the five themes of geography national geography standards
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5 Themes of Geography
• Location – Where is it?
• Place – What is it like?
• Human-environment interaction– How do people relate to the physical world?
• Region– How are places similar or different?
• Movement– How do people, goods, ideas, etc get
from one place to another?
Location
Human-environment interaction
MovementRegion
Place
5 Themes of Geography
• Location– Absolute location– Relative location– Answers the question “where?”
The equator in Ecuador
5 Themes of Geography
• Human-earth relationships– How humans interact with the
natural environment– Effects humans have on
environment– Effects the environment
has on humans
• Movement– Across the earth’s surface– Includes:
• Communications• Transportation• Circulation• Diffusion
5 Themes of Geography