation.
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Movement The mobility of
People Goods Ideas How places are linked to one another and the rest of the world.
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Movement
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Regions What places have in common.
Political regions (countries, states, counties, cities) Landform regions (Rocky Mountains, Death Valley) Agricultural regions (Cornbelt, Bread basket) Cultural regions (Chinatown, Little Italy)
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Regions
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If you can’t remember the 5 themes of Geography, just ask Mr. Help!
M– Movement R– Regions HE– Human-Environment Interaction L– Location P– Place
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Checking What You Know! For each of the following questions, identify which of the five themes of geography is being expressed.
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1. Moving people, goods, and ideas
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2. Share a common characteristic or set of characteristics
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3. Depend, adapt, and modify the environment
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4. What it’s like . . . Location Place Human-environment interaction
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5. clothing, shelter, agriculture, population
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6. Latitude and longitude
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7. buildings, irrigation, shopping, farming, language
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8. Raising crops Location Place Human-environment interaction Movement
region
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9. Rivers flowing Location Place Human-environment interaction
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10. Transportation and communication
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11. continents, hemispheres, oceans
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12. Overland Park is located in east-central Kansas
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13. 8300 Travis Lane Location Place Human-environment interaction
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14. climate, landforms, bodies of water, animal life, plant life
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15. Maps Location Place Human-environment interaction Movement region
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16. YouTube, cell phone, nightly news, KC Star
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17. dams, windmills, oil drilling
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18. Lenexa, Johnson County, metropolitan, Kansas, midwest
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19. Carbon dioxide emissions, roads, traffic signals
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20. Northeast, the South, the Midwest
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