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Movement 5 Themes of Geography
Movement 5 Themes of Geography
Definition of Movement
The mobility of people, goods, and ideas across the surface of the Earth.
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The theme of movement helps geographers understand the relationship among places. Movement helps explain how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another.
Why Do People Move?
Some people travel for their career.
Others move to be closer to family.
Some migrate to escape war, religious persecution, political reasons, work/economic and education.
How Do People Move?
Why Do Goods Move?
Why Do Goods Move?
Lower Costs
Profit
Resources
How Do Goods Move?
Ships Trains Trucks
Why Do Ideas
Move?
Why Do Ideas Move?
To share information
To share news
How Do Ideas Move? Internet
Phones
Text
News
Magazines
TV
Letters
Radio
