1. 5 Themes of Geography
Chapter 1 Section 1

2. Geography
Geography: the study of the earth

3. Location
Absolute Location: describing a place’s exact position on Earth
Measured using degrees
Latitude/Longitude
Example: 30°S, 113°W
Relative Location: describing a place’s location by describing places around it
We live in Lyons, about 13 miles West of Chicago

5. Place What does the land look like? What kind of people live there?
Place: Includes a location’s physical and human features
Physical Features
What does the land look like?
Human Features
(city, country, suburbs)
What kind of people live there?

6. Human-Environment Interaction
How do we impact the world we live in?
Houses
Trails, roads
Dams
Reservoirs (ponds)
Deforestation

7. Movement How people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another
Mingling cultures
Patterns of movement (highways, trains)

8. Regions
Regions: physical and cultural characteristics that make places alike and different
What are the characteristics of the area?
What does Illinois look like?
Flat, farmland, green
What does Florida look like?
Flat, swampy, beaches, hot
What does Arizona look like?
Mountains, dry, desert