The Five Themes of Geography

What is the study of Earth and human activity?

• Location

• The Five Themes of Geography

• Space

• Geography

movement, region, location, place, & human environment interaction

• The Five Themes of Geography

• Space

• Nebraska Inventions

• Geography

Why are there five themes of geography?

• Geographers organize space.

• Themes help make sense of the world.

• Themes connect people and places.

• There aren't five themes.

Choose Nebraska's inventions!

• Credit Cards, Potato Chips, Cell Phones, Eggs Benedict, Cream Cheese, & Chewing Gum

• Cyclotron, Armored Motor Car, Ejector Seat, The Little House On The Prarie Books, & Modern Hot Air Ballons.

• Runza, Kool-Aid, Vise Grips, 911, Cliff Notes, Rueben, & Butter Brickle Ice Cream

• Dendrochronology, PawSense, Chimichanga, Pima Cotton, Ping golf clubs, & Jet skis

What is Nebraska's relative location?

• 42.8294° N, 103.0006° W

• bordered by South Dakota to the north and Kansas to the south

• 41.4925° N, 99.9018° W

• the center of the United States

What do geographers organize?

• time

• space

What do historians organize?

• time

• space

This makes a location unique because of the human or physical characteristics.

• place

• region

• movement

• location

This explains how places and people are linked to one another and the world.

• human-environment interaction

• location

• movement

• place

This involves how people interact with their environment.

• movement

• place

• region

• human environment interaction