1. Five Themes of Geography NCSCOS: Goal 1

2. What are the Five Themes of Geography? 1.Location 2.Place 3.Human-Environment Interactions 4.Movement 5.Regions

4. Location Everything on Earth has its own location – the place where it can be found.

5. Where Are We? 1. Earth 2. North America 3. United States

6. 4. North Carolina

7. 5. Onslow County

8. Onslow County http://northcarolina.hometownlocator.com/n c/onslow/ http://northcarolina.hometownlocator.com/n c/onslow/

9. Place Every place has physical and human features that make it different from all other places. – Physical features are formed by nature. – Human features are made by people.

10. Physical Features…Human Features… Onslow County Beaches Onslow County New River Onslow County Bridges Onslow County Vietnam Memorial

11. Human-Environment Interactions People and their surroundings interact, or affect each other. People’s activities may change the environment. The environment may affect people. Sometimes people must change how they live to fit into their surroundings. Richlands Farmers DayOnslow County Farms Onslow County Fair

12. Movement People, goods, and ideas move every day. They move in your state, our country, and around the world.

13. Regions Areas of Earth with main features that make them different from other areas called regions. – A region can be described by its physical features or its human features. Coastal Plain Region Piedmont Region Mountain Region

14. North Carolina’s Regions North Carolina has three major regions: – Mountain, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain Regions – The Coastal Plain Regions is split into two areas: the Inner Coastal Plains the Outer Costal Plains (the Outer Banks) Outer Coastal Plains Inner Coastal Plains Coastal Plains Piedmont Mountain