GeographyGeography

Who Cares?

Objectives1. TAKE NOTES!!!!2. Identify the 5 themes of

geography3. Answer the worksheets

Main IdeaGeography is broken down into 5

major themes

I. GeographyA. Study of the earth and its

features.B. 5 major themes of geography

1. Location2. Place3. Region4. Movement5. Human-Environment Interaction

(HEI)

II. The 5 Themes

1. Location: Where something is.

Ex. Charlotte is east of GastoniaEx. Charlotte is 35°N, 80°W

2. Place: What its like there.

A. Ex. There are deserts in MexicoB. Ex. In Mexico they speak

II. The 5 Themes

3. Movement: How people/places are connected

Ex. The fruit you had this morning came from Florida

Ex. You took a car you took to school this morning

4. Region: Places with similar features

Ex. Sahara Desert is a desert region• Regions that share common

language

II. The 5 Themes

1. Human-Environment Interaction: how we use, adapt to, and change the world

Ex. Wear light clothes in a hot placeEx. Build a dam to keep rivers from

flooding

II. The 5 Themes

• Which theme explains how Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Florida are part of "The South?"

• A) place

• B) human/environment

interaction

• C) location

• D) region

II. The 5 Themes

• Which theme relates to a farmer in Iowa shipping a truck full of grain to a cereal factory, which then sells boxes of Cheerios to grocery stores throughout the country?

• A) location

• B) human/environment

interaction

• C) place

• D) movement

II. The 5 Themes

• Which theme relates to a person packing a beach towel, a hat, and sunscreen for a vacation to the seashore?

• A) human/environment

interaction

• B) location

• C) place

• D) region.

II. The 5 Themes

• Which theme identifies areas that share common physical and/or cultural characteristics?

• A) location

• B) human/environment

interaction

• C) region

• D) place

II. The 5 Themes

• Where is it? This theme tells where things are.

• A) location

• B) human/environment

interaction

• C) movement

• D) place