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2. the study of the physical features of
the earth, and of human activity as it
affects and is affected by these,
including the distribution of
populations.
a.k.a.: geography is the study
of the earth and everything on
it.
GEOGRAPHY is ….

3. Geographers organize space in the same
way that historians organize time. To help organize
space, geographers ask important questions about
things in the world. These important questions are
organized into the “5 themes of geography”:
1. Movement: How and why are places connected with
one another?
2. Regions: How and why is one area similar to another?
3. Human-Environment Interaction: What is the
relationship between humans and their environment
4. Location: Where is it located?
5. Place: What's it like there?

5. 1. Movement:
Movement refers to the way people,
products, information and ideas move from
one place to another. This can be local such
as how did you get to school today, or it
can be global such as how did humans get
to North America?

6. The US Interstate Highway System
1. Movement:

7. 2. Region:
A region is an area that is defined by
certain similar characteristics. Those
unifying or similar characteristics can be
physical, natural, human, or cultural.

8. 2. Region:

9. 3. Human-Environment Interaction:
Human-environment interaction looks at the
relationships between people and their
environment.
• How do people depend on the environment?
(Example: In the Midwest many families depend on
farming grains such as corn.)
• How to people adapt to the environment? (Example:
Because of the warmer climate in California, people
wear shorts and lighter clothes.)
• How do people modify the environment? (Example:
Mount Rushmore was built in South Dakota.)

10. 3. Human-Environment Interaction:
Humans depend on the environment

11. 3. Human-Environment Interaction:
Humans adapt to the environment

12. 3. Human-Environment Interaction:
• Humans modify the environment

13. 4. Location:
Where is it?
•Absolute: A location can be absolute (specific)
as in coordinates of a map using longitude and
latitude.
For example, the absolute location of
Washington D.C. is 38° North, 77° West.
•Relative: A location can be relative - examples:
next door, nearby, next to the post office…
For example, the state of Texas is south of
Oklahoma.

14. 4. Location:

16. 5. Place: What makes this place different
from other places on earth?
• Physical characteristics include bodies
of water, climate, soil, animal life, land forms…
For example, the Mississippi River runs across the U.S.
• Human characteristics include bridges,
houses, parks, population, language, religion…
For example, the White House, Capitol and Supreme Court
building are all in Washington D.C.

17. 5. Place:

18. 5. Place:

21. The 7 Continents

22. The 5 oceans

23. Western Hemisphere

24. Eastern Hemisphere

25. Northern Hemisphere

26. Southern Hemisphere