1. Monday, August 18 BW Turn in supplies Map Quiz tomorrow! CW
5 Themes of Geog Notes & Practice HW

2. World Map There is a C in Arctic and Antarctic.
Latitude & Longitude lines are labeled OFF the map.
Europe & Asia are divided through Russia.
Spelling counts & is important! It is spelled correctly on the paper...just copy the correct spelling.

3. Five Themes of Geography
Melcher
World Geography

4. There are five important questions that we can ask to help organize information about places we study…
What is the location of a place?
What is the character of the place?
How do people interact with the natural environment of a place?
How are places regionally similar to and different from other places?
How do people, goods, and ideas move between places?

5. The Five Themes of Geography
Location
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Region
Movement

6. 1. Location Where is the location of this place?
Every geographical feature has a unique location—its global address.
Location is divided into two parts:
Absolute
Relative

7. Absolute Location Exactly where something is.
Latitude and Longitude (global location)
-OR-
Specific street address (local location)

9. Absolute Location Latitude and Longitude—global location

11. Absolute Location Specific Address—local location
Shawnee Mission North
7401 Johnson Drive
Overland Park, KS 66202

12. Relative Location
Where something is relative to what is around it—how it’s connected to other places.
Examples:
The student parking lot at SM North is located east of the school.
California is south of Oregon in the western United States.

13. Tuesday, August 19 BW Any supplies? Clear off desk. Need pen or pencil
Take Map Quiz!
When done w/ map quiz finish #1&2 in tan packet—latitude/longitude & relative location of SMNorth. CW
Continue 5 Themes of Geog Notes & Practice HW
Bring supplies…kleenex & colored pencils.

14. 2. Place
What are the special and unique features? Described by the physical and/or human characteristics of a location.
Something that makes it different than anything else.

15. Physical Characteristics of a Place
Things that are naturally part of the place.
Landforms (and processes that shape the landscape)
Climate
Soils
Natural Vegetation
Animal Life
Bodies of Water

16. Physical Characteristics Examples
Mount Everest…not just any mountain.
Redwoods Forest…not just any forest.
Table Rock Lake…not just any lake.

17. Human Characteristics of a Place
Things that are there because of humans
Religion/Food/Dress
Languages
Population factors
Settlement patterns
Economic activities

18. Human Characteristics Examples
Highway—ex. I-70
Building—ex. Empire State Building.
House—ex. Igloo.

19. 3. Human-Environment Interaction
How have people interacted with
-or-
changed their environment?
Three kinds…

20. Wednesday, August 20 BW—Discuss Map Quiz scores
CW—Finish 5 Themes of Geography
HW—5 Themes Packet practice page due Thurs.
FYI—Unit 1 Test…Wed, Sept. 3 / Thurs, Sept. 4

21. How people change because of their environment.
Clothes they wear…
coats, light colors, grass skirts.
Kinds of homes they build…
soddie, raised house.
Transportation they use…
trains, bicycles, feet, boats.

22. How people change the environment.
Heat and cool buildings.
Build dams to control water
Build roads to travel.
Plow fields to farm.

23. How people use the environment
Get food from the land.
Roads to get to work.
Play on lakes and beaches.
Dig mines for coal and iron.

24. 4. Region
How are the characteristics of a place similar to and/or different from other places?
Q: What is a region?
A: Group of places bound together by one or more similar characteristics.
Sharp (Kansas) or indistinct boundaries (Midwest)
Three types of regions.

25. Formal Regions – areas in which entire population share a defining trait (ex. county or state)
Functional Regions – areas which are characterized by a central focus on some activity (ex. marketing area for a metro newspaper)
Vernacular Regions – areas that exist in the mind of a large number of people and may play an important role in the cultural identity (ex. “the South,” “the Midwest,” “the Bible Belt,” etc.)

26. The United States Central America Sun Belt Great Lakes

27. 5. Movement
How has the place been affected by the movement of people, goods, and ideas.
Transportation
Communication
Trade
Natural Disasters

28. Hurricane Katrina Refugees.
Chinese food in San Francisco.
A tsunami.
Computers and scientists in Antarctica.

29. MR. LIP will help you remember
Movement R.egion Location Interaction between human and environment Place

30. Latitude and Longitude