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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