1. The Five Themes of Geography
Cy-Woods HS
World Geography

2. Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Region
Human-Environment Interaction
Location
Place
Remember Mr. Help!

3. Movement How people, goods, and ideas move.
People and goods move on roadways.

4. Movement FAIL What are some other ways that people, goods, and ideas
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5. Movement – how people, goods, and ideas move
Technology has continually
improved our ability
to communicate ideas
across the globe.

6. Why do people move? Push factors: Push people away.
Wars, famine, lack of jobs, climate, etc.
Pull factors:
Pull people towards.
Opportunities, jobs, climate, etc.

7. Region An area with unifying characteristics (something in common).
What would you call the region we live in? 1. 2. 3. 4.
West, South, Southwest, Cypress, Northwest Houston, etc.

8. Region – an area with unifying characteristics
Formal region:
A formal region has
defined boundaries,
such as New York
City or Texas.

9. Region – an area with unifying characteristics
Functional Region:
A functional region has a
particular area that some
entity serves.

10. Region – an area with unifying characteristics
Perceptual Region:
A perceptual region is an
area that we are all familiar
with, but there are not
distinctive boundaries.
Gang territories

11. Human-Environment Interaction
How do people
adapt to, change,
or modify their
environment.
How do we, in
Houston, adapt
to our
environment?

12. Human-Environment Interaction
How do we modify and change
our environment?
Houston ship channel and
smog in Chicago.

13. Human-Environment Interaction
What are 2 ways we MODIFY our
environment in Houston? 1. 2.
What are 2 ways we ADAPT TO
our environment in Houston? 1. 2.

14. H-E I, we have a problem.
Sometimes, problems arise out of this human-environment interaction.

15. Location
Location answers, “where is it?” ?

16. Location Absolute location: Absolute location can be latitude and
longitude.
Absolute location can be a
street address.

17. Location Relative location: Relative location answers the
question “where is it,” in relation to
another location you may be
familiar with.
Where would you find
Dallas, TX?
the movie theater?

18. Place What is it like there? Think about physical features,
landscape, environment,
culture, human imprint.
What is unique about
these locations?

19. Place What are some ways that landscape, climate, and environment
make Houston unique? 1. 2. 3.
What are some ways that culture
makes Houston unique? 1. 2. 3.

20. The Five Themes of Geography
The Five Themes of Geography can be used to explain and identify virtually every space on the planet.