LOCATION

Where a place is located 2 Types

Absolute Location: exact position on the globe. Typically measured using lines of latitude and longitude

Relative Location: Where a place is compared to or in relation to other places. Ex: Horizon Elementary is 1 block South of PHS.

Plymouth, WI

Relative location:11 miles West of Sheboygan

Absolute Location: 43.7N 88W

PLACECharacteristics that make a location unique

Landforms, eco systems, and climate

Plymouth has kettles

Las Vegas has dessert, mountains, canyons

How people live, work and visit a place

Ex.: languages, customs, beliefs government

Physical Characteristics Human Characteristics

REGION: group of places with at least 1 common characteristic

Certain characteristics found everywhere like laws

Ex: States, cities, countries are all political regions

Perceptual: areas determined by how people feel about an area.

Ex: Upper Midwest- no exact borders (IL yes or no?)

Ex: Mexico North America or South America?

Formal Functional

Central place and areas around it that are affected by it.Ex: Amazon drainage basinEx: Chicago, IL

MOVEMENTPeople, goods, and ideas move

between places.Ex: New Orleans uses ships on the Mississippi (MS) River to transport goods, gas, and, oil.Ex: Silk Road across Afro-Eurasia exchanged goods, religion (Buddhism), and disease (Bubonic Plague)Today?????? The Internet, TV, Magazineshttp://www2.newcanaan.k12.ct.us/education/components/docmgr/default.php?sectiondetailid=7021&fileitem=756&catfilter=377

How people use and affect their environmentHow have they changed it? What are the consequences? (+ or -)Accidental or intentional (on purpose)?How the environment affects how people live

Think/pair/share an example of HEI.

Previous ex: Wind farm off of Cape Cod

HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

In case you learn better through listening…. http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=5_Themes_of_Geography&video_id=132237