The document outlines the 5 core themes of geography: 1) Location, which examines where places are located and why; 2) Place, which looks at the physical and human characteristics of places; 3) Movement, which considers how people, products, and information flow between places; 4) Human-Environment Interaction, which analyzes how humans impact and are impacted by their environments; and 5) Regions, which identifies formal and functional areas that share common traits. These 5 themes provide a framework for describing and examining the relationships between people, locations, and environments around the world.

1. The 5 Themes of Geography

2. what is geography • A science that deals with the description, distribution and interaction • of the diverse, physical, biological, and cultural features of the • earth's surface

3. The 5 themes of Geography 1. Location 2. Place 3. Movement 4. Human- Environment Interaction 5. Regions

4. Location Where is it? Why is it located there?

5. Absolute and Relative LOCATION

6. Place: what is it like? Physical Characteristics

7. 2. Place: what is it like? Human Characteristics

8. Human-Environment Interaction How people interact with and change their environment

9. Human-Environment Interaction Eg. People depend on rivers for water and transportation

10. Movement: How are people and places linked by communication and the flow of people, products and information

11. Movement of people, products, information/ideas

12. Regions Formal and Functional Regions

13. Formal: made by governments-cites, parishes Functional: made by function-cell phone coverage area

14. Practice: Discuss the 5 themes in this picture Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, Regions