1. 5 Themes of Geography
6SS
August 12, 2014

2. Location Location is where something is.
Absolute location is a definite reference that tells you where a place is.
Example: Mr. King’s room is on the first floor of building 804.
Relative location tells you where a place is by saying where it is in relation to something else.
Example: Ari is two seats behind Liat.
Location

3. Place is a description of the physical and human characteristics.
Physical characteristics include landforms like mountains, rivers, beaches, etc. It also includes the climate and the plants and animals in a place.
Human characteristics include man-made structures like buildings and cities. It also includes the culture of a place (language, food, religion, etc.)
Place

4. Human-Environment Interaction
This describes how humans have changed the environment around them. This could be both positive and negative things.
It might also describe how the environment of a place has affected the human culture there (climate, natural resources, etc.)
Human-Environment Interaction

5. This is about how humans, ideas, and goods move around the world.
Humans migrate from one place to another either permanently (forever) or temporarily (for a short time).
Ideas (religion, philosophy, entertainment) travel from place to place and impact human lives.
Goods (natural resources, products) also travel from place to place.
Movement

6. Regions are a part of the world that are similar (alike) in some way.
Regions may be physical with similar climate or landforms.
Regions may be political with the same government or laws.
Regions may be cultural with similar traditions, religions, languages, etc.
Region