Name:________________________________Period: _______ By: Marcia Timmel / Art by: Phillip Martin Name:________________________________Period: _______

Human / Environment Interaction Movement Regions Geography identifies 5 ways of looking at our world. These are called: “The __________________of Geography” Location Place Human / Environment Interaction Movement Regions

_______________ Location asks the question: Where is it? Location can be thought of in two ways: ____________________– what is the EXACT location – using longitude and latitude or precise addresses ______________________– what is the relationship of one place to another. Relative location uses words like: near beside next to under

__________________ _______________________________________: Place asks the question “What is it like there?” Place can be described in terms of _______________________________________: landforms bodies of water climate soil / minerals vegetation animal life _________________________________________: those aspects of a place that have been made by humans such as buildings, roads, and farms. Can you think of some other ways humans change a place?

____________________ Interaction H-E Interaction asks the question: “What is the relationship between humans and where they are?” Humans __________________ on their environment for all their basic needs such as food, water, shelter, and transportation Humans __________________ to their environment, for example by choosing appropriate clothing and housing Humans ____________________their environment, through construction, pollution, and other human activity.

_______________________ Movement asks the question: “How do people, products, information and ideas move from one place to another?” ______________ interact with each other through movement because we are social beings.  The ___________ and _____________of goods, and mass _______________________ have played major roles in shaping our world.  We live in a global village and global economy. ________________ move; fashions move; fads move.  What is an example of an idea that moves?  Fashion?  Fad?

_______________ physical natural human or cultural Region asks the question: “ How is an area defined by certain _________________________?” The characteristics that can define a region can be: physical natural human or cultural 

So what are The Five Themes of Geography? Location Place Human- Environment Interaction Movement Regions