1. The Five Themes of Geography

2. Theme 1: Location Two Types of Location Describes Where is It?
Absolute
Relative
Describes Where is It?
Trying to determine where something is.

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

4. Texas Absolute Location Texas 25 ° N Latitude 10 ° W longitude Austin

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

6. Texas
Texas is positioned in both the northern and western hemispheres. Located in the southern Gulf-Coast region of the United States of America - a part of North America - it's bordered by the U.S. States of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, as well as the Gulf of Mexico. In addition, it's bordered by the Rio Grande River that forms the state's entire border with the country of Mexico, a border 1,951 miles - 3,141 km in length.

7. Theme 2: Place
Place- Describes a location by it’s language, physical features, climate and architecture.
Describes what a location is like.

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

9. Texas: Physical Characteristics

10. Theme 2: Place Human Characteristics
People
Culture
Language
Religion
Buildings and Landmarks
Cities

11. Texas : Human/Place Characteristics

12. Theme 3: Human Environment Interaction
How People Interact With Their Environment
Ex. Farming, building
Roads.
How People . . .
Adapt to Their Environment
Modify Their Environment
Depend on Their Environment

13. Texas: Human Environment Interaction

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

15. Texas: Movement

16. Theme 5: Regions A group of places that share similar characteristics
Political Regions
Landform Regions
Agricultural Regions
Cultural Regions

17. Texas : Regions