5 Themes of Geography
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Location
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Regions
Relative
Location
Absolute
What is the sun’s location?
Location
Place
What is it like in an location?
BORING?
Place
What is it like in this place?
Human-Environment Interaction
Two questions:
1. What have humans done to adapt to a place?
2. How have humans affected the environment?
Human-Environment Interaction
How have humans adapted to a place?
Shelter?
Food?
Water?
Safety?
Human-Environment Interaction
How have humans affected the environment of a place?
Air
Pollution
Water
Pollution
Noise
Pollution
Light
Pollution
Reduced
Resources
Killed
Habitat
Killed
Species
Spread
Diseases
Turned bad land
into good land
Reduced the bad
things (above)
Human-Environment Interaction
Look at this picture …how has man adapted
affected this
to this
place?
place?
Movement
• What does this word mean when thinking about people?
• Move what?
People
Things
Ideas
Movement
How does this picture display movement?
Regions
What is a region?
There are three types of regions:
• Formal Regions
• Functional Regions
• Perceptual Regions
Formal Regions
Functional Regions
An area that has specific boundaries or
characteristics.
An area with a hub or focal point that
serves a purpose.
What are some examples?
What are some examples?
The United States
Wal-Mart
Train Station
Texas
The Grand Canyon
Perceptual Regions
The Pacific Ocean
DFW Airport
An area that is based on what
people think.
What are some examples?
The South
The ‘Hood
The Bible Belt
Regions
What region(s) could this picture show?
Exercise
You are now going to see a series of pictures. It is your job
to decide which of the 5 Themes of Geography the picture
depicts. Many of the pictures will show more than one
theme. Try to pick the main theme. Your choices are:
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Location
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Regions