1. Chapter 1
No-mah!

2. 5 Themes of Geography Location of place Character of a place
How people interact with that place
How people, goods and ideas move between places
How places are similar to and different from other places

3. 1st Theme: Location
Absolute location – position on the globe (latitude and longitude)
Latitude – Lines running east and west
Equator – 0 line of latitude running east and west
Hemispheres – division of earth into sections
Northern Hemisphere is north of the equator
Southern Hemisphere is south of the equator

4. Wait, there’s more! Longitude – Lines running north and south
Prime Meridian – 0 degree line separating the eastern and western hemispheres

5. St. Joseph’s Exact Location

6. Continued…
Relative Location – where something is located in relation to other places
Physical characteristics – the physical qualities that describe a specific location
Mountainous or flat
Leafy tropical to baron desert
Hot and humid or cold and dry

7. 2nd -- Place
Characteristics – area that can be described by what the place looks like
Physical – physical features include: plants, climate, mountains, animals. No humans messing with the area.
Human – Alterations caused by us: buildings, languages, governments, clothing, food.

10. 3rd Theme
Human-Environment Interaction – how humans interact with the surrounding environment
Changes b/c humans changed environment.
What are the pros/cons of those changes?
How have people adapted to changes in their environment?

13. 4th -- Movement
Movement – How people, goods, ideas move from place to place place.
People – wagon, horse, subway
Goods – truck, boat, plane, + all the above.
Ideas – communication media + all the above.

14. 5th -- Region Areas that share common traits.
Physical – mountainous areas, deserts, climates, resources, vegetation
Human – cultures, religions, industries, agriculture, cities

15. Formal regions are areas in which a certain characteristic is found throughout them.

16. Functional Region
Functional regions consist of a central place and the surrounding places affected by it.