Themes of Geography

What question does the theme Place ask?

• What is it like?

• Where is it?

• What is a place?

• How do humans use and change their environment?

When describing Place (what is it like?), which answers are examples of human characteristics?

• Major religion

• Languages spoken

• Amount of rain

• How many people live there

• Bodies of water such as rivers and lakes

When describing Place (what is it like?), which answers are examples of physical characteristics?

• Major religions

• Amount of rain per year

• What people wear

• Bodies of water such as rivers and lakes

• Landforms such as hills and mountains

What question does the theme Region ask?

• How do humans use and change their environment?

• Where is it?

• Who is it?

• How are places similar or different?

What question does the theme Movement ask?

• How do people, goods, and ideas get around?

• Where is it?

• What is it like?

• Who is it?

What question does the theme Human-Environment Interaction ask?

• How are places similar or different?

• What is it like?

• How do people use and change the environment?

• Where is it?

What two things do we describe when we are describing PLACE (what is it like?)

• Human and ideological characteristics

• biological and genetic components

• human and physical characteristics

• Physical and geometric characteristics

When describing Region (how are places similar or different?), what do we make sure to compare?

• the spelling of two different places

• human and physical characteristics of two places

• biological and geometric conditions of two places

• Out of two places, which one is higher north

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

• Location

• Place

• Human-environment interaction

• Movement

• Region

When places share a common characteristic

or set of characteristics

• Location

• Place

• Human-environment interaction

• Movement

• Region