5 Themes of Geography

Geography  The study of where people, places and things are located and how they relate to each other

Location  Where something is located  Relative  Northeast of Philadelphia is ….  Absolute  Latitude- degrees north or south of the equator  Longitude- degrees west or east of the Prime Meridian  Pittsburgh is 39.57°N 75.10°W

Place  Descriptors of an area  Human  Language  Religion  Physical  Landforms  Climate  Soil

Interaction between Humans and the Environment  Impact to the environment  Positive  adaptations  Negative  changes to the environment

Movement  People, goods, ideas and information across an area  Migration- movement of people  Trade- movement of goods (imports/exports)  Interdependence- the dependence of countries on goods, resources, and knowledge from other countries

Region  Unifying characteristics of an area  Physical  Cultural  Political  Religious  Ex: The Middle East  Physically located in the region of Asia  Cultural connected by the religion of Islam