Themes & Elements of Geography

​Themes & Elements

of Geography ​

1. Location

2. Place

3. Movement

4. Regions

5. Human - Environment Interactions

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5 Themes of Geography

Multiple Choice

Prague is 50.0755° N, 14.4378° E and is located Northwest of Brno.

• Region

• Location

• Place

• Movement

Multiple Choice

Regions can be defined by formal borders, climate, forests, religion, language, and government type.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Geographers focusing on how a gas shortage in Germany may effect the ability of travel would most likely look at:

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Place

• Movement

• Region

Multiple Choice

The United States has many mountain ranges, lakes, rivers, and plains. It also has a extensive interstate highway system. It is broken up into 50 states, with a national capitol in Washington DC.

• Region

• Location

• Movement

• Place

Multiple Choice

What theme might this headline represent?

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Region

• Place

• Movement

We know how to describe a place using the five themes of geography.

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The six elements of geography explain how we study geography.

​Six Elements of Geography

• Map usage

• Spatial organization of people / places ​

​​Spatial ​

• physical / human characteristics of a place

• ​creation of regions

​​Places / Regions

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• shaping Earth's surfaces

• ​Ecosystems

​​Physical Systems

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• Learn about the past

• Plan for the future​

Uses of Geography

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• Migration

• Culture

• ​Economics

• Governments ​

• Cooperative / conflicts​

Human Systems

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• physical systems and human system interact

• ​resources

• human impact on the world​

Environment & Society