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5 Themes of geography
What are the 5 themes of geography?
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Review from yesterday
What were the themes of social studies?
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Geography
Geography is the study of physical features of the earth and its atmosphere and of human activity as it affects and is affect by these.
What things do you think make up geography?
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What are the five themes?
Tools geographer’s use to study features on earth.– Place (Physical & Cultural)– Movement– Region– Human Environment Interaction– Location (Absolute & Relative)
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Place
A place is defined by it’s unique characteristics.– Physical characteristics– Cultural characteristics
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Physical Characteristics
Specific to THAT place, not generic.– The way a place looks.
Created by nature.– Mountains– Rivers, Lakes, Seas– Climate– Vegetation
Examples:– Andes Mountains are in South America.– Amazon River flows through Brazil.– Pampas are located in Argentina.– CCA is surrounded by a flat area
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Cultural Characteristics
Specific to THAT place, not generic.– Peoples activities change the way a place looks or is
represented.
Man-made or invented.– Language– Unique buildings– Religious Practices– Celebrations/traditions/holidays
Examples: – Portuguese is the official language of Brazil.– Many Mexicans are Catholic.– Mayan ruins are located in Mexico. – Blue & White are the Colors and Clipper is the mascot
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Movement
Places do not exist in isolation.– Interconnectedness of the world changes the
way places“look”.• Today: “globalization”
– People, goods & ideas move from place to place.
Examples– Immigration from Latin America to US.– War in Iraq (troops, supplies, ideas, people)– Students express their ideas through Facebook
(ideas)
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Region
The world is divided into different areas based upon similarities & differences.– Climate – Location– Beliefs– Languages– Ethnicity/Race
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Region
What are some different regions you can think of?
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Examples
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Interaction
The environment & people are interconnected.Consequences to those actions depend upon how people choose to interact with the world and use their resources.– Positive/Negative– Intentional/Accidental
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Interaction
What are some positive and negative interaction that people have done to the environment?What about intentional or accidentally?
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Interaction
Current Environmental Issues:– Climate Change (global warming)– Energy Resources– Water Conservation– Deforestation
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Location
Describes where places are at on earth.Types of Location:– ABSOLUTE: exact location on earth (fixed)
• Doesn’t change– Latitude/Longitude– Hemispheres– Grid System– Address
– RELATIVE: compared to other places (variable)• Changes dependent upon where you’re comparing it
to. – Miles – Distance– Direction
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Absolute Location
Examples:– Rome is located at 41 N, 12 E– Argentina is located in the southern
hemisphere– Ecuador is located in Tropic of
Cancer.
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Relative Location
Examples: – Rome is located near the
Mediterranean Sea.– Argentina is near Brazil.– Ecuador is south of Mexico.
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Examples
Let’s look at the 5 themes for geography for CCA– Place: Physical & Cultural– Movement– Region– Interaction– Location: Absolute & Relative
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Example
In pairs please think of examples for each of the themes,– You have 5 minutes get to it!
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Example
What did you come up with?
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Work Cited
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