Name: _____________________ Class Pd: ___
5 Themes of Geography Notes
Fill out this sheet as your teacher moves through the powerpoint.
1. Geography is the study of ______heislkehtio_____________________
2. List three things that geographers study:
a. ____________________
b. ____________________
c. ____________________
3. What are the five themes of geography?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
LOCATION
4. Absolute location ex:
5. Relative location ex:
PLACE
6. What are 2 human characteristics of a place? ____________ and___________
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
7. Name the three ways that humans and the environment interact.
a.
b.
c.
Name: _____________________ Class Pd: ___
MOVEMENT
8. Name the three types of movement, and provide an example of each kind.
a.
b.
c.
REGIONS
9. Regions have a unifying characteristic, such as _____________, ___________,
_______________, or ______________ .
10. What are some characteristics of North Carolina’s coastal region? (think
Wilmington and the Outer Banks)
WHO CAN YOU THINK OF TO REMEMBER THE 5 THEMES?!
_____________________
GEOGRAPHER TOOLS
11. Why would you want to use a map over a globe?
12. When would a globe be more helpful than a map?