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1 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY REVIEW (plus latitude, longitude, and hemispheres)

2 Name that theme! can be described using physical and human characteristics; answers the question “What is it like when you get there?” Answer: Place

3 Name that theme! how people travel from one place to another; communicate with each other; and share ideas with other people in different parts of the world Answer: Movement

4 Name that theme! something that every place on earth must have; two types, absolute and relative Answer: Location

5 Name that theme! an area on the earth’s surface that is defined by certain unifying characteristics; can be based on governmental boundaries(cities or states) or functional boundaries(newspaper delivery areas) Answer: Region

6 Name that theme! the relationship between people and the places they live, how they adapt to, modify and depend on that place Answer: Human- Environment Interaction

7 More stuff you need to know.. Name the 2 types of location. Absolute and relative Explain the difference between the 2. Absolute: specific Relative: descriptive

8 More stuff you need to know.. Which describes a human characteristic and which describes a physical characteristic ? A--characteristics that occur naturally in the environment, such as mountains, rivers, type of soil, wildlife, climate etc. B--characteristics of the landscape that have been changed by the people who inhabit that area Answer: physical (A) and human (B)

9 More stuff you need to know.. Which lines run north to south? Longitude What is the line of longitude at 0º called? Prime Meridian From the Prime Meridian, they measure which directions? East and west

10 More stuff you need to know.. Which lines run east to west? Latitude What is the line at 0º latitude called? Equator Lines of latitude measure which direction from the Equator? North and south

11 More stuff you need to know.. Make a chart like this on your whiteboard, then fill it in. HemisphereContinentOcean


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