1. The 5 Themes of Geography
August 2012

2. LOCATION
PLACE
MOVEMENT
REGION
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

3. LOCATION Where is it? Absolute vs. Relative Location
Absolute Location- The precise or exact point where a place is located on Earth.
Ex: Morehead: 38.19N, 83.46W

4. LOCATION
Relative Location- Where a place is located in relation to another place.
Ex: Dairy Queen is down the hill from the high school.
Ex: Mr. Singleton’s is across from the brown lockers

5. PLACE What is it like there?
Includes both physical AND human features of a place.
Ex: landscapes, climate, people, culture, and language.

12. Movement How are people and places connected? Reasons why people move
Movement of goods, information, and ideas

13. Movement-Spread of Buddhism

14. Movement-Spread of Black Death

16. Region How is a place similar to and different from other places?
Region-an area of the Earth’s surface with similar characteristics.
May be physical, political, economic or cultural features

17. Region
The Bible Belt

18. Middle East

19. Human-Environment Interaction
How do people relate to their physical environment?
People depend on the environment
People adapt to the environment
The impact of people on the environment

20. Human-Environment Interaction
Dependence: farming, logging, mining
Adaptation: housing, clothing
Impact: environmental problems: pollution, global warming, depleting natural resources