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The 5 Themes of Geography Objective: Students will be able to understand & apply the 5 themes of geography to actual locations of their choice
The 5 Themes of Geography
Objective: Students will be able to understand & apply the 5 themes of geography to actual
locations of their choice
What is the location of a place?
Location can be described as a places position on the globe
1. Location
Latitude: imaginary lines running parallel to the Equator
Longitude: imaginary lines running north and south between the poles
Latitude
The Equator is the imaginary line that splits the earth into 2 equal halves, or hemispheres between the north and south poles
("World atlas.com," 2010)
North Pole 0 ̊N
South Pole 0 S̊
Longitude lines, or meridians, run north and south between the poles
Longitude Prime Meridian=0 ̊through Greenwich,
England
Lines are measured east and west of Greenwich
up to 180 ̊
("Port cities london," 2004)
(Gough, 2009)
What is the character of a place?
2. Place
Every place has features that distinguish it from other places
Such as…?
Physical Characteristics
Mountains, Climate, & Vegetation
Human Characteristics
Government Systems
Economic Systems
Population, Language, &Culture
How do people interact with their environment?
Have the people living in an area changed their environment?
3. Human-Environment Interaction
Buildings Build Roads
Cut down trees
Destruction of Our Natural Resources…
ForestsOceans
What are some of the consequences of change?
("The Role of," )
Progress & Innovation…
RoadsBuildings
Efficiency
("Daily haha," 2007)
(Sharp, 2008)
(Turner, 2007)
How do people, goods, & ideas move from place to place?
Transportation◦ Railroad◦ Roads, Highways◦ Airports
4. Movement
• Communication of ideas– Computers– Telephones/cell phones
All of these things make it easier to communicate & for both people & goods to travel from one place to another
How are places similar & different from one another?
A Group of Places
1 Common Characteristic
A REGION
5. Regions
Formal Regions-states, countries, cities-Places with specific boundaries
Functional Regions -one central place and the surrounding places affected by it-A metropolitan area could consist of a large city plus its surrounding suburbs
Formal Map - Political
http://www.nhj.k12.in.us/teachers/jskobel/fivethemes/index.htm
http://geographyworldonline.com/quiz.html
http://quizlet.com/343360/five-themes-of-geography-flash-cards/
Some Fun Geography Quizzes & Activities
Baerwald, T.J., & Fraser, C. (1998). World geography: building a global perspective. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc..
Daily haha. (2007, February 25). Retrieved from http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/Los_angeles_highways.htm
Gough, A. (2009). Andrew gough's arcadia. Retrieved from andrewgough.co.uk/Prime-Meridian.jpg
Outline world map images. (2009). Retrieved from www.outline-world-map.com/map-images-original...
Port cities london. (2004). Retrieved from www.portcities.org.uk/london/upload/img_400/G...
Sharp, Ryan. (2008, May 15). Transit miami. Retrieved from www.prnewswire.com/.../27862-hi-traffic.jpg
The Role of forests in water production. (n.d.). Retrieved from www.water-sos.org/images/forests.jpg
Turner, Dawn. (2007, November 14). The Daily recruiter. Retrieved from http://www.thedailyrecruiter.com/the-daily-recruiter-blog/think-outsourcing-is-a-new-problem-they-did-in-the-1800s-too.html
World atlas.com. (2010). Retrieved from http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/imageg.htm
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