Name:_________________________
Date:__________________________
Period:_________
Mrs. Wilkinson – Honors U.S. History
What are the five themes?
Tools geographer’s use to study features on earth.
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Location: Where is it? ______ is it located there?
Describes where ______________are at on earth.
Types of Location:
________________: exact location on earth (fixed)
Doesn’t change
-Latitude/________________
-Hemispheres
-Grid System
- __________________
_______________: compared to other places (variable)
Changes dependent upon where you’re comparing it to.
-Miles
-__________________
-Direction
Absolute Location
Examples:
-Rome is located at 41 N, 12 E
-Argentina is located in the southern hemisphere
-Ecuador is located in Tropic of Cancer
-KJH is located at 100 E. 350 S., Kaysville
Relative Location
Examples:
-Rome is located near the Mediterranean Sea.
-Argentina is near Brazil.
-Ecuador is south of Mexico.
-Kaysville is 20 miles away from SLC
Place: What is it like?
A place is defined by its_____________ characteristics.
___________________ characteristics

___________________characteristics
Physical Characteristics
_________________ to THAT place, not generic.
The way a place looks.
Created by nature.
-Mountains
-Rivers, ____________, Seas
-Climate
-________________
Examples:
-Andes Mountains are in South America.
-Amazon River flows through Brazil.
-Delicate Arch is in Utah
-The isthmus of Panama connects Central & South America.
Cultural Characteristics
Specific to THAT place, not generic.
People’s activities ________________ the way a place looks or is represented.
Man-___________ or invented.
-Language
-Unique buildings
-______________ _________________
-Celebrations/traditions/holidays
Examples:
-Portuguese is the official language of Brazil.
-Many Italians are Catholic.
-Mayan ruins are located in Mexico.
-Labor Day is a national holiday in the US.
Human-Environment Interaction
The environment & people are _________________________.
-Consequences to those actions depend upon how people ____________ to interact with the world and use their resources.
-Positive/Negative
-Intentional/Accidental
-Favorable/Destructive
Human Environment Interaction
Current ______________________ Issues:
-Climate Change (global warming)
-Energy Resources
-Water Conservation
-Deforestation
Movement
Places do not __________________ in isolation.
-People, goods & ideas__________________ from place to place.

-Linear distance – How far they ______________
-_________ distance – Amount of time it takes to travel
-Psychological distance – How people ____________ distance
Examples
-Immigration from Latin America to US. (people)
-iPhones and iPads exported to other countries (goods)
-Twitter, Facebook (ideas)
Region
The world is divided into different regions based upon _______________ & ________________.
-Climate
-Location
-_____________
-Languages
-Ethnicity/____________
Types:
-Formal
-Functional
-Perceptual
Formal Region
Most _____________/familiar.
Determined by the distribution of a__________________ characteristic (physical or human)
-Location
-Climate
-Religion
Examples
Latin America (Spanish-speaking nations)
North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico)
Tropics (countries near the equator)
Functional Region
Serves a __________________ that affects places around it; usually has a hub or ____________ place.
-Distributes goods/_____________
-Organized around a set of interactions and ______________ between places
Examples:
-Panama Canal
-Amazon River Basin
-A city and its suburbs
Perceptual Region
Groups of areas that provoke a certain _____________________ or feeling.
-People perceive characteristics of that ______________ in the same way.
Examples:
-The “ghetto”
-American Midwest
-Chinatown