5 Themes of Geography

The exact spot on earth something can be found

• relative location
• place
• absolute location
• where the X is on the map

Where something can be found using another object or place

• relative location
• absolute location
• place
• Daylight Doughnuts

An area that contains similar physical and/or human features that separate it from other areas.

• Place
• Region
• Absolute location
• human/environment interaction

What is Movement?

• Tells us how people, goods, resourses, and ideas move from one place to another
• Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
• Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike.

What is Location?

• Tells us where people and places are
• Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area.
• Tells how people, goods, resources, and ideas move from one place to another.

Latitude lines run

• East/West
• North/South

Longitude lines run _________.

• East/West
• North South

The imaginary line that runs through the middle of the earth east and west is called?

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• Date Line

Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?

• Location
• Place
• Human-Environment Interaction
• Movement

People leaving their homes in Syria and travelling to Turkey to avoid ISIS is an example of which?

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