Themes of Geography

Five Themes of Geography (2020)

Geographers look at the world and how people interact with it.

Geography

• comes from Greek meaning "to write about the Earth"

• study of earth and the relationships between people and their environments

It's a bird.....It's a plane....It's.....

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Five Themes of Geography

• Movement

• Regions

• Human Environment Interaction

• Location

• Place

Movement

• people

• goods & products (imports/exports)

• ideas

• How does movement change our lives?

Movement of People

• migration (traveling between locations)

• immigration (permanent move to new country)

• walking, trains, planes, and automobiles

Movement of Goods and Products

• Imports coming in

• Exports shipped out

• Where were your goods made?

Movement of Ideas and Culture

• text, phone, email

• social media

• television/video

What examples of movement do you see here?

Region

• Areas with unifying feature

• Physical features - landforms, climate, wildlife

• Human features - language, religion, culture

Open Ended

Based on the video and on this map, what are some of the unifying features of the Finger Lakes Region in New York?

Human Environment Interaction

• Depend on the environment

• Adapt to the environment

• Modify the environment

Depend on the Environment

• Relying on the environment for basic needs

• Relying on the environment for resources

Adapt to the Environment

• Humans change what we do or how we live accordingly

• Clothing, shelter, transportation

• What are some ways that this person has adapted to the environment?

Modify the Environment

• Physically change the environment

• Building homes, clearing land to farm, dams

• Look out a window. What examples of modifying the environment do you see?

Open Ended

Using this image, describe examples of human-environment interaction. Find evidence of depending on the environment, adapting to the environment, and modifying the environment.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT one of the five themes of geography?

• Movement

• Religion

• Human Environment Interaction

• Location

• Place

Multiple Choice

Human Environment Interaction: Building a school building is an example of....

• depending on the environment

• adapting to the environment

• modifying the environment

Multiple Choice

Human Environment Interaction: Putting on a winter coat is an example of....

• depending on the environment

• adapting to the environment

• modifying the environment

Multiple Choice

Human Environment Interaction: Riding a ferry to get to a neighboring island is an example of....

• depending on the environment

• adapting to the environment

• modifying the environment

Multiple Choice

Human Environment Interaction: Catching fish and selling it at your fish market is an example of....

• depending on the environment

• adapting to the environment

• modifying the environment

Open Ended

Provide one example of movement that has affected how you live and describe it in exactly NINE WORDS. This may be the movement of people (i.e. your family), movement of goods/products or movement of ideas.

Location

• Find a Location - Where is it?

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

Absolute Location

• Find a Location - Where is it?

• Coordinate using latitude and longitude

• Great Neck is located at 40°N, 73°W T

• he absolute location of this building is.....

Relative Location

• Find a Location - Where is it?

• The location relative to another place

• Next to.....South of....Across the street from....

Open Ended

Location - How would you describe your relative location right now?

Multiple Choice

436 Center Street, Fort Lee, New Jersey is an example of

• absolute location

• relative location

• neither

Multiple Choice

19 $$\degree$$  north, 125 $$\degree$$  west is an example of

• absolute location

• relative location

• neither

Multiple Choice

Meet me at the Starbucks across the street from the train station in Great Neck. This is an example of....

• absolute location

• relative location

• neither

Multiple Choice

Israel borders Lebanon and Syria to the North, Jordan to the East, and Egypt to the South.  This is an example of....

• absolute location

• relative location

• neither

Place

• Find a Location, but....

• Describe a Place by its...

• human characteristics

• physical characteristics

Human Characteristics

• Developed or made by people

• Examples include language, religion, buildings, landmarks, roads, land use, political systems, common foods

Physical Characteristics

• Occurring in nature

• Examples include landforms, bodies of water, wildlife, vegetation, natural resources

Multiple Choice

Great Neck can be found on Long Island. This best reflects the theme of....

• location

• place

Multiple Choice

The United States is a vast country with a democratic government. This information reflects the theme of....

• location

• place

Open Ended

Consider the Five Themes of Geography: Movement, Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Location and Place. What do you see in this image and how does it fit into the Five Themes of Geography?