1. The Five Themes of Geography

2. geography The study of Earth

3. 1- What two questions do geographers ask when studying the Earth? 1-Where are things on Earth located? 2-Why are those things there?

4. 2-List the Five Themes of Geography 1. Location 2. Regions 3. Place 4. Movement 5. Human-Environment Interaction

5. 3-Why do Geographers Study Location? To find out where a place is located Geographers use both cardinal and intermediate directions to describe location.

6. cardinal directions north south east west

7. intermediate directions write this down northeast northwest southeast southwest

8. 4-What are the two special measurements of Earth used to describe location? 1. Latitude 2. Longitude

9. 5-What is the name of the line of latitude that is located 0 degrees of latitude? The Equator

10. 6-What is the name of the line of longitude that marks 0 degrees of longitude? The Prime Meridian

11. 7-Which way of describing location is being used when a geographer explains that a river is located 250 miles north of San Antonio? Relative Location

12. latitude The distance north or south of Earth's equator, measured in units called degrees

13. parallel A line of latitude

14. longitude The distance east or west of the Prime Meridian [0 longitude, Greenwich, England], measured in units called degrees

15. meridian A line of longitude

16. hemisphere Halves of the Earth: nort hern/southern or eastern/western

17. 8-Why is the study of the following 4 themes important to geographers? Regions Place Movement Human-Environment Interaction

18. Regions G eographers use Regions to group places that have something in common. A region has a unifying human or physical features such as:  population  history  climate  landforms

19. PLACE Geographers use Place to describe the features of a location that make it unique. Place includes the human and physical features of a specific location.

20. MOVEMENT Geographers use Movement to explain how people, goods and ideas move from one place to another.

21. Human-Environment Interaction Geographers use Human-Environment Interaction to learn how people affect their environment and how their environment affects them.