1. Five Themes of Geography

2. What is Geography Geography
Geography is the study of where people, places and things are located and of the ways in which things relate to each other

3. The Five Themes of Geography
Location
Place
Human-Environment interaction
Movement
Region

4. Location Absolute Location - A places position on the globe
Equator – circles the globe halfway between the north and south poles. It divides the world into north and south hemisphere
Lines of Latitude – run parallel to the equator and measures distance north or south
Lines of longitude – they run north and south between the tow poles and measure distance east and west
Prime Meridian – line of longitude at zero degree that runs through Greenwich, England
Relative Location – Where a place is located in relation to other places

5. Place Place – how places are similar and distinct from one another
Physical characteristics – unique characteristics such as landforms, vegetation, and climate
Human characteristics – urban growth, farming techniques, architectural styles, religion, and politics

6. Human-Environment Interaction
Human-environment interaction – How people use their environment
Some changes are intentional and some are accidental
Some changes are positive and some are negative

7. Movement
Movement – impact that geography has upon the movement of people, goods and ideas through a place

8. Regions
Regions – Group of places with at least one common characteristic
Formal Region – certain characteristics are found throughout the area
Functional Region – one central place and the surrounding places affected by it
Perceptual Region – a region in which people perceive, or see the characteristics of the region in the same way
* A place may be part of more than one region
Examples
Formal – U.S.A., Nebraska, , grain belt, sun belt
Functional Region – Omaha Metro area, New York and the surrounding areas

9. Omaha Explain Location Absolute Relative Place
Human-Environment interaction
Movement
Region