1. The Five Themes of Geography: 1. Location – Absolute & Relative Mr. Hare

3. Five Themes of Geography Location – Where is it? Place – What’s it like? Region – How are places similar or different? Human-Environment Interaction – How do people relate to the physical world? Movement – How do people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another?

4. Vocabulary Absolute Location – the exact place on earth where a geographic feature is found

5. Vocabulary Relative Location – describes a place in comparison to other places around it

6. Vocabulary great circle route – an imaginary line that follows the curve of the Earth and represents the shortest distance between two points

7. Vocabulary map projection – a mathematical formula used to represent the curved surface of the Earth on the flat surface of a map

8. Vocabulary Scale - Shows proportional relationships between map measurements and actual distance

9. Vocabulary Global Positioning Systems – a navigational system that can determine absolute location by using satellites and receivers on Earth

10. Vocabulary Geographic Information Systems – computer programs that process and organize details about places on Earth and integrate those details with satellite images and other pieces of information

11. Vocabulary Remote sensing – the science of obtaining information about an object or an area from a distance, typically from instruments in aircraft or satellites

12. Five Themes of Geography Location – “Where is it?” – Absolute Location – the exact place on earth where a geographic feature is found

13. Five Themes of Geography Location – “Where is it?” Eastern Hemisphere Western Hemisphere

14. Northern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere

15. 15°N, 15°W

16. 15°S, 15°E

17. Five Themes of Geography Location – “Where is it?” – Absolute Location – the exact place on earth where a geographic feature is found What is the absolute location of Denton? – 33°N, 97°W What is the absolute location of Sydney, Australia? – 33°S, 151°E

18. Five Themes of Geography Location – “Where is it?” – Absolute Location – the exact place on earth where a geographic feature is found – What is located at 40.6893°N, 74.0446°W? » Statue of Liberty – What is located at 41.8902°N, 12.4923°E? » Roman Colosseum – What is the absolute location of London Bridge in London, England? » 51.5081°N, 0.0878°W – What is the absolute location of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt? » 29.972°N, 31.1342°E

19. Five Themes of Geography Location – “Where is it?” – Relative Location – describes a place in comparison to other places around it

20. Cardinal Directions North South East West

21. Intermediate Directions Northwest Northeast Southwest Southeast

24. Five Themes of Geography Choose five of the following cities: Describe the absolute location of each: – In which hemispheres is each city located? – What is the approximate longitude and latitude of each city? Describe the relative location of each: – Use cardinal or intermediate directions to describe the location of each city in relation to a country, city, or ocean. Manila, PhilippinesIstanbul, Turkey Tokyo, JapanMexico City, Mexico London, EnglandNew York City St. Petersburg, RussiaCape Town, South Africa Shanghai, ChinaBuenos Aires, Argentina