5 Themes of Geography

The 5 Themes of Geography are:

• Location, longitude, rain forest, place, and rivers

• Location, place, human environment, movement, region

• Location, region, absolute, relative, equator

• Location, place, help, taco inn, Lincoln High

Which is an example of absolute location?

• Across from McDonald's

• North of the Rio Grande

• 1020 Mall Lane

• Near Gateway Mall

Which is an example of Relative location?

• Lincoln High is across the street from McDonald's

• Lincoln High is located at 40 degrees N, 96 degrees W

• The U.S. Capitol is 38° 53′ 35″ N, 77° 00′ 32″ W

• 4055 Mockingbird Court

What is REGION?

• Region describes a location by physical and human features.

• Region is a group of places that share common physical or human characteristics or features.

• Region is where something is located.

• Location is the movement of ideas, people, and goods.

Human Environment Interaction is:

• HEI is where a place is.

• HEI is the movement of ideas, goods, and people.

• HEI is how people and their environment affect each other.

• HEI is a group of places that share a common human or physical characteristic.

Movement is:

• Movement is the movement of people, goods, and/or ideas from place to place.

• Movement is a group of places that share common physical and human characteristics.

• Movement is where something is.

• Movement is how people and their environment affect each other.

When places share a common characteristic

or set of characteristics

• Location

• Place

• Human-environment interaction

• Movement

• Region

The relationship between people and their environment

• Movement

• Region

• Human Environment Interaction

• Location

• Place

This picture to the right best represents which theme of

• Movement

• Region

• Human Environment Interaction

• Location

• Place

The image above represents which theme of

geography?

• Location

• Region

• Human Environment Interaction

• Movement

• Place