5 Themes of Geography

The transportation of goods, people, diseases, and ideas.

• Location

• Place

• Human-environment interaction

• Movement

• Region

The description of a location. What is it like there?

• Movement

• Region

• Human Environment Interaction

• Location

• Place

When places share a common characteristic

or set of characteristics

• Location

• Place

• Human-environment interaction

• Movement

• Region

The description of a location. What is it like there?

• Movement

• Region

• Human Environment Interaction

• Location

• Place

The relationship between people and their environment

• Movement

• Region

• Human Environment Interaction

• Location

• Place

Provides the exact address of a place or an estimate of where it can be found.

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

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

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?