The 5 Themes of The 5 Themes of GeographyGeography

LocationPlace

Human-Environment InteractionMovementRegions

LocationLocation

• Where is it?• Why is it there?

Two Types of Location• Absolute• Relative

Absolute Location

• A specific place on the Earth’s surface

• Uses a grid system– latitude & longitude

• A global address

Kansas: Absolute Location

• Kansas38° N96° W

• Lenexa38°, 57’ N94°, 44’ W

Relative Location

• Where a place is in relation to another place

• Uses directional words to describe – Cardinal and intermediate directions– Landmarks, time, or distance

Rhode Island: Relative Location

• Rhode Island is bordered by Massachusetts to the north and Connecticut to the south• Rhode Island is on the east coast • Rhode Island is the Northeast

• Kansas is a Midwestern state.

Place-The personalityPlace-The personality• What is it like there? • What kind of place is it?• We look at the physical

and human characteristics to identify a place.

Physical Characteristics- are natural

• Land features• Mountains, plains,

and plateaus• Climate• Bodies of water• Animals• Plant life

Physical Features

Human Characteristics• People• Culture• Language• Religion• Buildings and landmarks• Cities• Customs and beliefs• How many people live, work, and

visit a place.

Human Characteristics

Human-Environment Human-Environment InteractionInteraction

• How people interact with their environment

• People . . .– Adapt to their environment– Modify their environment– Depend on their environment

Human-Environment Interaction

Human Environment Interaction

Humans adapt to the environment.

Human Environment Interaction• People adapt to their environment by wearing clothing that is

suitable for the weather.

Human Environment Interaction

People modify the environment by heating and cooling buildings for comfort.  

Human Environment Interaction

People depend on the Amazon River for water, food and transportation.  

MovementMovement

• The mobility of – People– Goods– Ideas

• How places are linked to one another and the rest of the world.

Movement

RegionsRegions

• What places have in common.– Political regions (countries,

states, counties, cities)– Landform regions (Rocky

Mountains, Death Valley)– Agricultural regions

(Cornbelt, Bread basket)– Cultural regions

(Chinatown, Little Italy)

Regions

If you can’t remember the 5 themes of

Geography, just ask Mr. Help!

• M– Movement • R– Regions • HE– Human-Environment Interaction• L– Location • P– Place

Checking What You Know!

For each of the following questions, identify which of the five themes of geography is being expressed.

1. Moving people, goods, and ideas

a. Locationb. Placec. Human-environment interactiond. Movemente. region

2. Share a common characteristic or set of characteristics

• Location• Place• Human-environment interaction• Movement• region

3. Depend, adapt, and modify the environment

• Location• Place• Human-environment interaction• Movement• region

4. What it’s like . . .

• Location• Place• Human-environment interaction• Movement• region

5. clothing, shelter, agriculture, population

• Location• Place• Human-environment interaction• Movement• region

6. Latitude and longitude

• Location• Place• Human-environment interaction• Movement• region

7. buildings, irrigation, shopping, farming, language

• Location• Place• Human-environment interaction• Movement• region

8. Raising crops

• Location• Place• Human-environment interaction• Movement• region

9. Rivers flowing

• Location• Place• Human-environment interaction• Movement• region

10. Transportation and communication

• Location• Place• Human-environment interaction• Movement• region

11. continents, hemispheres, oceans

• Location• Place• Human-environment interaction• Movement• region

12. Overland Park is located in east-central Kansas

• Location• Place• Human-environment interaction• Movement• region

13. 8300 Travis Lane

• Location• Place• Human-environment interaction• Movement• region

14. climate, landforms, bodies of water, animal life, plant life

• Location• Place• Human-environment interaction• Movement• region

15. Maps

• Location• Place• Human-environment interaction• Movement• region

16. YouTube, cell phone, nightly news, KC Star

• Location• Place• Human-environment interaction• Movement• region

17. dams, windmills, oil drilling

• Location• Place• Human-environment interaction• Movement• region

18. Lenexa, Johnson County, metropolitan, Kansas, midwest

• Location• Place• Human-environment interaction• Movement• region

19. Carbon dioxide emissions, roads, traffic signals

• Location• Place• Human-environment interaction• Movement• region

20. Northeast, the South, the Midwest

• Location• Place• Human-environment interaction• Movement• region