LOCATION
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Where a place is located
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2 Types
Absolute
Location: exact position on the
globe. Typically measured using lines of
latitude and longitude
Relative Location: Where a place is
compared to or in relation to other
places. Ex: Horizon Elementary is 1 block
South of PHS.
Plymouth, WI
Absolute Location: 43.7N 88W
Relative
location:
11 miles
West of
Sheboygan
PLACE
Characteristics that make a location unique
Physical Characteristics
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Landforms, eco
systems, and climate
Plymouth has kettles
Las Vegas has dessert,
mountains, canyons
Human Characteristics
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How people live, work
and visit a place
Ex.: languages,
customs, beliefs
government
REGION: group of places with
at least 1 common characteristic
Formal
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Certain
characteristics
found
everywhere like
laws
Ex: States, cities,
countries are all
political regions
Functional
Central place
and areas around
it that are
affected by it.
Ex: Amazon
drainage basin
Ex: Chicago, IL
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Perceptual:
areas
determined by
how people feel
about an area.
Ex: Upper
Midwest- no
exact borders
(IL yes or no?)
Ex: Mexico
North America
or South
America?
MOVEMENT
People, goods, and ideas move
between places.
Ex: New Orleans uses ships on the Mississippi
(MS) River to transport goods, gas, and, oil.
Ex: Silk Road across Afro-Eurasia exchanged
goods, religion (Buddhism), and disease
(Bubonic Plague)
Today?????? The Internet, TV, Magazines
http://www2.newcanaan.k12.ct.us/education/components/docmgr/default.php?sectiondetailid=7021&fileit
em=756&catfilter=377
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION
How people use and affect their
environment
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How have they changed it? What are the
consequences? (+ or -)
Accidental or intentional (on purpose)?
How the environment affects how people live
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Think/pair/share an example of HEI.
Previous ex: Wind farm off of Cape Cod
In case you learn better through
listening….
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=5_Themes_of_Ge
ography&video_id=132237