4. 1. Five Themes of Geography
• Region
• Location
• Place
• Human-Environmental Interaction
• Movement
5. A. Region- is this Place part of
A bigger Region?
• Geographers use REGIONS to describe how every
place is part of a bigger region
• Is an area that has common characteristics.
(things in common)
– Political Regions, Physical Regions, Cultural Regions
6. B. Location –Where is this place?
• Geographers us LOCATION to describe where
on the Earth a place is located.
• There are 2 types:
1. Absolute location
2. Relative location
7. 1. Absolute location – your exact point on the
earth. You must see lines of latitude and
longitude for absolute location
8. 2. Relative location -
a. This refers to your position using landmarks
or directions.
b. Giving someone directions to Roton MS is
relative location.
9. C. Place – What is the place like?
• Geographers use PLACE to describe what a place is
like in terms of physical + human characteristics
• Place is described by things that are specific to a
certain area.
- Animals
- Natural resources
- Special features
10. D. Human-Environmental Interaction-
How do people and nature affect each other?
• Geographers use H-E-I describe how people use ,
change and adapt to the environment and how
the environment affect people.
• How do people change the environment?
– building houses
– cutting down trees
– planting trees
11. E. Movement- How do people, goods
and ideas move at this place?
• Geographers us MOVEMENT to explain how
people, goods and information move from
place to place
• Movement of:
– people
– goods
– ideas
