Five Themes of Geography Review

The study of Earth and everything in it or on it.

• Latitude
• Longitude
• Geography
• History

The five themes of geography are the following:

• Place, Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Land-forms, and Movement

• Place, Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Location, and Movement

• People, Race, Human-Environment Interaction, Location, and Movement

• Power, Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Location, and Movement

What is the definition of the theme of movement?

• Areas of the world that have similar characteristics
• The travel of people, plants, animals, objects, ideas, and weather between different locations, places, and regions.

• The way humans interact with their environment
• where something is on the surface of the Earth

What is the definition of theme of region?

• An area that shares common characteristics (physical or human) with other areas.

• Ways goods, ideas, and people move from place to place 
• Where people and places are located on the surface of the Earth
• Describes characteristics of an area

What is the definition of the theme of location?

• The spot where a site can be found on Earth.

• Describes characteristics of a place

• Describes characteristics places have in common

• Describes the ways people, goods, and ideas get from place to place

What is the definition of the theme of place?

• The way people, goods, and ideas get from place to place
• The way humans interact with their environment
• Describing where a place is located on the surface of the Earth
• Describes characteristics and features of a site that make it unique

What is the definition of the theme of human-environment interaction?

• The way people, goods, and ideas get from place to place
• The relationship between humans and nature in an area

• Describing where a place is located on the surface of the Earth
• Describes characteristics and features of a site that make it unique

What are the two types of location?

• Absolute and Relative
• Latitude and Relative
• GPS and Satellite
• General and Relative

Absolute location is:

• general
• not used on GPS
• describing where a place is located using cardinal directions
• when latitude and longitude coordinates or an exact street address are used to show where a place is located 

Relative location is:

• the use of latitude and longitude coordinates
• Given by GPS
• a general location using cardinal directions or another way of showing how one place is located relative to another

• a specific place