1. NC Geography

2. 5 Themes of Geography Location Place Region Movement
Human-Environment Interaction

3. Location
“Where am I?”
Absolute location- coordinates of longitude and latitude
What is Charlotte’s absolute location????
Relative location- describes where an area is relative to another area
Ex: North Carolina is north of South Carolina; North Carolina is in the Southeastern US

4. Place
Place refers to the physical and human characteristics of an area
Physical characteristics are natural features:
Physical setting
Plants
Animals
Weather
These characteristics determine where people settle
Some areas have good farming, others have waterways
Human characteristics include things like language and diversity

5. Region A region has certain shared characteristics that set it apart
Physical setting, climate, language, or even religion
Which region is North Carolina in?
Which 4 regions make up North Carolina?

6. Movement
Movement refers to shifting of people, goods, and ideas from one place to another
People move in search of better places to live and movement causes ideas to spread as well!
Ex: Research Triangle in NC (UNC, Duke, NC State)
Very populated area, many new people moving there and hence new ideas too

7. Human-Environment Interaction
Refers to the way people interact with their environment
Ex: Cutting down trees
Ex: Building a dam
Ex: Coal-based industrial plants

8. Definitions
Outer Banks- long chain of sandbars and barrier islands off coast of NC
Piedmont- hilly region between Coastal Plain and Mountain Region (App. Mtns)
Climate- main kind of weather that a region experiences
Sun Belt- strip of warm weather states that runs across the Southern US
Topography- physical terrain

9. 4 Regions of NC
From west to east….. Name them

10. Mountain Region Western most region in NC
Appalachian Mtns
Natural resources: Timber, coal, gemstones (rubies, garnets, sapphires, and even a few diamonds have been found)
Economy?

11. Piedmont Region We live in the Piedmont
Charlotte is a part of the Piedmont
Natural Resources: Many kinds of minerals (used for building such as slate, granite, quartz) and GOLD
Red clay
Hilly and rocky making it difficult to farm
Economy?
Charlotte is the 2nd largest banking city in the United States only behind???

12. Coastal Plains Fertile soil, flat land= great for farming
Many rivers run through this region/plenty of water
Economy?

13. Tidewater Eastern most region of NC Borders the Atlantic Ocean
Include the Outer Banks
Borders the Atlantic Ocean
Economy?

14. NC’s Climate
NC is in the Sun Belt meaning….