Five Themes of Geography

The exact location of a place.

• human/environment interactions: shaping the landscape

• regions

• absolute location

• relative location

Things that naturally take place in nature (landforms, weather, climate, etc.)

• Place: physical characteristics

• Humans interacting with the earth:

• Shaping the landscape:

• How they are formed and changed

Where a place is found in relation to other places.

• place: physical characteristics

• region

• place: human characteristics

• relative location

Things on Earth that were made by people which change the land.

• movement

• place: human characteristics

• human/environment interactions

• regions

The landscape of the Earth is no longer at its original state. The Earth has been changed by humans over time.

• regions

• place: human characteristics

• human/environment interactions

• absolute location

The relationships between humans and different places on Earth are shaped by the movement of people, goods, ideas, and physical motion.

• movement

• relative location

• human/environment interaction

• absolute location

An area with similar characteristics.

• region

• movement

• human characteristics

• absolute location