introduction to world cultures, 5 themes
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Introduction to World Introduction to World CulturesCultures
5 themes of geography5 themes of geography
A View of the Globe from SpaceA View of the Globe from Space
Why should we study geography?Why should we study geography?
BLUE BEAUTY BLUE BEAUTY
SANDSTORM LEAVING NORTH AFRICA TOWARDS THE ATLANTIC – CANARY ISLAND.
GIBRALTAR STRAITSGIBRALTAR STRAITS
NIGHT ARRIVES NIGHT ARRIVES BETWEEN EUROPE & AFRICA BETWEEN EUROPE & AFRICA
SWISS ALPSSWISS ALPS
ICELANDICELAND
BLACK SEABLACK SEA
RED SEARED SEA
OUR PLANET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE UNIVERSE AT NIGHT
SPECTACULAR!SPECTACULAR!
Satellite photo of Europe and Africa at night on a cloudless day.
Lights are already on in Paris, Barcelona but not in London, Lisbon or Madrid, where there is still daylight.
You can see the Azores in the middle of the ocean. A little below Madeira and further Canary Islands and Cape Verde.
You can observe the continent platforms from the British Isles to Canada and Iceland in the middle.
France
Iceland
Italy
Continental Continental
PlatformPlatformEngland
ÁFRICA
Already night time here.
Spain
Atlantic
Ocean
Cabo Verde Island
Canary IslandsCanary Islands
Islas de la Madera y Azores
Grande São Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
Belo Horizonte
Salvador
Atlantic Ocean
Brazilian Continental Platform.
NIGHTFALL IN BRAZILNIGHTFALL IN BRAZIL
Grande São Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
Salvador
Recife
Fortaleza
Brasília
Goiânia
UberlândiaBelo Horizonte
Florianópolis
NIGHTFALL IN NIGHTFALL IN USAUSA
The biggest concentration of lights (from top to bottom) are the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington.
MiamiHouston
Dallas
Chicago
Still daylight in California.
Puerto Rico
THE ENDTHE END
TRANSLATION TO ENGLISH AND EDITED MSW 2007TRANSLATION TO ENGLISH AND EDITED MSW 2007
What is geography?What is geography?
Geography:Geography: the study of where people, places and things are located and how they relate to each other
Types of geography:• Physical, economic, historical, cultural• Environmental, population, political, climatology,
agricultural, religious, linguistic, development
Brasilia: “City Built from Brasilia: “City Built from Scratch”Scratch”Page 6
How did the builders interact with the How did the builders interact with the environment?environment?
The kind of information geographers The kind of information geographers and developers want comes from and developers want comes from studying the studying the 5 themes of geography5 themes of geography
Brasilia: “City Built from Brasilia: “City Built from Scratch”Scratch”
Five Themes of GeographyFive Themes of Geography
1.1. LocationLocation
- - Position on Position on the Earth’s the Earth’s surfacesurface
Five Themes of GeographyFive Themes of Geography
2.2. Place Place
-the physical or -the physical or human human characteristics of characteristics of a locationa location
[landforms, soil, climate, [landforms, soil, climate, animal/plant life; activities animal/plant life; activities of people, means of of people, means of transportation, religion, transportation, religion, language]language]
Five Themes of GeographyFive Themes of Geography
3. 3. InteractionInteraction
- Between Between people and people and the the environmentenvironment
- adaptationadaptation
Five Themes of GeographyFive Themes of Geography
4. 4. MovementMovement
- Of people, - Of people, goods, and goods, and ideas to new ideas to new areasareas
Five Themes of GeographyFive Themes of Geography
5. 5. RegionRegion
- An area with An area with its own its own unifying unifying characteristicscharacteristics
- Can be defined in a Can be defined in a number of waysnumber of ways
Physical Political Cultural-- Religious
ReviewReview
VocabularyVocabulary
- geography- geography
- Location- Location
- Place- Place
- Interaction- Interaction
- Movement- Movement
- Region- Region