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Half My Type Regents notes. The Five Themes of Geography Geography: The
study of people, their environments, their resources and ...
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The Five Themes of Geography
Geography: The study of people, their environments, their resources and the interactions among them
The Five Themes of Geography are:
1. Location
2. Place
3. Human Environment Interaction
4. Movement of People Goods and Ideas
5. Region
1. Location: Where something is located on the Earth’s Surface
Relative – Location of Something in relation to something else (Ex: A house in relation to the street address)
Absolute – An exact location of something on the earth’s surface using the lines of latitude and longitude.
Longitude – The angular distance east or west of the prime meridian that stretches from the North Pole to the South Pole.
Latitude – An Imaginary line joining points on the earth’s surface that are all equal distance north or south of the equator. It measures 0o on the equator and are parallel lines.
2. Place: Is and area defined by its physical and/or human characteristics.
A) Physical Features – Things that would be in an area if humans never exited (Ex: Wildlife, Forest, Volcanoes, Mountains, Rivers, Oceans, Hills, Valleys, etc.)
B) Human Features – Thins humans build, create, or influence. (Ex: Buildings, Crops, Cars, Roads, Cloths, Schools, Dams, Languages, Political Systems, Economic Systems, etc)
3. Human Environment Interaction: Two things can happen when humans interact with environment.
A) People Change The Environment – Need...
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