1. The Five Themes of Geography
Help you think like a geographer
Organize all of the information about the world to make it easier to learn

2. Location Where? Absolute location
Your exact location on the globe - coordinates
Relative location
Where you are in relation to another place

3. Place What is it like there?
A description of the physical characteristics
Characteristics of the people

4. Human/Environment Interaction
How people have changed the environment and how people have adapted to the environment

5. Movement Helps geographers understand the relationship between places.
How do people, ideas, products, and information move from one area to another.

6. Region Areas that share common characteristics. Physical features
Human traits
Language
Religion
Political boundaries
Can be very large or very small
Formal, functional,
or perceptual regions