1. The Five Themes of Geography
By Luva Herman

2. 10 Index Cards and 1 rubber band Front (blank side): Vocabulary Term
You will need
10 Index Cards and 1 rubber band
Front (blank side): Vocabulary Term
Back (lined side): definition/types, illustration, examples

3. Name Game What are the SEVEN CONTINENTS?? What are the FOUR OCEANS??
Asia
Europe
Africa
Australia
Antarctica
North America
South America
What are the FOUR OCEANS??
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Indian Ocean

4. Definition of Geography
study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography (landscape), climate, soil and vegetation
Ex. Oceans, continents

5. EQ: Why Study Geography in a class about World History?
It affects where people live
It affects how people live
It affects the outcome of major events

6. The 5 Themes of Geography
Location
Movement
Region
Place
Human/ Environment Interaction

7. Define Hemisphere:
Half of a globe
(in our case the Earth)

8. Definition: These show points on a map as north, south, east and west.
Cardinal Directions:
Definition: These show points on a map as north, south, east and west.
Illustration:

9. Definition: This section explains the map symbols on a map
Map Legend or Map Key:
Definition: This section explains the map symbols on a map
Illustration:

10. Intermediate directions :
Definition: This part of the map shows points as north, northeast, northwest, south, southeast, and southwest.
Illustration:

11. Compass Rose:
Definition: design on a map that shows directions. It shows north, south, east, west, northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest.
Illustration:

12. Map Scale:
Definition: shows the ratio of the indicated distances on the map to the actual physical distance
Illustration:

13. Grid: a pattern of regular shaped horizontal and vertical lines.
Definition: a pattern of regular shaped horizontal and vertical lines.
Illustration:

14. Definition: a set of values of points that identify a location
Coordinate
Definition: a set of values of points that identify a location
Illustration: (31˚ N, 83˚ W)

15. EQ: Why Study Geography in a class about World History?
It affects where people live
It affects how people live
It affects the outcome of major events

16. 5 Themes of Geography Rap
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17. Theme #1: Location Definition: Where is it? Two Types:
Absolute: Given in degrees of latitude and longitude
Example: 31° N latitude, 83° W longitude (Location of Valdosta, GA)
Relative: Depends upon point of reference, Example: near, far, a short drive, time, direction and distance.
Example: Our school is near Hahira.

18. Absolute Location:
Absolute Location is found by using…
Two specific line types
Latitude
Longitude

19. Absolute Location: Latitude Lines AKA (Parallels)
Latitude lines are drawn
from:
West to East
Latitude lines measure:
North to South

20. Absolute Location: The Major Line of LATITUDE is the: Equator
It splits the Earth into:
the Northern and
Southern Hemispheres

21. Absolute Location: Other important lines of LATITUDE:
22 1/3° North = Tropic of Cancer
22 1/3° South = Tropic of Capricorn
They are important because:
They get the most direct
sunlight making these areas
the hottest places on Earth

22. Absolute Location: They are important because:
Other important lines:
66 1/2° North = Arctic Circle
66 1/2° South = Antarctic Circle
They are important because:
These areas get the least amount
of sunlight. Part of the year
there is no sunlight and the
other part of the year there
is no darkness.

23. Absolute Location: Longitude Lines AKA (Meridians)
Longitude lines are drawn from:
North to South
Longitude lines measure:
West to East

24. The Major Line of LONGITUDE is the:
Absolute Location:
The Major Line of LONGITUDE is the:
Prime Meridian
It splits the Earth into:
the Eastern and
Western Hemispheres

25. Absolute Location: Can you find an ABSOLUTE LOCATION??? Using
Latitude & Longitude
Try the worksheet!

26. Absolute Location: 30°N 15°W 45°S 45°E 30°S 60°W 15°N 30°E 30°N 60°W

27. AKA: Mapmaker Cartographer
Definition: A person who is trained to place the round world on a flat piece of paper.
AKA: Mapmaker

28. Theme # 2: Movement
Definition: the way people, products, information and ideas move from one place to another.
We connect all of our world together (globalization)
Example: transportation, communication, trade. Patterns of migration, Linkages and connections

29. Movement:
How can things move??

32. Theme #3: Region Definition: Basic unit of geographic study
Based on physical and human characteristics.
Focuses on what makes areas similar.
Formal: City, State, Country, Continent
Functional: one central place and is surrounded by the areas it affects. Example: Hershey, PA

33. Example: City, State, Country, Continent
Region:
Formal Regions is an. . .
Area in which a certain characteristic is found throughout the area
Example: City, State, Country, Continent

34. Functional Regions Region:
Have one central place and is surrounded by the areas it affects. Example: Hershey, PA

35. Theme # 4: Place
Definition: What is it like? Human and physical features of an area.
Two Types:
Physical: landforms (Mountains, Hills, Plateaus, Plains, and Climate)
Human: traditions, customs, religion, beliefs
Bridges, roads, buildings
(things we build)

36. Theme # 4: Place
Example: If you refer to your school as a place, then that place would include walls, windows, gym, cafeteria, classrooms, people, clothing, books, maps, mops, brooms, hallways, mice (if you have them) and everything else in the school, including the languages spoken.

