The Five Themes of Geography A Framework for Studying the World

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The Five Themes of Geography A Framework for
Studying the World

• Edited from North Carolina Geographic Alliance
• PowerPoint Presentations
• 2007

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Location
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Theme 1 Location

• Two Types of Location
• Absolute
• Relative

• Where is It?
• Why is It There?

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Absolute Location

• A specific place on the Earths surface
• Uses a grid system
• Latitude and longitude
• A global address

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Relative Location

• Where a place is in relation to another place
• Uses directional words to describe

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Place
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Place
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Theme 2 PlacePhysical Characteristics

• Land Features
• Mountains, plains, and plateaus
• Climate
• Bodies of Water

Flora and Fauna
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Theme 2 PlaceHuman Characteristics

• People
• Culture
• Language
• Religion
• Buildings and Landmarks
• Cities

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Human Environment Interactions
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Theme 3 Human Environment Interaction

• How People Interact With Their Environment
• People . . .
• Adaptation people change to suit their
  Environment
• Progress People change their Environment to suit
  their needs

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Movement
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Theme 4 Movement

• The Mobility of
• People
• Goods
• Ideas
• Cultural Diffusion
• How Places are linked to one another and the world

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Regions
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Theme 5 Regions

• What Places Have in Common
• Political Regions
• Landform Regions
• Agricultural Regions
• Cultural Regions

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Our Approach to the Study of World History

• Find it on a map
• Identify its characteristics (Human and Physical)
• Analyze the ways in which the people interact
  with their surroundings
• How has movement of people, goods and ideas
  impacted its development?
• 5. How is it similar to and different from other
  places?