5 Themes of Geography

What is it like?

• Place
• Location
• Human Environment Interaction
• Movement

Where is it?

• Place
• Location
• Movement
• Region

Where is it exactly on the Earth?

• Place
• Perfect Location
• Absolute Location
• Relative Location

Where is it in relation to other areas or things?

• Place
• Perfect Location
• Absolute Location
• Relative Location

How do people, plants, animals, and ideas move through out time and place?

• Place
• Location
• Region
• Movement

In what ways do people adapt to their environment, or change their environment in order to meet their needs.

• Human Environment Interaction
• Place
• Location
• Region

How are areas similar or united (physically, politically, or culturally) to other areas around them?

• Movement
• Absolute Location
• Region
• Place

The winters are cold and long in Russia.

• Place
• Region
• Location
• Movement

Virginia is north of North Carolina

• Place
• Absolute Location
• Region
• Relative Location

My classroom is across the hall from Mr. Carruth's

• Relative Location
• Absolute Location
• Movement
• Human Environment Interaction