Five Themes of Geography Notes

Name:______Date:______Period:______Mrs. Wilkinson – Honors U.S. History

 What are the five themes?  Tools geographer’s use to study features on earth. ______

 Location: Where is it? ______is it located there?  Describes where ______are at on earth.  Types of Location: ______: exact location on earth (fixed) Doesn’t change -Latitude/______-Hemispheres -Grid System - ______: compared to other places (variable) Changes dependent upon where you’re comparing it to. -Miles -______-Direction

Absolute Location  Examples: -Rome is located at 41 N, 12 E -Argentina is located in the southern hemisphere -Ecuador is located in Tropic of Cancer -KJH is located at 100 E. 350 S., Kaysville

 Relative Location  Examples: -Rome is located near the Mediterranean Sea. -Argentina is near Brazil. -Ecuador is south of Mexico. -Kaysville is 20 miles away from SLC

 Place: What is it like?  A place is defined by its______characteristics. ______characteristics ______characteristics

 Physical Characteristics  ______to THAT place, not generic. The way a place looks.  Created by nature. -Mountains -Rivers, ______, Seas -Climate -______ Examples: -Andes Mountains are in South America. -Amazon River flows through Brazil. -Delicate Arch is in Utah -The isthmus of Panama connects Central & South America.

 Cultural Characteristics  Specific to THAT place, not generic. People’s activities ______the way a place looks or is represented.  Man-______or invented. -Language -Unique buildings -______-Celebrations/traditions/holidays  Examples: -Portuguese is the official language of Brazil. -Many Italians are Catholic. -Mayan ruins are located in Mexico. -Labor Day is a national holiday in the US.

 Human-Environment Interaction  The environment & people are ______. -Consequences to those actions depend upon how people ______to interact with the world and use their resources. -Positive/Negative -Intentional/Accidental -Favorable/Destructive

 Human Environment Interaction  Current ______Issues: -Climate Change (global warming) -Energy Resources -Water Conservation -Deforestation

 Movement  Places do not ______in isolation. -People, goods & ideas______from place to place. -Linear distance – How far they ______-______distance – Amount of time it takes to travel -Psychological distance – How people ______distance  Examples -Immigration from Latin America to US. (people) -iPhones and iPads exported to other countries (goods) -Twitter, Facebook (ideas)

 Region  The world is divided into different regions based upon ______& ______. -Climate -Location -______-Languages -Ethnicity/______ Types: -Formal -Functional -Perceptual

 Formal Region  Most ______/familiar.  Determined by the distribution of a______characteristic (physical or human) -Location -Climate -Religion  Examples Latin America (Spanish-speaking nations) North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico) Tropics (countries near the equator)

 Functional Region  Serves a ______that affects places around it; usually has a hub or ______place. -Distributes goods/______-Organized around a set of interactions and ______between places  Examples: -Panama Canal -Amazon River Basin -A city and its suburbs

 Perceptual Region  Groups of areas that provoke a certain ______or feeling.  -People perceive characteristics of that ______in the same way.  Examples: -The “ghetto” -American Midwest -Chinatown