Five Themes of Geography

What is the definition of Movement?

• Areas of the world that have similar characteristics
• The way goods, people, and ideas travel from place to place
• The way humans interact with their environment
• where something is on the surface of the Earth

What are the different types of Movement?

• adapt, modify, depend
• human, physical
• absolute, relative
• goods, ideas, people

What is the definition of Region?

• Way in which the places in an area are similar
• Ways goods, ideas, and people move from place to place 
• Where people and places are located on the surface of the Earth
• Describes characteristics of an area

What are the different types of region?

• Physical, Human
• Depend, Adapt, Modify
• Absolute, Relative
• People, Goods, Ideas

What is the definition of location?

• Describes where a place is located on the surface of the Earth
• Describes characteristics of a place
• Describes characteristics places have in common
• Describes the ways people, goods, and ideas get from place to place

Absolute location is:

• general
• not used on GPS
• describing where a place is located using cardinal directions
• when latitude and longitude coordinates are used to show where a place is located 

Relative location is:

• the use of latitude and longitude coordinates
• Given by GPS
• a general location using cardinal directions
• a specific place

What is the definition of Place?

• The way people, goods, and ideas get from place to place
• The way humans interact with their environment
• Describing where a place is located on the surface of the Earth
• Describes characteristics of an area

Which of the following is NOT an example of the purpose and benefits of the Silk Road?

• It prevented the spread of ideas like Buddhism
• It enabled the spread of goods and ideas
• It enabled China and India to share goods and ideas with MENA and Europe
• It enabled traders to become knowledgeable about other cultures

This map is an example of which theme AND type? (Make sure you know WHY)

• Region; Physical
• Region; Human
• Location; Physical
• HEI; Modify