1. Geography

2. What is a map?  It is a flat drawing of what places look like from above and where they are located 2

3. 3 DEFINITION OF GEOGRAPHY ge·og·ra·phy 1 : a science that deals with the description, distribution, and interaction of the diverse physical, biological, and cultural features of the earth's surface Source-Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary

4. 4 IN PLAIN ENGLISH Geography is the study of humans and their interactions with the earth.

5. 5 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY Visit each of the following sites. Follow all buttons on each page. Save the BACK ARROW button until you are done with each page. The BACK ARROW button will bring you back to this page. When you have visited all 5 Themes, click on the RIGHT arrow button below.

6. 6 WHAT IS “ PRILM ” ? PRILM is a mnemonic device that can be used to help remember what the 5 Themes of Geography are. Simply put, take the first letter of each Theme to create the word PRILM. They are:  Place Place  Region Region  Interaction (Human-Environment) Interaction (Human-Environment)  Location Location  Movement Movement

7. 7 PLACE  It is a description of what makes that place different to others.  This is divided into 2 parts:  Physical Differences and Human Differences  Physical differences, or characteristics, include things that occur naturally, such as mountains, rivers, type of soil, wildlife, climate etc.  Human differences, or characteristics, are things that have changed due to people, such as roads and buildings, how people live and their traditions.

8. 8 PLACE Things to think about  Place -- What makes a place different from other places? Differences might be defined in terms of climate, physical features, or the people who live there and their traditions.

9. 9 REGION  Regions are areas that can be grouped together by a set of things special to that region.  Regions defined by a government or physical characteristics are regions that are strictly maintained  Example: countries or continents.  Regions defined by a function are areas served by a particular service.  Example: Take the example of the school district  Loosely defined regions are regions that are grouped together in general terms.  Example: the North, or the Middle East,

10. 10 REGION-Things to think about.  Regions -- How can Earth be divided into regions for study? Regions can be defined by a number of characteristics including area, language, political divisions, religions, and vegetation (for example, grassland, marshland, desert, rain forest).

11. 11 HUMAN-ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS  How people have been changed by the environment.  How the environment has been changed by people.  How people depend on the environment.

12. 12 Human-Environmental Interaction Things to think about  Human-environment interaction -- What are the relationships among people and places? How have people changed the environment to better suit their needs?

13. 13 LOCATION  Specific location is shown by an address. The address can be any type of address that gives an exact position.  General location is shown by saying where something is in relation to somewhere or something else. It is also known as relative location.

14. 14 LOCATION Things to think about.  Location -- Where are things located? A location can be specific (for example, it can be stated as coordinates of longitude and latitude or as a distance from another place) or general (it's in the Northeast).

15. 15 MOVEMENT Movement includes the movement of people, things, such as goods, as well as communications (the movement of ideas). We can describe the type of communications a place has and the main forms of transportation.

16. 16 MOVEMENT Things to think about.  Movement -- What are the patterns of movement of people, products, and information? A study of movement includes learning about major modes of transportation used by people, an area's major exports and imports, and ways in which people communicate (move ideas).

17. 17 INTERNET REFERENCES Click on the links below to view additional information.  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/r esources/ngo/education/themes.html http://www.nationalgeographic.com/r esources/ngo/education/themes.html  http://sd71.bc.ca/Sd71/Edulinks/ICT 6_9/lessons/geo1/5themes2.htm http://sd71.bc.ca/Sd71/Edulinks/ICT 6_9/lessons/geo1/5themes2.htm

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