1. Five Themes of geography

2. Where can I get some coffee?
location
Where can I get some coffee?

3. location
Absolute
Relative

4. place
Human and physical characteristics of a location (look at your maps of New Paltz….)

5. Physical characteristics
Mountains
River
Beaches
Topography
animal life
plant life
Climate
Vegetation
Soil
landforms

6. climate

7. vegetation

8. soil

9. elevation

10. Human Characteristics
Land use
Architecture
Forms of livelihood
Forms of religion
Food
Fold ways
Transportation networks
Communication networks

11. Human/environment Interactions
How do humans adapt to and modify their environment? (largely rejected geographic/environmen tal determinism)

12. Humans adapt to their environment…..

13. Humans shape their environment

14. Movement: Humans interacting on earth
Migration
Ideas
Fads
Goods
Resources
communication

15. regions
An area with common physical or cultural traits…..