What are the Five Themes of Geography?
What are the Five Themes of
Geography?
What do all of these things have in common?
• Truck
• Road
• Letter
• Cell phone
They all have to do with the movement of people, things, or ideas.
What do all of these things have in common?
truck road letter cell phone email
• All of these are examples of the theme of movement .
What do all of these things have in common?
• Pacific Northwest
• Eastern Europe
• Counties around Lake Norman
• Northern Iredell County
• EIMS school district
They are all examples of regions.
A region is an area that is defined by certain similar characteristics.
Those unifying or similar characteristics can be physical, natural, human, or cultural.
What do all of these things have in common?
Pacific Northwest
Eastern Europe
Counties around Lake Norman
Northern Iredell County
EIMS school district
• All of these are examples of the theme of region .
What do all of these things have in common?
• Turn right at McDonald’s
• Go 2 miles past the mall
• 1133 Mockingbird Lane
• 40°N 90°W
• The United Kingdom is north of France.
They all are examples of how to locate a particular place.
There are two types of location.
Absolute location is latitude and longitude or a street address.
Relative location uses directions, distances, or landmarks to locate a place.
What do all of these things have in common?
Turn right at McDonald’s
Go 2 miles past the mall
1133 Mockingbird Lane
40°N 90°W
The United Kingdom is north of France.
• These are all examples of the theme of
location
.
What do all of these things have in common?
• Picking up trash
• Turning on a light when it’s dark
• Building a house
• Wearing short pants in the summer
• Putting on a coat in winter
• Air pollution
They are all examples of changing the environment, or adapting to it.
Changing or adapting to the environment is not always a good thing. An example of this is pollution.
What do all of these things have in common?
Picking up trash
Turning on a light when it’s dark
Building a house
Wearing short pants in the summer
Putting on a coat in winter
Air pollution
• These are examples of the theme of
interaction
.
What do all of these things have in common?
• People speak Spanish in Argentina.
• Russian is the largest country in Europe.
• Mt Everest is the tallest mountain in the world.
• Iredell County is a hub of the NASCAR racing industry.
• Most people in Italy belong to the Roman
Catholic Church.
These statements are about the people that live in a particular place, or about the physical characteristics of a particular place.
Human characteristics are about the people that live in a place.
Physical characteristics are about the natural features and climate of a place.
What do all of these things have in common?
People speak Spanish in Argentina.
Russian is the largest country in Europe.
Mt Everest is the tallest mountain in the world.
Iredell County is a hub of the NASCAR racing industry.
Most people in Italy belong to the Roman Catholic Church.
• All of these statements are examples of the theme of
place
.
