Warm-Up List the five themes of geography. What are the two types of location? Describe the relative location of your seat in the class. What two types of characteristics describe a place? Describe why England and the United States can be a part of the same region?
Location Place Region Human Environment Interaction Movement 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY Location Place Region Human Environment Interaction Movement
Location Where is it? Longitude and Latitude General area Equator Absolute Location Relative Location Hemispheres Longitude and Latitude General area Equator 0 Latitude Prime Meridian 0 Longitude
Map Projections
Place What is it like? Physical Features Cultural Characteristics
Region How are areas similar or different? Formal Regions: How book separates Functional Regions: Cities and Suburbs Perceptual Regions: Midwest, South, West….
Human Environment Interaction How do people relate to the physical world? City Growth Dam Building Changing of Environment
Movement How do people, ideas and products move from one area to another? Linear and Time Distance Psychological Distance
Longitude & Latitude Find the following capitals Pg RA25 RA27 RA30-31 9N-79W 19N-98W RA27 1S-78W RA30-31 43N-14E 48N-4E
Review List the five themes of geography. What are the two types of location? Describe the relative location of your seat in the class. What two types of characteristics describe a place? Describe why England and the United States can be a part of the same region?