Five Themes of Geography
Jamaica
By Jorge
Absolute Location
The country that I am studying is Jamaica. The reason why I chose Jamaica is because it
is tropical and I think that tropical places are beautiful. The continent that Jamaica is
located is in North America. The capital of Jamaica is Kingston. Absolute location is
finding the exact location of a place on Earth using longitude and latitude lines. The
absolute location of my country is 78 degrees North longitude and 28 degrees West
latitude.
Relative Location
• Relative location is
finding a place on
Earth using the
cardinal directions
The relative location
of Jamaica is
Columbia South,
North Carolina North,
Puerto Rico East, and
Mexico West.
Human Characteristic of Place
• Place is a human and physical
characteristic. The two parts
that it’s divided into is human
and physical characteristics. A
human characteristic is
something that is man made. A
human characteristic for
Jamaica is the aqueduct. The
aqueduct was built between
1760 and 1780. The aqueduct is
559 meters long. This is one of
the few aqueducts in jamaica.
Physical Characteristic of Place
• A physical characteristic is
something that is already
there. A physical
characteristic is the blue
mountains. The blue
mountains are thickly
covered with tree. Coffee
is grown there. The coffee
that is grown there is
expensive. .
Movement
• Movement is how are
people, goods, and ideas
moved into and out of this
place. The weather climate
in Jamaica is usually
really tropical weather. In
the day it is about 80
degrees or 90 degrees
during the day. 70degrees
at night. In the winter it is
about 10 degrees.
Movement
• Their transportation is by
train, mini bus, and taxi. A
train runs two times a day
between Kingston and
Montego bay. A word of
advice agree on the price
before making the trip.
The buses have stranded
places of departure and
can also be waved down.
Region
• Region as a theme refers to
areas of the earth that have
common characteristics.
Jamaica has two regions. One
language and it is located in the
Caribbean. It shows region
because, U.S.A., England,
Australia, and Canada speak
English.it is part of the
Caribbean trait because Jamaica
speak English. A physical trait
because it is located in the
Caribbean.
Region
• It also shows region
because U.S.A , England,
Australia, Canada,
Madagascar, Ireland, and
India speak English. Also
it shows a region because
Puerto Rico, Dominican
republic, Haiti, the
Bahamas, and Cuba. Are
located in the Caribbean.
Human/Environment Interaction
•
Human/Environment interaction
in geography is how people harm
or help the environment. One
example of Human/Environment.
Interaction. in Jamaica is the way
Jamaicans pollute the air with
cement factories. In Kingston they
have features that make cement,
but smoke comes out harming the
environment. My examples show
that Jamaica harm the island
because they make cement and
smoke comes out harming the air
and environment.
Human/Environment Interaction
• My second example is that
Jamaicans dig for bauxite.
In Jamaica they dig for
bauxite which is harming
the ground, plants, and
animals.My examples
show that Jamaica harms
the country because they
dig for bauxite harming
the ground.