Ms. Pin's vocab lesson youtube video 5 Themes of Geo

2.1 - 5 Themes of Geography (vocabulary and concept development  from youtube video)

5 Themes of Geography (no order, all important)

• Movement

• Human Environment Interaction
  

• Place

• Region

• Location

Multiple Choice

How many Themes of Geography are there?

• 10

• 5

• 0

• 1000

location

• absolute location

• relative location

relative location described with words

• Conny's Creamy Cone is located just east of Como Lake on the corner of Dale St. and Maryland Ave. in St. Paul.

• Conny's Creamy Cone is close to Como High

absolute location: exact with numbers

• GPS Coordinates44° 46' 56.784'' N0° 34' 9.3'' E

• 197 Dale St N, St Paul, MN 55117

Multiple Choice

Conny's Creamy Cone is near

• Como Park High School

• New York City

place

• human characteristics

• physical characteristics 

characteristics

• a special quality or trait that makes a person, thing, or group different from others

characteristics of good students 

• a special quality or trait that makes a person, thing, or group different from others

• we use the word characteristics A LOT in Human Geography; it is usually a group of things that something or somebody has in common that makes it/them unique

PLACE: physical characteristics in MN

• Mississippi River

• no mountains but lots of forests

PLACE: human characteristics in MN

• Minnesota welcomes refugees 

• Minnesota has the highest number of refugees per capita 

• Per capita is a Latin term that translates to "by head." Per capita means the average per person and is often used in place of "per person" in statistical observances.

PLACE: human characteristics of MN

• Minnesota people are mostly Christian

• These are the people who go to places of worship every week

PLACE: human characteristics of MN

• 45.7% of people in Hennepin County (Minneapolis and surrounding area) did not have a religion in 2010

• Warning:  Human Geographers LOVE statistics (numbers) about people.  Demographics = numbers about how many people are something = LOVE LOVE LOVE

Multiple Choice

Como Park High School is a cool place because

• Everybody at Como speaks Spanish.

• we have students from all over the world.

human environment interaction 

• humans adapt to the environment (the natural place we live in)

• humans modify the environment

• humans depend on the environment 

human environment example:  ancient Egypt

• ancient: very old : having lived or existed for a very long time

Relative location of Egypt

• Egypt is in the Middle East region

• Egypt is in North Africa

humans modified the environment 

• The ancient Egyptians modified (changed)  their environment by building canals to help with flooding and farming

humans depend on the environment; we need it

•  The Ancient people of Egypt depended on the Nile River.  They used the Nile River for bathing, washing of clothes, fishing for food, and recreation.

humans adapt to the environment: we deal with what's around us

• Ancient Egyptians made their houses out of mud brick. They used local resources (mud) and made houses that were cool inside because it was too hot outside.  

• Minnesotan's have indoor heating because it's cold here.  We also adapt to the cold by wearing winter coats.  

Multiple Choice

The Minnesota Vikings football team gave money to build the new football/soccer field at Como Park High School.

• The humans modified the land in order to play sports.

• The football/soccer field just appeared one day! Amazing!

region

• easy to confuse with place

•  a part of a country, of the world, etc., that is different or separate from other parts in some way

region

• The USA and Canada are pink:  mostly English speaking, both are considered developed nations (richer)

• Mexico is in the Latin American blue region: mostly Spanish speaking; many countries in Latin America are considered developing countries (poorer)

region

• regions have physical and human characteristics, like places

• humans name regions; not everybody agrees about regions

• The pink West Africa region I agree with: mostly French language dominates, common food and religions

region

• The purple East and Central Africa light purple color is ridiculous, IMHO.  That area is just too big to share characteristics.  I would divide it into two: East Africa and Central Africa. 

region

• The African Union divides Africa into 6 regions which share history and culture (music, food, religions, languages)

• You agree?  You don't agree?  Regions are NOT 100%.  People define them.  People disagree.  

Multiple Choice

Minnesota is in the Midwest Region of the USA. This region

• grows a LOT of corn.

• grows a lot of bananas.

movement

• people move

• ideas move

• goods and resources move

ideas move

• people talking to each other

• social media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat)

• mass media (newspapers, magazines, television, movies, youtube)

goods and resources move 

• goods = products (food, clothes, machines; things people make, buy, and sell)

• resources = a supply of something (such as money, oil, water, trees) that people and governments have and can use when needed

•  we make goods from natural resources

people move

• People move for a lot of reasons

• People move across the street and across the globe

• People move to go to school and work

• People move because they want to go to a place (pull factors); people also move because they need to leave a place (push factors) 

Poll

How did you find out the idea of Distance Learning starting in September?

• newspaper

• social media

• friends

• TV

• Other