5 Themes of Geography Notes
Theme 1: Location – the meaning of relative and absolute position on earth’s surface
2 types: 1) Absolute Location – a specific place on Earth’s surface
EX:
1.) Latitude and Longitude
2.) A global address
1.) Relative Location – where a place is in relation to another place
EX:
1.) uses directional words to describe
Questions: Where is______? Where is ______ relative to where I am? Why is it there?
Theme 2: Place – _Distinguishing physical and human characteristics of a location.
1.) _Physical___ Characteristics
EX:
2.) _Human___ Characteristics
EX:
1.) land features
2) bodies of water
1.) people
2) culture
Questions: What does_____ look like? Why? How is it different from________?
Theme 3: Human Environmental Interaction – development of how people interact with their environment
and the consequences of those interactions
1.) People _Adapt___ their environment.
2.) People __Modify__ their environment.
EX:
1.) building bridges, dams
2.) having boats on the lake, creating
a lake, building a school
3.) People __Depend On___ their environment.
Questions: What human-environment relationships are occurring? How do they affect the place and its
inhabitants?
Theme 4: Movement - _patterns and change in human-spatial interaction on the earth. How places are
linked to one another and the world.
-The MOBILITY of _people_______, ____goods______, ______ideas___
EX:
1.) trains, highway systems
2.) shipping
Questions: How has this spatial pattern developed? Will it continue to change? What does it mean for the
places involved?
Theme 5: Region - What places have in common, how do they form and change
1.)_Political_______ Regions
2.) _Landform______________ Regions
3.) __Agricultural________ Regions
4.) __Cultural_____________ Regions
EX:
2.) Similar religions in a region
1.) 3 Geological Regions of NC
Questions: How has this spatial pattern developed? Will it continue to change? What does it mean for
the places involved?
5 Themes of Geography Notes
Theme 1: Location – the meaning of relative and absolute position on earth’s surface
2 types: 1) Absolute Location – a specific place on Earth’s surface
EX:
1.) Latitude and Longitude
2.) A global address
2.) Relative Location – where a place is in relation to another place
EX:
1.) uses directional words to describe
Questions: Where is______? Where is ______ relative to where I am? Why is it there?
Theme 2: Place – _Distinguishing physical and human characteristics of a location.
3.) _Physical___ Characteristics
EX:
4.) _Human___ Characteristics
EX:
1.) land features
3) bodies of water
1.) people
2) culture
Questions: What does_____ look like? Why? How is it different from________?
Theme 3: Human Environmental Interaction – development of how people interact with their environment
and the consequences of those interactions
1.) People _Adapt___ their environment.
2.) People __Modify__ their environment.
EX:
1.) building bridges, dams
2.) having boats on the lake, creating
a lake, building a school
3.) People __Depend On___ their environment.
Questions: What human-environment relationships are occurring? How do they affect the place and its
inhabitants?
Theme 4: Movement - _patterns and change in human-spatial interaction on the earth. How places are
linked to one another and the world.
-The MOBILITY of _people_______, ____goods______, ______ideas___
EX:
1.) trains, highway systems
2.) shipping
Questions: How has this spatial pattern developed? Will it continue to change? What does it mean for the
places involved?
Theme 5: Region - What places have in common, how do they form and change
1.)_Political_______ Regions
2.) _Landform______________ Regions
3.) __Agricultural________ Regions
4.) __Cultural_____________ Regions
EX:
2.) Similar religions in a region
1.) 3 Geological Regions of NC
Questions: How has this spatial pattern developed? Will it continue to change? What does it mean for
the places involved?