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Five Themes of Geography

What do Geographers Do?

Five Themes of Geography

Location Where is it?

Two Types of Location

Absolute Location Absolute: Latitude and Longitude or an address KCHS: Latitude 30º03’52.337” N Longitude: 95°29’30.833”W or 20811 Ella Blvd.

Relative Location Relative: Describing where a place is by describing places near it. KCHS – south of Schindewolf & west of Kreinhop.

Latitudes

North/South Hemispheres

Longitudes

East/West Hemispheres

Measurement

Place What is it like?

Two Features

Human features: The culture of a place. Religions, languages, governments, occupations, architecture, foods, clothing, etc.

Physical features: Things determined by nature. Climate, indigenous plants, animals, land forms, types of soils, etc.

Human/Environment Interaction How do people relate to the physical world?

Human- Environment Interaction How people effect the environment and how the environment effects people. People either adapt to their environment or they alter their environment

Examples Altering Examples Dams Roads Farms Cities Adapting Examples Clothing Food Air conditioning

How do people, ideas, and products move from one location to another? Movement How do people, ideas, and products move from one location to another?

Movement Movement of people, goods, and ideas from one place to another.

Everything Came From Somewhere

Linear Distance How far do people, products and ideas travel from one location to another.

Time Distance The amount of time it takes for a person/idea/good to travel from one location to another.

Psychological Time The way people perceive distance.

How are areas similar or different? Region How are areas similar or different?

Region Geographers use regions to compare different areas.

Distinctive Characteristics

Formal Regions Defined by a limited number of related characteristics. Houston Texas USA Africa

Functional Regions Organized around a set of interactions and connections between places. Think of a hub: Downtown to Spring Medical Center to Sugarland Newspaper Distribution area

Perceptual Regions People see characteristics the same way. Hill Country The South The Middle East