37. What is the difference between Location & Place?
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What is the difference between Location & Place?

38. What is the difference between Location & Place?
Location: 5° S , 68 ° W

39. What is the difference between Location & Place?
Place: Describe

40. Place:
What is it like?

41. Theme #5: Human/Environment Interaction
Definition: relationships between people and their environment; how they adapt, change and depend on their environment.

42. Human/Environment Interaction:
Example:
Depend: the annual flooding of the Nile River produced good soil for growing crops

43. Human/Environment Interaction:
Example:
Adapt: ancient Egyptians rebuilt their homes each year, after the annual flooding. As time went on, they built their homes above the flood plain

44. Human/Environment Interaction:
Example:
Modify (change): ancient Egyptians built irrigation ditches to help water the crops. In modern times, Egypt built a dam to control the flood waters of the Nile River

45. Can you place the geographic term with the correct geographic theme
Can you place the geographic term with the correct geographic theme!?!? Write the correct letter that matches the theme.
Can you place the geographic term with the correct geographic theme!?!?
Location:
A, E, Ia, P, O
Location: A I Q
Location: A I Q
Location: A I Q
Location: A I Q
Location: A I Q
Location: A I Q
Place:
J, N, C
Place: E G O P
Place: E G O P
Place: E G O P
Geographic
Themes
Geographic
Themes
Geographic
Themes
Geographic
Themes
Geographic
Themes
Geographic
Themes
Geographic
Themes
Region:
C, F, G, M, O
Movement: D L M
Region: C F K
Region: C F K
Region: C F K
Region: C F K
Region: C F K
Movement:
D, K
Human/Environment Interaction:
B, H, Ib, L
Ib. Cutting down forests
J. Your neighborhood
K. Changing your address
L. Building new houses
M. Areas with little rainfall
N. Swiss chalets & high mountains
O. Switzerland
P. Texas is south of Oklahoma
A. Equator
B. Building roads
C. Southwest Asia
D. Visiting another country
E. On an island
F. Western US
G. A very hot climate
H. Planting crops
Ia. Longitude
Equator
Building roads
Southwest Asia
Visiting another country
On an island
Western US
A very hot climate
Planting crops
longitude
Equator
Building roads
Southwest Asia
Visiting another country
On an island
Western US
A very hot climate
Planting crops
longitude
Equator
Building roads
Southwest Asia
Visiting another country
On an island
Western US
A very hot climate
Planting crops
longitude
Equator
Building roads
Southwest Asia
Visiting another country
On an island
Western US
A very hot climate
Planting crops
longitude
Equator
Building roads
Southwest Asia
Visiting another country
On an island
Western US
A very hot climate
Planting crops
longitude
Human/Environment Interaction: B H J N
Human/Environment Interaction: B H J N
Human/Environment Interaction: B H J N
Human/Environment Interaction: B H J N
Human/Environment Interaction: B H J N
Cutting down forests
Your neighborhood
Changing your address
Written letters
Building new houses
Areas with little rainfall
Swiss chalets & high mts = Switzerland
Texas is south of Oklahoma
Cutting down forests
Your neighborhood
Changing your address
Written letters
Building new houses
Areas with little rainfall
Swiss chalets & high mts = Switzerland
Texas is south of Oklahoma
Cutting down forests
Your neighborhood
Changing your address
Written letters
Building new houses
Areas with little rainfall
Swiss chalets & high mts = Switzerland
Texas is south of Oklahoma
Cutting down forests
Your neighborhood
Changing your address
Written letters
Building new houses
Areas with little rainfall
Swiss chalets & high mts = Switzerland
Texas is south of Oklahoma
Cutting down forests
Your neighborhood
Changing your address
Written letters
Building new houses
Areas with little rainfall
Swiss chalets & high mts = Switzerland
Texas is south of Oklahoma

