WarmUp 1 List the five themes of geography

Warm-Up 1. List the five themes of geography. 2. What are the two types of location? 3. Describe the relative location of your seat in the class. 4. What two types of characteristics describe a place? 5. Describe why England the United States can be a part of the same region?

5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY Location Place Region Human Environment Interaction Movement

Location • Where is it? – Absolute Location – Relative Location – Hemispheres • Longitude and Latitude • General area • Equator – 0 Latitude • Prime Meridian – 0 Longitude

Map Projections

Place • What is it like? • Physical Features • Cultural Characteristics

Region • How areas similar or different? – Formal Regions: How book separates – Functional Regions: Cities and Suburbs – Perceptual Regions: Midwest, South, West….

Human Environment Interaction • How do people relate to the physical world? – City Growth – Dam Building – Changing of Environment

Movement • How do people, ideas and products move from one area to another? – Linear and Time Distance – Psychological Distance

Longitude & Latitude Find the following capitals • Pg RA 25 – 9 N-79 W – 19 N-98 W • RA 27 – 1 S-78 W • RA 30 -31 – 43 N-14 E – 48 N-4 E

Review 1. List the five themes of geography. 2. What are the two types of location? 3. Describe the relative location of your seat in the class. 4. What two types of characteristics describe a place? 5. Describe why England the United States can be a part of the same region?