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The 5 Themes of Geography
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What is Geography? Physical Geography: The study of earth and its landforms. Cultural Geography: The study of people, their environments, and the resources available to them.
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Theme #1 - Location Where a place is on the surface of the earth. Exact location can be found using longitude and latitude. Relative location is where a place is in relation to other places.
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Theme #2 - Place Physical features and human characteristics. Physical features are landforms, climate, and animal life. Human characteristics are language, and religious beliefs.
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Theme #3 Human-Environment Interaction People are shaped by the places in which they live. How have the people who live in a place “interacted” with the environment? Farming, cutting trees, building roads…
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Theme #4 - Movement The movement of people, goods, and ideas links geography and history. Ex: people following buffalo herds for food. Ex. Satellites carrying ideas and information.
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Theme #5 - Region Geographers divide the world into regions. Based on physical characteristics and location. Ex. the Rocky Mountain Region, the Mid-west Region.
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To sum up… The geography of a place helps to shape the lives of the people who live there Looking at the 5 themes shows us how that has happened. How has the geography of Colorado shaped your life?
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QUIZ TIME!!! Look at the variables on the following slides and decide which of the 5 themes of geography they belong with.
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QUIZ TIME!!! Climate People’s way of life Trade Mountains and rivers A street address Religion Building a road 37°N latitude, 127°E longitude Transportation Planting vegetables in a garden Telling someone you live south of Denver The East Coast of the United States
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