5 Themes of Geography:
1 st
Theme: Location-Where is it?
-Absolute Location: Uses Latitude and Longitude
-Relative Location: Cardinal and Intermediate directions
2nd Theme: Place-Describes the human and physical characteristics of a place
-Physical characteristics:
-land features
-mountains, plains, and plateaus
-climate
-bodies of water
-Human characteristics
-people
-culture
-language
-religion
-buildings and landmarks
-cities
3 rd
Theme: Human Environment Interaction: how people interact with their environment
-Adapt to environment
-Modify the environment
-Depend on the environment
4 th
Theme: Movement: How places are linked
5 th
-Movement of: people, ideas, goods
Theme: Regions: what places have in common
-political regions
-landform regions
-agricultural regions
-cultural regions
Latitude and Longitude -the description of any location of any location on Earth
Latitude- a measure of distance NORTH or SOUTH of the equator
-The equator is 0*
-Latitude lines run horizontally (side to side)
-Remember latitude is like a ladder-you climb up and down
Longitude- a measure of distance EAST or WEST of the prime meridian
-The prime meridian is 0* longitude
-Longitude lines run vertically (up and down)

Types of Maps
Political map-shows boundaries (such as cities, counties, states, countries)
Physical map-shows physical features of a land (relief, bodies of water)
-Relief-the difference in elevation
Thematic map-shows different themes (such as language, culture, weather patterns)