1. The Five Themes of Geography
1. Location
2. Place
3. Region
4. Human-Environment Interaction
5. Movement

2. Theme 1: Location Two Types of Location Where is it? Absolute
Relative
Where is it?
Why is it there?

3. Relative Location Uses directional words
Cardinal and intermediate directions
Where a place is in relation to another place

4. Jalisco
Jalisco is bordered by Nayarit to the North, Colima to the South and Guanajuato to the west.
The Pacific Ocean forms Jalisco’s west coast.
Jalisco is one of the Western Mexican states

5. Absolute Location Latitude and longitude
A specific place on the Earth’s surface
Uses a grid system
A global address

6. Can You Tell What Quarter These Longitudes And Latitudes Are Located?
1. 41°N, 21°E
2. 37°N, 76°W
3. 72°S, 141°W
4. 7°S, 23°W
5. 15°N, 29°E
6. 34°S, 151°E A B D C

7. Theme 2: Place
Place – The physical and human characteristics of a place
Physical
Land Features, eg:
Bodies of Water
Mountains, plains, & plateaus

8. Physical Characteristics
Describe the physical characteristics of a place you have visited

9. Place: Human Characteristics
People
Culture
Language
Religion
Cities
Describe the Human characteristics of a place you have visited

10. Theme 3: Human Environment Interaction
How People Interact With Their Environment and how the environment is affected by people
People . . .
Adapt to Their Environment
Modify Their Environment
Depend on Their Environment

11. Human Environment Interaction

12. Theme 4: Movement Transportation of people, goods, and ideas
Migration and immigration
Trading partners, imports/exports

13. Theme 5: Regions Grouping areas by what places have in common
Political Regions
Landform Regions
Agricultural Regions
Cultural Regions
Let’s look at some regional maps in our Atlas for 1 continent

14. Climate Regions of Canada

15. Political Regions of Europe

16. Landform Regions of Mexico

17. The Five Themes of Geography
1. Location
2. Place
3. Region
4. Human-Environment Interaction
5. Movement

21. Answer these questions using the regional maps in your Atlas
Which continent has the most political regions?
Which continent has the least amount of political regions?
Which continent has the largest dry arid area?
Which continent has the greatest area with precipitation over 200 centimeters/year?
Which continent has the greatest area with a population density of more than 195 per square kilometer?
Which country in Europe has the highest amount of people working in Agriculture?