1. The Five Themes of Geography

2. Geographers use the 5 themes of geography to understand the world:
location
place
region
movement
human - environment
interaction

3. Location Tells where a place is and how it got there.
“Absolute location”
Is the exact spot where
a spot can be found
using latitude lines and
longitude lines.”

4. Place Tells about a city or country, what they speak, eat, landforms
and climate, and
culture.
also, how it use
to be.

5. Region Places are group into Regions; regions are
groups of places that
have, or share, the
same physical features
or human
characteristics.

6. Natural regions There are 10 natural regions; a
Natural Region has its own unique
animal and plant life and its own
Climate.

7. Movement Is the moving of people,animals,plants
and ideas form one place, or region to
another. People “Migrated”, moving from
one place to settle in another.
Why? Push and pull Factor
Problems like war or famine
pushes people out, while
advantages, like a promise of a
better life elsewhere, pulls
people to another.

8. Human-Environment Interaction
Interaction begins
when we depend on,
adapt to and modify
the world around us.
Humans and their
environment can not
be separated, each
can help or hurt the
other.