5 Themes of Geography Copyright © Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved.

Geography DEFINITION Is the study of where people, places and things are located Ways that different things relate to each other at specific places Ways that places connect with each other

1. Location Tells you where a place is on Earth Absolute Location: Exact coordinates using latitude and longitude. Latitude – Imaginary lines drawn from east to west, measuring north and south of the equator. Longitude – Imaginary lines drawn north to south, measuring east and west of the prime meridian.

1. Location Relative Location: the location of a place based on its position to another place. Example: a place is N,E,S,W of another place

2.Place The study of physical features and human characteristics of a place Examples: Physical: landforms, rivers, lakes, climate, soil, etc. Human Characteristics: religious beliefs, settlement patterns, languages, etc.

3. Human-Environment Interaction How humans adapt to and modify the environment. Humans shape the landscape through their interaction with the land. Examples: dams, cutting trees, canals

4. Movement Movement of people, ideas and goods Immigration: moving into a place Emigration: moving out of a place

Why Immigrate or Emigrate? Push Factor: something that makes you want to leave a place Pull Factor: something that makes you want to go to that place

5. Region Division of the world into physical and cultural regions Physical Region: deserts, rainforests, tidal basins Cultural Region: Islam, Bible Belt

4 components of a map

1. Title Defines the purpose of a map and what type of map you are looking at.

2. Compass Rose Shows the four cardinal directions and is used to identify direction.

3. Scale Shows the relation between a distance on a map and the distance in the real world.

4. Legend (key) Key to the meaning of the colors and symbols on a map.

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