Mr. Fogal's 5 Themes of Geography

Longitude lines run _________.

• East/West
• North South

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.

What is movement?

• Tells us how people, goods, recourses, 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 a Region

• Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike
• Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
• Tells us where people and places are

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Relative location is:

• Latitude and Longitude
• Given by GPS
• a general location, not specific
• a specific place:

Absolute location is:

• general
• not used on GPS
• is saying that Two Rivers is in East Hartford
• uses latitude and longitude to give a specific area

Which theme answer the question "Where is it?"

• Human Environment Interaction

• Place

• Location

• Region

Which theme answers the question "How do ideas travel in and out of this place?"

• Human Environment Interaction

• Place

• Location

• Movement

Which theme answers the question "What is it like there?"

• Place

• Human Environment Interaction

• Region

• Location

Which theme answers the question "How have people adapted to the environment there?"

• Human Environment Interaction

• Place

• Movement

• Region