5 Themes of Geography

A specific position or place on the Earth's surface.

• Region

• Location

Explores the relationship between humans and the world around them.

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Movement

A location's unique physical and human characteristics.

• Place

• Location

How people, goods, and ideas move from place to place.

• Location

• Movement

Concerned with how areas are similar or different based on their physical or cultural characteristics.

• Movement

• Region

This is the study of the physical features of Earth.

• geology

• geography

This refers to the EXACT location of a place

• relative location

• absolute location

This refers to a location that is CLOSE to another place

• relative location

• absolute location