The Five Themes of Geography Cy-Woods HS World Geography

Human-Environment Interaction Movement Region Human-Environment Interaction Location Place Remember Mr. Help!

Movement How people, goods, and ideas move. People and goods move on roadways.

Movement FAIL What are some other ways that people, goods, and ideas $100 laptop FAIL

Movement – how people, goods, and ideas move Technology has continually improved our ability to communicate ideas across the globe.

Why do people move? Push factors: Push people away. Wars, famine, lack of jobs, climate, etc. Pull factors: Pull people towards. Opportunities, jobs, climate, etc.

Region An area with unifying characteristics (something in common). What would you call the region we live in? 1. 2. 3. 4. West, South, Southwest, Cypress, Northwest Houston, etc.

Region – an area with unifying characteristics Formal region: A formal region has defined boundaries, such as New York City or Texas.

Region – an area with unifying characteristics Functional Region: A functional region has a particular area that some entity serves.

Region – an area with unifying characteristics Perceptual Region: A perceptual region is an area that we are all familiar with, but there are not distinctive boundaries. Gang territories

Human-Environment Interaction How do people adapt to, change, or modify their environment. How do we, in Houston, adapt to our environment?

Human-Environment Interaction How do we modify and change our environment? Houston ship channel and smog in Chicago.

Human-Environment Interaction What are 2 ways we MODIFY our environment in Houston? 1. 2. What are 2 ways we ADAPT TO our environment in Houston? 1. 2.

H-E I, we have a problem. Sometimes, problems arise out of this human-environment interaction.

Location Location answers, “where is it?” ?

Location Absolute location: Absolute location can be latitude and longitude. Absolute location can be a street address.

Location Relative location: Relative location answers the question “where is it,” in relation to another location you may be familiar with. Where would you find Dallas, TX? the movie theater?

Place What is it like there? Think about physical features, landscape, environment, culture, human imprint. What is unique about these locations?

Place What are some ways that landscape, climate, and environment make Houston unique? 1. 2. 3. What are some ways that culture makes Houston unique? 1. 2. 3.

The Five Themes of Geography The Five Themes of Geography can be used to explain and identify virtually every space on the planet.