1. Five Themes
of Geography

2. Five Themes of Geography
Remember: MR LIP !
Movement
Region
Location
Interaction between Man and the Env
Place

3. "Where are we?" is the question that location answers.
Two types of location:
Absolute
Exact location. Uses latitude and longitude
Relative
Where a place is in relation to another place

4. Absolute Location or Relative Location?
Paris, France is 48 degrees North latitude and 2 degrees East longitude.
absolute
Swansboro, NC is east of Raleigh, NC.
relative

5. Main line of latitude is the
Lines run east to west
Main line of latitude is the
Equator

6. Main line of longitude is the
Lines run north to south
Main line of longitude is the
Prime Meridian

7. How can you describe the relative location of Swansboro Middle?
What resource would you need to find out the absolute location of London, England?
An atlas

8. Place
What kind of place is it?  What do you think of when you imagine China?  Japan?  Russia?  Saudi Arabia?

9. Place Physical characteristics: Cultural/Human characteristics:
*Describes the environment
CLAP:
Climate, Landforms, Animals, Plants
Cultural/Human characteristics:
* Describes the people
Examples: language, religion, customs

10. Physical or Cultural/Human Characteristics?
Physical (animals)
Cultural/Human (buildings made by people)

11. Physical or Cultural/Human Characteristics?
Cultural/Human (clothing)
Physical (landforms)

12. People interact with each other through movement.

13. Movement What can be moved from one place to another?
People: migration due to: travel, jobs freedom, weather (hurricanes),
Goods and ideas: trade (imports and exports), cultural diffusion

14. How do humans and the environment affect each other?
Interactions
How do humans and the environment affect each other? 
We change the environment and then sometimes Mother Nature changes it back. 
For example, tornados in the mid-West, Hurricane Katrina, and earthquakes and mudslides in California.

15. Interactions between humans and the environment
To change yourself to fit your environment
Adapt:
Modify:
To change the environment to fit you

16. Adaptations or modifications??
Building roads=
modification
Wearing gloves and coats in Winter=
adaptation
Cutting down trees=
modification
Learning to like fish if you live by the sea=
adaptation

17. Region A region is an area with unique characteristics
*Similar physical characteristics or similar cultural characteristics
Examples: oil producing region, Spanish speaking region, Buddhist region