1. The 5 Themes of Geography

2. Geography

3. A science that deals with the description, distribution, and interaction of the physical, biological, and cultural features of the earth’s surface –Source-Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary

4. Geography The study of the Earth and everything on it –Plain English

5. BRAINSTORM If geography is the study of the earth and everything on it… What kinds of things do geographers study?

6. The 5 Themes of Geography Movement Human-Environment Interaction Region Location Place

7. My Hand Really Loves Pizza Movement Human-Environment Interaction Region Location Place

8. Movement

11. The way people, goods, and ideas travel from place to place

12. Human-Environment Interaction

15. The way humans and the environment affect each other

16. Human-Environment Interaction How people depend on their environment? How people adapt to their environment? How people change their environment?

17. Region

19. Areas of the world that have common physical, human, and cultural characteristics

20. Location

22. The specific location of a place

23. Place

25. A place is defined by it’s physical and cultural characteristics

26. PRACTICE: Discuss the 5 themes in this Picture Movement Human- Environment Interaction Region Location Place

27. PRACTICE: Discuss the 5 themes in this Picture Movement Human- Environment Interaction Region Location Place

28. PRACTICE: Discuss the 5 themes in this Picture Movement Human- Environment Interaction Region Location Place

29. PRACTICE: Discuss the 5 themes in this Picture Movement Human- Environment Interaction Region Location Place