1. The Five Themes of Geography
National Geography Standards

2. Human-environment interaction
Location
Place
5 Themes of Geography
Human-environment interaction
Location
Where is it?
Place
What is it like?
Human-environment interaction
How do people relate to the physical world?
Region
Movement
Region
How are places similar or different?
Movement
How do people, goods, ideas, etc get from one place to another?

3. 5 Themes of Geography Location Absolute location Relative location
Answers the question “where?”
The equator in Ecuador

4. 5 Themes of Geography Region Area with uniform characteristics
Climate, language

5. 5 Themes of Geography Human-earth relationships
How humans interact with the natural environment
Effects humans have on environment
Effects the environment has on humans

6. 5 Themes of Geography Movement Across the earth’s surface Includes:
Communications
Transportation
Circulation
Diffusion

7. 5 Themes of Geography Place Characteristics make each place unique
No place is exactly the same as another