The Five Themes of Geography A tool geographers use to study the earth.

Texas is south of Oklahoma 1.Location 2.Movement 3.Place 4.Region

The Great Plains used to be a wide open area with no settlements or farms. Today towns and cities dot the Great Plains, and much of the land is used for farming. 1.Movement 2.Human- Environmental Interaction 3.Place 4.Region

Areas that receive very little rainfall are called deserts. 1.Movement 2.Place 3.Region 4.Location

Hawaii is made up of islands, and it offers a variety of tourist attractions 1.Location 2.Movement 3.Place 4.Region

Goods are shipped in large tractor- trailer trucks across interstate highways 1.Location 2.Movement 3.Place 4.Region

Maine has many different economic areas, including heavy forests and tourist areas. 1.Location 2.Place 3.Region 4.Human- Environmental Interaction

One way to communicate information is to write letters to out friends and relatives. 1.Movement 2.Place 3.Location 4.Region

The building of new houses on areas that had always been forests frequently makes it difficult for animals to find homes. 1.Human- Environmental Interaction 2.Place 3.Region 4.Movement

Swiss chalets and high mountains called the Alps are two of the ways we can identify the country of Switzerland. 1.Region 2.Location 3.Movement 4.Place

The country Guam is at 13 degrees north latitude and 145 degrees east longitude 1.Movement 2.Place 3.Location 4.Human- Environmental Interaction