GEOGRAPHY 9 The Five Themes of Geography Reagan

GEOGRAPHY 9 The Five Themes of Geography Reagan Daly

What are the Five Themes of Geography used for? n Framework for understanding the Geography of our world- Both Physical and Human n They can apply for any place that we want to study

What are the Five Themes of Geography? Location – Where is it? n Place – What is it like there? n Human/Environment Interaction – What is the relationship between humans and their environment? n Movement – How and why are places connected? n Region – What makes places similar and different? n

Location - Where is it? Refers to the position of a place, person or object on the Earth’s surface n Relative location refers to the position of one point in relation to another known point on the Earth’s surface n Absolute location refers to the exact position of a point on the Earth’s surface according to a mathematical reference system such as latitude and longitude n

Absolute and Relative Location www. ventanasvoyage. com www. trax. bc. ca

Place – What is it like there? Place describes the physical and human characteristics of a location n Physical (naturally occurring) – relief, bodies of water, climate, natural vegetation, wildlife, geology and soils n Human (manmade) – e. g. : buildings, roads, railways, bridges, canals, farms, dams n

Place www. us-national-parks. net http: //earthobservatory. nasa. gov www. iic. cl http: //thefulcrum. blogspot. com www. edu. gov. mb. ca

Human/Environment Interaction – What is the relationship between humans and their environment? Refers to the impact of the environment on humans and the impact of humans on the environment n Humans depend upon, adapt to and modify their environment n

Humans and their Environment www. bigfoto. com www. iti. gov. nt. ca www. ein. ca

Movement – How and why are places connected? The movement of people, things, and ideas connects places with one another n E. g. : AIDS is diffused through the movement of people n E. g. : the news of the terror attacks on New York moved rapidly around the World through global mass media networks n

Movement http: //. org www. bcbudget. gov. bc. ca www. fotosearch. com www. theage. com. au/

Region – What makes areas similar and different? Refers to an area on the Earth’s surface delimited by a set of unifying characteristics n E. g. : language regions, political regions, climatic regions n www. desertmuseum. org

Political Regions of Australia Tropical Rainforest Region http: //www. blueplanetbiomes. org/images/dry_desert. jpg http: //personal. monm. edu/MSIMPSON 2/tropical-rainforest. jpg http: //www. travelnotes. org/Oceania/images/australia_regions. gif Cultural Region http: //grouper. ieee. org/groups/1616/Washington-Chinatown. jpg Urban Region http: //cloudking. com/artists/micah-goulart/works/urban-amazon_l. jpg