Themes of Geography

What question does the theme "Location" ask?

• Who is it?

• Where is it?

• What is it like?

• How do humans use and change their environment?

On this map, which option describes the RELATIVE location of Texas? (Relative = in relation to things around it)

• Texas is in the United States.

• Texas is in North America

• Texas is in the southern U.S.

• Texas is north from Mexico and south from Oklahoma.

On this map, which describes the ABSOLUTE location of Texas? (Absolute = identifying a precise spot)

• Texas is in the southern United States.

• Texas is west from Mexico and north from Oklahoma.

• Texas is south from Mexico and north from Oklahoma.

• Texas is north from Mexico and south from Oklahoma.

What question does the theme Place ask?

• What is it like?

• Where is it?

• What is a place?

• How do humans use and change their environment?

When describing Place (what is it like?), which answers are examples of human characteristics?

• Major religion

• Languages spoken

• Amount of rain

• How many people live there

• Bodies of water such as rivers and lakes

When describing Place (what is it like?), which answers are examples of physical characteristics?

• Major religions

• Amount of rain per year

• What people wear

• Bodies of water such as rivers and lakes

• Landforms such as hills and mountains

What question does the theme Region ask?

• How do humans use and change their environment?

• Where is it?

• Who is it?

• How are places similar or different?

What question does the theme Movement ask?

• How do people, goods, and ideas get around?

• Where is it?

• What is it like?

• Who is it?

What question does the theme Human-Environment Interaction ask?

• How are places similar or different?

• What is it like?

• How do people use and change the environment?

• Where is it?

What two things do we describe when we are describing PLACE (what is it like?)

• Human and ideological characteristics

• biological and genetic components

• human and physical characteristics

• Physical and geometric characteristics