Five Themes of Geography

What do we use to find absolute location?

• latitude and longitude
• the equator and international dateline
• The cardinal & intermediate directions

• landmarks and distances

The Bahamas is southeast of the United States is an example of _____.

• Absolute Location

• Place

• Relative Location

• Region

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?

True or False? Only people move.

• True
• False

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 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.

Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?

• Location
• Place
• Human-Environment Interaction
• Movement

People leaving their homes in Syria and travelling to Turkey is an example of which?

• Human-Environment Interaction
• Movement
• Absolute Location
• Relative Location

The Middle East is an example of which?

• Human-Environment Interaction
• Relative Location
• Movement
• Region

The fact that Africa is south of Europe is an example of which?

• Movement
• Absolute Location
• Relative Location
• Place