Five Themes of Geography

• Location• Region• Human

Environment Interaction

• Place• Movement

Location

Everyone and everything occupies a place on earth.

• Relative – Not exact - described by landmarks, time, direction or distance from one place to another. ie. Take exit 12 off highway 103, turn right and NGRHS is twenty minutes off the highway.

• Absolute – Exact - a latitude and longitude or a street address. ie. 44 School Street or 44º41’12”N, 66º48’57”W

Region

• distinctive part of the Earth defined according to some particular criterion or set of criteria

• allows similarities or differences and patterns on the planet’s surface to be identified

• Can be based on similarities within a physical landscape, resource base or political

• ie. regions of seismic activity, ethnic regions within a city, Corn Belt of Canada, The Prairies, rainforests

Human Environment Interaction

• We live in and form part of the earth’s environment. We change it for our needs.

• We depend on, adapt to and modify the environment

• ie: planting a garden, mining, ski resort, wear warm clothes

Place

• defined or distinguished by physical and human characteristics

• gives character and dimension to place

• ie. Brewery market--smell of bread baking, bustling people

Movement

• what connects all types of communication and global interdependence

• Goods, people, ideas, architecture, fashion, foods all move.

• ie. satellite dish, airplanes, migration, Internet