These slides are for students learning about the 5 themes of geography: location, place, movement, human-environment interaction, and regions.

1. The 5 Themes of Geography Objective: Students will be able to understand & apply the 5 themes of geography to actual locations of their choice

2. What is the location of a place? Location can be described as a places position on the globe 1. Location

4. Longitude: imaginary lines running north and south between the poles

5. Latitude The Equator is the imaginary line that splits the earth into 2 equal halves, or hemispheres between the north and south poles

6. North Pole 0 ̊N ("World atlas.com," 2010) South Pole 0 ̊S

7. Longitude Prime Meridian=0 ̊ through Greenwich, England Longitude lines, or meridians, run north and south between the poles Lines are measured east and west of Greenwich up to 180 ̊

8. ("Port cities london," 2004) (Gough, 2009)

9. What is the character of a place? 2. Place Every place has features that distinguish it from other places Such as…?

10. Physical Characteristics Mountains, Climate, & Vegetation

11. Human Characteristics Government Systems Population, Language, &Culture Economic Systems

12. How do people interact with their environment? Have the people living in an area changed their environment? 3. Human-Environment Interaction Cut down trees Buildings Build Roads

13. Destruction of Our Natural Resources… Forests Oceans What are some of the consequences of change? ("The Role of," )

14. Progress & Innovation… Roads Buildings Efficiency ("Daily haha," 2007) (Turner, 2007) (Sharp, 2008)

15. How do people, goods, & ideas move from place to place? Transportation Railroad Roads, Highways Airports 4. Movement

17. Computers

18. Telephones/cell phones

20. Formal Regions -states, countries, cities -Places with specific boundaries Functional Regions -one central place and the surrounding places affected by it -A metropolitan area could consist of a large city plus its surrounding suburbs

21. Formal Map - Political

22. http://www.nhj.k12.in.us/teachers/jskobel/fivethemes/index.htm http://geographyworldonline.com/quiz.html http://quizlet.com/343360/five-themes-of-geography-flash-cards/ Some Fun Geography Quizzes & Activities

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