1. THE 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
Notebook Assignment Information:
Assignment #1
5 Themes of Geography Notes
10 Points

2. THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
Location
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Regions

3. LOCATION Where are we? Absolute Location Relative Location
A latitude and longitude (global location) or a street address (local location).
Paris, France is 48o North Latitude and 2o East Longitude.
The White House is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Relative Location
Described by landmarks, time, direction or distance. From one place to another.
Go ½ mile west on Main Street, then turn at the Wendy’s
You are Here

4. What is it like there, what kind of place is it?
Human Characteristics
What are the main languages? Customs? Beliefs?
How many people live there? Where do they work? Why do people visit this place?
Physical Characteristics
Landforms (mountains, rivers, canyons, etc.), climate, vegetation, wildlife, soil, etc.

5. HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
How do humans and the environment affect each other?
We depend on it.
People depend on water for transportation, nutrition and energy
People depend on land to grow crops
We modify it.
People modify their personal environment by
heating and cooling areas for comfort.
We adapt to it.
People adapt to the environment by wearing
clothing suitable for summer (shorts) and
winter (coats), rain (umbrellas) and shine (sunglasses, sunscreen).

6. MOVEMENT How are people, goods, ideas moved from place to place?
Human Movement
Trucks, Trains, Planes, Boats
Information Movement
Internet, cell phones, mail, social media
Idea Movement
How do trends move from place to place?
Internet, magazines, newspapers, social media

7. REGIONS How are Regions similar to and different from places?
A region is an area that is defined by certain similar characteristics such as physical, natural, human, or cultural.
Regions are defined by government boundaries (States, Countries, Cities)
Regions are defined by similar characteristics (Cotton Kingdom, Rocky Mountains, Chinatown).
Regions are defined by functions (school boundary, cell phone coverage area, religious congregation).

8. Remembering the 5 Themes
If you can’t remember what they are just ask MR. HELP!!!
M – Movement
R – Regions
HE – Human Environment interaction
L – Location
P - Place

9. 5-Themes Chart

10. Your Assignment…..
Write down 2 examples of each theme…however, you must use new examples…not ones we’ve already discussed in class.
You will be called on to share one or more of your examples with the class, and the class will then guess which theme is it; therefore, you need to make sure you’ve done a great job thinking of good, solid examples.