The Five Themes of Geography

The Five themes of Geography

·  The five themes of geography are 1. Place, 2.Location, 3. Human Environment Interaction4. Movement 5. Regions.

·  In geography we study the earth’s surface and how people use it.

·  The first theme of geography is Place.

·  Features are what make one place different from another place.

·  Physical features are formed by nature. Some places have distinct physical features.

·  Examples of physical features are mountains, valleys, climate, landforms, and natural resources.

·  Places can also have human features such as buildings, highways, airports, and railroads.

·  The next theme of geography is location.

·  The lines that go from east to west are called latitude lines.

·  The lines that go from north to south are called longitude lines.

New Orleans is 30 ̊N and 90 ̊W this is its absolute location.

·  Landmarks are a way for describing a location for directions.

·  The next theme of geography is human environment interaction.

·  Physical environment of a place can affect the people who live there.

·  Mountains, weather, and ocean are all part of the physical environment.

·  The physical environment can make places hard to live in.

·  It can also give people much needed things such as fresh water and hills (protection).

·  The fourth theme of geography is movement.

·  Movement describes how people, goods, and ideas move from place to place.

·  Humans interact with one another.

·  People move goods from place to place by airplanes, ships, trains, trucks, and cars.

·  Ideas also move by phones, computers, newspapers, and TV.

·  After gold was discovered people moved (migrated) to the Western United States.

·  Many of the biggest cities are near oceans because it easier to transport goods.

·  Movement also allows the exchange of culture, an example is Tex-Mex food found in Texas.

·  The last theme of geography is regions.

·  Geographers organized the places on earth into groups.

·  A region is an area with at least one common feature that makes it different from an area around it.

·  The common features that make an area a region are landforms, climate, and the kind of plants that live in an area.

·  Urban regions include cities.

·  Suburbs are the areas outside of the cities.

·  Rural regions include areas far away from the cities such as farmland.

·  Regions are also defined by culture and the language it shares.

·  Regions have their own history and heritage.

·  A region can also have their own borders and government.

·  The United States is divided into 5 regions:

1.  Southeast

2.  Middle west

3.  Southeast

4.  East

5.  West

·  Physical features, Industries, Culture, and heritage, can divide a region.

·  Even your school can be divided by regions such as the library and cafeteria.