Place Location Region 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY Movement

Place Location Region 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY Movement Human Environment Interaction

Theme 1: Location • Where is It? • Why is It There? Two Types of Location • Absolute • Relative

Absolute Location • • A specific place on the Earth’s surface Uses a grid system Latitude and longitude A global address

Absolute Location • Kennesaw, GA 34° N Latitude 84° W longitude • Mc. Clure Middle School 3660 Old Stilesboro Road Kennesaw, GA 30152

Relative Location • Where a place is in relation to another place • Uses directional words to describe – Cardinal and intermediate directions – Near, next to, left of, right of…

Georgia • Georgia is bordered by South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the west, and Florida to the south. • The Atlantic Ocean forms Georgia’s southeast coast. • Mc. Clure Middle school is behind Bullard elementary. • Mc. Clure Middle school is near Stilesboro Biscuits.

Theme 2: Place What is it like? Describe it… Physical Characteristics: • Land Features • Mountains, plains, and plateaus • Bodies of Water • Color, size, appearance

Theme 2: Place Human Characteristics • • • People Culture Language Religion Buildings and Landmarks • Cities

Theme 3: Human Environment Interaction How People Interact With Their Environment: Can be good or bad…

The environment can interact with humans also…

Theme 4: Movement Going from one place to another: • People • Goods • Ideas How Places are linked to one another and the world

People……Goods……Ideas

Theme 5: Regions Unifying Characteristic… What Places Have in Common • Political Regions • Landform Regions • Climate Regions • Agricultural Regions • Cultural Regions

Regions in Georgia