1. The Five Themes of Geography
Fill out the heading on your Cornell Notes.
Objective: identify key ideas and examples of the 5 themes of geography.
Essential Question: Why study geography?

2. Why Study Geography? It affects where people live.
It affects how people live.
It affects the outcome of major events.

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

4. Location
Where is it??

5. Absolute- uses #’s to show location
There are two types of LOCATION!!
Absolute- uses #’s to show location
Relative- describes the location of a place in relation to another place

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

7. Absolute Location: Latitude Lines -also known as parallels
Latitude lines are drawn
from:
East to West
Latitude lines measure:
North to South

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

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

10. Absolute Location: Longitude Lines -also known as Meridians
Longitude lines are drawn from:
North to South
Longitude lines measure:
East to West

11. 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

12. This is where an area is described depending on where another area is!
Relative Location:
This is where an area is described depending on where another area is!
For example: The Galleria Mall is across the street from the WP Public Library.

13. Movement
How did they get there?

14. People, products and ideas move by transportation and communication.
Movement:
Movement describes how…
People, products and ideas move by transportation and communication.

15. Movement:
What can move??
GOODS
PEOPLE AND PRODUCTS
MONEY
IDEAS

16. FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION
Movement:
How can things move??
WORD OF MOUTH
COMPUTERS
FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION
SATELLITES
TELEPHONES

17. Region
How is this place like other places?
How is it different?

18. Regions can be: BIG Region:
Areas/regions are chunks of land that have something in common.
Areas can be described by their human & physical features.
Regions can be:
BIG or
small

19. Region:
A region can be described by its physical features.
For example: In the Sahara Desert region in Northern Africa, many people value water.

20. A region can also be described by its human features.
For example: Most people in the Middle East region
speak Arabic.

21. Place
What is it like there?

22. What place (state) is this?
You can describe a place by its physical features (made by nature) and human features (made by humans).
What place (state) is this?

23. Place: Where is this “place”?
Can you pick out the physical features?
Can you pick out the human features?

24. Human/Environment Interaction:
How do we interact with our environment?
Who lives there and what do they do?

25. HEI:
Human/Environment Interaction explains how people use and change their environment.
What humans do to nature and what nature can do to humans.

26. Does the environment affect where we do these activities?

27. Remembering the Five Themes
Use the term
MR. HELP
M = Movement R = Region HE = Human Environment (Interaction) L = Location P = Place

28. Get up and dance!
Here’s a catchy tune to help you remember the 5 Themes of Geography!

29. Five Themes of Geography
Can you place the phrase/term with the correct theme of geography?
Location:
Place:
Can you place the geographic term with the correct geographic theme!?!?
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: 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
Five
Themes of Geography
Region:
Movement:
Movement: D L M
Region: C F K
Region: C F K
Region: C F K
Region: C F K
Region: C F K
Human/
Environment Interaction:
Cutting down forests
Your neighborhood
Sending a letter to a friend
Areas with little rainfall
Swiss chalets (log cabin) & high mountains = Switzerland
Texas is south of Oklahoma
Equator
Building roads
Southwest Asia
Visiting another country
On an island
The Western US
Planting crops
Latitude/longitude coordinates
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