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Why study geography?
To understand more about the changing world we live in
To learn more about the people and cultures of the world so that we can better understand each other
To evaluate the connection between the earth and those who live on it
What are the Five Themes of Geography? The concepts that geographers use to
study the world and the people that inhabit it.
They are all connected Use all five themes to truly understand
the geography of a place
Location
Asks the question: Where is it?
Here’s Madagascar!
Can be relative location, which uses descriptions to find
places on the earth.
Example: I live in New Hope near the McDonalds on Medicine Lake
Road.
Can be absolute location, which uses a system to find an exact spot on the earth.
Examples: latitude and longitude, address with zip
codes, GPS, map coordinates
Place
Asks: What are the characteristics of a location?
Describes what it is like there
For example, how would you describe Armstrong High School?
Can be physical features
• Climate – temperature, rainfall• Landforms – plateaus, plains• Topography - elevation• Flora - plants• Fauna - animals• Resources – petroleum, gemstones
Can be human characteristics
Such as population statistics, economic activities, religion, language, government
Human Environment Interaction
How do we use the earth? How have we changed the earth?
Examples of HEI
Growing corn in Farmington Mining iron ore from the Iron Range Skiing down Buck Hill Fishing on Medicine Lake Cars consuming gasoline and polluting the air AHS built out of brick Deforestation of the Himalayas so that homes
can be built
MovementHow do people, goods and ideas get from
one place to another?
Examples of movement
►Trading products between countries►Migration of people to new areas►Buying clothes over the internet►Flying overseas to visit your relatives►Coming to school on the bus this
morning►Urban sprawl
Region
How is this place similar to other places?
Are there common characteristics?
There are different types of regions:• Formal (Uniform) Region – a common
characteristic throughout (Gulf Coast states, South Asia)
• Functional (Nodal) Region – areas connected to a central location (Twin Cities metro area)
Regions can overlap!
Know these themes!
DefinitionsExamplesQuestions they answer
We will use them throughout the semester as we analyze the different
areas of the world!