5 Themes of Geography

What do we use to find absolute location?

• latitude and longitude

• the equator and international dateline

• a GPS and an XLP

• landmarks and distances

What question does the theme of place ask?

• “What is it like?” (or “What makes this place different from other places?”)
• Where is it?
• How do people and the environment interact?
• What do places have in common?

How do we modify the environment?

• We build irrigation ditches
• We build landfills
• We build dams
• All of the above

What is the question for movement?

• Where is it?
• How do people and ideas get around?
• What does it look like?

What does it look like when you get there? What theme of geography is this?

• Place
• Location
• Region
• Human environment interaction

What does it look like when you get there? What theme of geography is this?

• Place
• Location
• Region
• Human environment interaction

What is the question for Region?

• Where it is?
• What does it look like when you get there?
• What do locations have in common?
• What do people do to the environment?

What is the question for place?

• What does it look like when you get there?
• How do people get places?
• What do locations have in common?
• Where is it?

Which of the following is an example of absolute location?

• Take a right on Man O'War BLVD and then a left at Walmart.

• My house is located at 80.00235 degrees north and 32.1774 degrees east.

• Turn right out of Hayes parking lot and then left at the big tree.

• Turn right at the second stop light and then stay straight for 3.2 miles.

This picture is an example of which theme of geography?

• Location
• Place
• Human-Environment Interaction
• Movement