Geography Handbook

The Five Themes

#1 -- Location Relative Location Ex – Oklahoma is north of Texas. Ex - Distance Exact Location: Using map coordinates (More on this later…)

#2 Place What makes a location unique? Physical Features Human Features

#3 Region Describes an area of land with something in common. Politics: America is a democracy Climate: Texas Gulf Coast is humid Language Religion Culture: way of life

#4 --Movement Information People and Goods Travel Trade What are ways that movement is limited? Internet Radio and TV Books and Newspapers How has technology affected the movement of information? Is this positive or negative?

#5 Interaction with Environment How do humans deal with the world around them? How do weather cycles affect people? How does physical geography affect people?

REVIEW: How can we show location? Relative Location: An object’s location in relation to another object. Absolute or Exact Location: Location that is found using latitude and longitude.

Tools that geographers & students (and Waldo) use.

What do these show? Compass Rose Scale

What can these tell us? Key Title

What measures what? Latitude Longitude Imaginary lines Run east and west Measure distance north and south of the equator. Imaginary Lines Run north and south Measures distance east and west of the Prime Meridian.

Hemispheres North and South East and West