Theme of Place

Five Themes of Geography: Place

By Ms. Walsh

The theme of PLACE explains "WHAT IS IT LIKE THERE?

It has two categories:

• Physical Characteristics

• Human Characteristics

Physical Features

• Climate/Weather

• Plants and Animals

• Landforms and Water

Human Features

• population

• culture, traditions, beliefs, religion

• food, entertainment

• art, music

• language

• architecture/buildings

Fill in the Blanks

features of a place describe the landforms, climate, weather plant life and animal life.

Fill in the Blanks

features of a place describe the population, culture, language and architecture.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are examples of physical features?

• population

• plant life

• religion

• climate/weather

Multiple Select

Which of the following are examples of human characteristics?

• animal life

• traditions and holidays

• landforms

• population

Multiple Choice

Which image better illustrates the human characteristics of place?

• Left

• Right