1. The Five Themes of Geography A Framework for Studying the World

2. Two Types of Location Absolute Relative Theme 1: Location Where is It?
Why is It There?

3. Absolute Location A specific place on the Earth’s surface
Uses a grid system
Latitude and longitude
A global address

4. Relative Location NJ is 40 N. 74 W. Absolute Location New Jersey
The latitude of Old Bridge is N. The longitude is W.
It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 79 feet.
The population, at the time of the 2000 census, was 60,456.
Relative Location
NJ is 40 N. 74 W.

5. Relative Location Where a place is in relation to another place
Uses directional words to describe
Cardinal and intermediate directions

6. Victoria Falls in Africa
Relative Location...The Falls
Absolute Location...The Devil's Pool

7. New Jersey
NJ is bordered by New York on the north, Pennsylvania on the West, and Delaware to the South, if you were to cross the Delaware Bay via The Cape May Ferry
The Atlantic Ocean forms NJ’s East coast.

9. Theme 2 Part I: Place Physical Characteristics
Land Features
Mountains, plains, and plateaus
Climate
Bodies of Water

10. NJ

11. Theme 2 Part II: Place Human Characteristics
People
Culture
Language
Religion
Buildings and Landmarks
Cities

12. Theme 3: Human Environment Interaction
How People Interact With Their Environment
People . . .
Adapt to Their Environment
Modify Their Environment
Depend on Their Environment

13. Modifying to the environment can be both Good and Bad
Ice Hotel
Fracking...water

15. Theme 4: Movement The Mobility of People Goods Ideas
How Places are linked to one another and the world

16. New Jersey: Movement

18. Theme 5: Regions What Places Have in Common Political Regions
Landform Regions
Agricultural Regions
Cultural Regions