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Pre-Assessment5 themes

After you have finished your pre-assessment, take out your agenda and write the following: Homework: 5 themes worksheet (DUE MONDAY 9/10) Assessment: Tuesday, 9/11

Get Ready

Silently take out a blank sheet of paperFold the paper in half the long wayFold into 3 partsUnfold, you should have 6 separate boxesIn the first box, write “5 Themes of

Geography: This is your note-taking guide today

5 Themes of Geography

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PLACE LOCATION

Human-Environment Interaction

Relative Location

location as described by where it is compared to something else

Charlotte is East of Asheville, North of Rock Hill, and West of Wilmington Beach

Absolute Location: Raleigh, North Carolina, the capital of the state is: 35° 49′ 8″ N, 78° 38′ 41″ W

Absolute Location: exact (geographical coordinate)

Relative Location of North Carolina: North of South Carolina, East of Tennessee, & South of Virginia

Movement

Movement of people, goods, & ideas from one location to another

Examples of movement include America’s westward expansion, Information Revolution, and immigration. New devices such as the airplanes and the Internet allow physical and ideological goods to be transferred long distances in short time intervals.

Movement

Movement of ideas through social media

Move ideas quickly

Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life.

Movement

People, ideas, and goods are able to move from one place to another

Region

unifying characteristics that may be physical, human, or cultural

Similar or different characteristics from other regions

Ex: Nile River Valley

Region

Physical or human characteristics that unite them & make them differ

Human Environment Interaction

How people interact with the environment, and how the environment responds

Place

Place describes physical characteristics such as mountains or rivers, as well as human characteristics such as the people who live there.

Ex: Niagara Falls

The 5 Themes helps geographers organize Earth

Where are things located?-Location

What is a particular location like?-Place

How are places similar or different?-Region

How do people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another?-Movement

How do people relate to the physical world?-Human-Environment Interaction

Exit Ticket

1. What are the 5 themes of Geography?

2. Explain the difference between location and place

3. Examine the ways in which one of the themes is operating in this picture:

-What theme is represented in this picture?

-How do you know this?