1. 5 Themes of Geography:
place

2. A Geographic perspective

3. PLACE
Place, in geographical terms, describes the HUMAN and PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS of a location.
Physical characteristics include a description of physical features including land, water, weather, soil, plant life and animal life
Human characteristics include features include information about population, ethnicity, religion, languages and culture

4. The united states physical characteristics
THE united states is a diverse region containing every type of landform and almost every type of climate
LANDFORMS
Mountains
Deserts
Rivers
Grasslands
CLIMATES
Humid subtropical
Humid continental
Desert/Steppe (dry)
BIOMES
Forest (East)
Desert (Southwest)
Semi-arid (Southwest)
Grassland (Midwest)
The united states physical characteristics

5. U.S. Physical regions –East to west
Atlantic Coastal Plain Appalachian Mountains Interior Plains Rocky Mountains The Great Basin Pacific Coastal Plains & Mountains W E

6. The united states human characteristics
POPULATION
316,444,000 people (July 2013)
Ethnicities
White (72.4%)
Black or A.A. (12.6%)
Asian (4.8%)
Native American (0.9%)
Hawaiian or P.I. (0.2%)
Most populated cities:
New York City
Los Angeles
Chicago
Dallas-Fort Worth
Houston
GOVERNMENT
A Representative Democracy, which is organized as a republic in which citizens elect their representatives, and individual freedoms are valued
ECONOMY
A capitalist economy, also known as Free Market or Free Enterprise. This system is based on private ownership of businesses with the goal of making a profit
RELIGION
Christian (78.5%)
Jewish (1.7%)
Buddhist (0.7%)
Muslim (0.6%)