The Five Themes of Geography A Framework for

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

Absolute Location • • A specific place on the Earth’s surface Uses a grid

ABSOLUTE LOCATION State of Georgia • 83° 29. 7'W 32° 42. 8'N Atlanta •

Relative Location • Where a place is in relation to another place • Uses

RELATIVE LOCATION • Georgia is positioned in both the northern and western hemispheres. •

Theme 2: Place Physical Characteristics • Land Features • Mountains, plains, and plateaus •

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

Theme 3: Human Environment Interaction How People Interact With Their Environment People. . .

Georgia: Human Environment Interaction • Lake Oconee impounded by Wallace Dam, located just above

Theme 4: Movement The Mobility of • People • Goods • Ideas How Places

Georgia: Movement http: //www. marad. dot. gov/Gallery/Morehead. City/pages/Ming%20 Europe. htm Spaghetti Junction

Theme 5: Regions What Places Have in Common • Political Regions • Landform Regions

Georgia/USA: Regions Steve Pierce http: //home. neo. rr. com/rodsphotogallery/Natural. Wonders/Sea. Sand/Images/Jockeys. Ridge. jpg http:

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The Five Themes of Geography A Framework for Studying the World

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 State of Georgia • 83° 29. 7'W 32° 42. 8'N Atlanta • 33º 44' N, 84º 23'

Relative Location • Where a place is in relation to another place • Uses directional words to describe – Cardinal and intermediate directions

RELATIVE LOCATION • Georgia is positioned in both the northern and western hemispheres. • Located in the southeastern region of the United States, a part of North America, Georgia is bordered by the states of Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida, and by the Atlantic Ocean.

Theme 2: Place Physical Characteristics • Land Features • Mountains, plains, and plateaus • Climate • Bodies of Water

Georgia: Physical Characteristics

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

Georgia: Human Characteristics

Theme 3: Human Environment Interaction How People Interact With Their Environment People. . . • Adapt to Their Environment • Modify Their Environment • Depend on Their Environment http: //www. fotosearch. com/comp/corbis/DGT 119/BAG 0017. jpg

Georgia: Human Environment Interaction • Lake Oconee impounded by Wallace Dam, located just above Lake Sinclair near Eatonton • gravity-concrete dam, 120 feet high and 2, 395 feet long, • Since its completion in 1980, dam's 321, 300 -kilowatt capacity nearly doubled the total output of Georgia Power's hydro generating system. http: //www. dukemagazine. duke. edu/dukemag/issues/091002/images/mallc. jpg Centennial Park, Atlanta

Theme 4: Movement The Mobility of • People • Goods • Ideas How Places are linked to one another and the world

Georgia: Movement http: //www. marad. dot. gov/Gallery/Morehead. City/pages/Ming%20 Europe. htm Spaghetti Junction

Theme 5: Regions What Places Have in Common • Political Regions • Landform Regions • Agricultural Regions • Cultural Regions

Georgia/USA: Regions Steve Pierce http: //home. neo. rr. com/rodsphotogallery/Natural. Wonders/Sea. Sand/Images/Jockeys. Ridge. jpg http: //www. ncbbi. org/images/piedmont-nc-heartland-golf. jpg http: //www. homestead. com/pncfa/files/piedmontmap. jpg http: //www. shorebirdworld. org/fromthefield/Images/Hatteras%20 Light. JPG