46. Can you place the geographic term with the correct geographic theme
Can you place the geographic term with the correct geographic theme!?!? Write the correct letter that matches the theme.
Can you place the geographic term with the correct geographic theme!?!?
Location:
A, E, I, P
Location: A I Q
Location: A I Q
Location: A I Q
Location: A I Q
Location: A I Q
Location: A I Q
Place:
J, N
Place: E G O P
Place: E G O P
Place: E G O P
Geographic
Themes
Geographic
Themes
Geographic
Themes
Geographic
Themes
Geographic
Themes
Geographic
Themes
Geographic
Themes
Region:
C, F, G, M, O
Movement: D L M
Region: C F K
Region: C F K
Region: C F K
Region: C F K
Region: C F K
Movement:
D, K
Human/Environment Interaction:
B, H, I, L
Ib. Cutting down forests
J. Your neighborhood
K. Changing your address
L. Building new houses
M. Areas with little rainfall
N. Swiss chalets & high mountains
O. Switzerland
P. Texas is south of Oklahoma
A. Equator
B. Building roads
C. Southwest Asia
D. Visiting another country
E. On an island
F. Western US
G. A very hot climate
H. Planting crops
Ia. Longitude
Equator
Building roads
Southwest Asia
Visiting another country
On an island
Western US
A very hot climate
Planting crops
longitude
Equator
Building roads
Southwest Asia
Visiting another country
On an island
Western US
A very hot climate
Planting crops
longitude
Equator
Building roads
Southwest Asia
Visiting another country
On an island
Western US
A very hot climate
Planting crops
longitude
Equator
Building roads
Southwest Asia
Visiting another country
On an island
Western US
A very hot climate
Planting crops
longitude
Equator
Building roads
Southwest Asia
Visiting another country
On an island
Western US
A very hot climate
Planting crops
longitude
Human/Environment Interaction: B H J N
Human/Environment Interaction: B H J N
Human/Environment Interaction: B H J N
Human/Environment Interaction: B H J N
Human/Environment Interaction: B H J N
Cutting down forests
Your neighborhood
Changing your address
Written letters
Building new houses
Areas with little rainfall
Swiss chalets & high mts = Switzerland
Texas is south of Oklahoma
Cutting down forests
Your neighborhood
Changing your address
Written letters
Building new houses
Areas with little rainfall
Swiss chalets & high mts = Switzerland
Texas is south of Oklahoma
Cutting down forests
Your neighborhood
Changing your address
Written letters
Building new houses
Areas with little rainfall
Swiss chalets & high mts = Switzerland
Texas is south of Oklahoma
Cutting down forests
Your neighborhood
Changing your address
Written letters
Building new houses
Areas with little rainfall
Swiss chalets & high mts = Switzerland
Texas is south of Oklahoma
Cutting down forests
Your neighborhood
Changing your address
Written letters
Building new houses
Areas with little rainfall
Swiss chalets & high mts = Switzerland
Texas is south of Oklahoma

47. Can you place the geographic term with the correct geographic theme
Can you place the geographic term with the correct geographic theme!?!? Write the correct letter that matches the theme.
Can you place the geographic term with the correct geographic theme!?!?
Location:
A, E, Ia, P
Location: A I Q
Location: A I Q
Location: A I Q
Location: A I Q
Location: A I Q
Location: A I Q
Place:
J, N
Place: E G O P
Place: E G O P
Place: E G O P
Geographic
Themes
Geographic
Themes
Geographic
Themes
Geographic
Themes
Geographic
Themes
Geographic
Themes
Geographic
Themes
Region:
C, F, G, M, O
Movement: D L M
Region: C F K
Region: C F K
Region: C F K
Region: C F K
Region: C F K
Movement:
D, K
Human/Environment Interaction:
B, H, Ib, L
Ib. Cutting down forests
J. Your neighborhood
K. Changing your address
L. Building new houses
M. Areas with little rainfall
N. Swiss chalets & high mountains
O. Switzerland
P. Texas is south of Oklahoma
A. Equator
B. Building roads
C. Southwest Asia
D. Visiting another country
E. On an island
F. Western US
G. A very hot climate
H. Planting crops
Ia. Longitude
Equator
Building roads
Southwest Asia
Visiting another country
On an island
Western US
A very hot climate
Planting crops
longitude
Equator
Building roads
Southwest Asia
Visiting another country
On an island
Western US
A very hot climate
Planting crops
longitude
Equator
Building roads
Southwest Asia
Visiting another country
On an island
Western US
A very hot climate
Planting crops
longitude
Equator
Building roads
Southwest Asia
Visiting another country
On an island
Western US
A very hot climate
Planting crops
longitude
Equator
Building roads
Southwest Asia
Visiting another country
On an island
Western US
A very hot climate
Planting crops
longitude
Human/Environment Interaction: B H J N
Human/Environment Interaction: B H J N
Human/Environment Interaction: B H J N
Human/Environment Interaction: B H J N
Human/Environment Interaction: B H J N
Cutting down forests
Your neighborhood
Changing your address
Written letters
Building new houses
Areas with little rainfall
Swiss chalets & high mts = Switzerland
Texas is south of Oklahoma
Cutting down forests
Your neighborhood
Changing your address
Written letters
Building new houses
Areas with little rainfall
Swiss chalets & high mts = Switzerland
Texas is south of Oklahoma
Cutting down forests
Your neighborhood
Changing your address
Written letters
Building new houses
Areas with little rainfall
Swiss chalets & high mts = Switzerland
Texas is south of Oklahoma
Cutting down forests
Your neighborhood
Changing your address
Written letters
Building new houses
Areas with little rainfall
Swiss chalets & high mts = Switzerland
Texas is south of Oklahoma
Cutting down forests
Your neighborhood
Changing your address
Written letters
Building new houses
Areas with little rainfall
Swiss chalets & high mts = Switzerland
Texas is south of Oklahoma