5 themes of geography

1. • NAME: BIBI FATIMA
• CLASS: 3RD SEMESTER BS CHEMISTRY
• PRENTATION: GEOGRAPHY
• PRESENTED TO: MA’AM AZRA MARRI
• DATE: 1ST APRIL 2024

4. Themes of geography:
 These themes were defined in 1984 by the national council for geographic
education.
 The themes were not a new geographybut rather than a conceptual structure
for organizing information about Geography.
 They are inter related with one another.
 The five themes of geography are:
1. Location
2. Place
3. Human environment and interaction
4. Movement
5. region

5. We can remember by this;

6. 1.Location
 The particular place or position.
 There are two types of locations
 1-Absolute location
 2- Relative location

7. 1. Absolute location: Horizontal and
vertical lines on earth
2. Relative location: Relative location is
a description of how a people is
related to other place.
We use references in relative location.

8. 2.place
 A place is a space that is different
from other place.
 Ex: physical characteristics

9. 3.Human environment and
interaction
 How the people live in that
environment how do they interact
with that?
 For example: People of coastal area
may build Seawalls To protect against
erosion.

10. 4.Movement
 How do people, goods and ideas
move from one place to another?
 For example: migration of people
from one country to another or
transportation of goods by ships.

11. 5.Region
 Region is an area of land has common
features.
 It can be small and very large.
 Importance of five themes of
geography:
 The five themes of geography is
important because They help us
understand and analyze world around
us. They give us framework to study
and interpret how people, place and
environment are connected. It’s like a
map explore Our planet.
 Reference: hppt://www.erIesd.org