GEOGRAPHY

1. The Five Themes of
Geography
“Lucky People Have More Reese's”

2. Location
Definition: Where something can
be found on the Earth
Two types of location:
-Absolute Location
-Relative Location

3. Absolute Location shows the
exact point on the Earth’s
surface where something is
located
-Address
-Latitude/Longitude
Relative Location explains
where something is in relation
to another
-Cardinal directions
-“Next to,” “Down from…”

4. Place
Definition: Describes what a
location looks like
Describe using:
-Physical Characteristics
-Human Characteristics

5. Physical Characteristics
include anything that is
nature made:
-Trees, shrubs
-Mountains, rocks
Human Characteristics include
anything that is human made:
-Buildings, roads, cars
-Human culture,
language, customs

6. Human Environment Interaction
Definition: How people interact
with the environment
Humans interact three ways (MAD):
-Modify
-Adapt
-Depend

7. Modify means that humans
change the environment:
-Build Houses
-Dams, Cut Trees
Adapt means humans change
their life to live/survive in the
environment:
-Air-conditioning, heat
-Sunglasses
Depend means humans rely on
the environment:
-Fishing, crops
-Oxygen

8. Movement
Definition: How people, goods,
and ideas move
between places:
Spatial Interaction

9. Movement of Goods:
-Truck, ship,
-Plane, train
Movement of People:
-Bus, car
-Walking, bike
Movement of Ideas:
-Internet, e-mail
-Phone, letters

10. Linear Distance:
-The actual distance a person,
product, or idea travels
Time Distance:
-How long it takes for a
person, product or idea to
travel a certain distance
Psychological Distance
-How long it feels like a person,
product, or idea travels
-How people perceive distance
Geographers use three types of distance to analyze
movement:

11. Region
Definition: An area that is defined
by common characteristics (two
or more places).
Types of Regions:
--Formal
-Functional
-Perceptual

12. Formal Regions are defined by one or
more measurable, shared traits that
distinguish them from the
surrounding area:
-States, Countries
-Counties Functional Regions are
defined by a system of
interactions:
- A city and its road
networks
Perceptual Regions are
defined by peopls attitudes
and feelings about an area
-Southern California
-The South
-The Middle East