1. The Five Themes
of Geography

2. 5 Themes of Geography
Mr. Help
 M-----Movement
 R-----Region
 HE-----Human Environmental Interaction
 L-----Location
 P-----Place

3. Location
Where is it?

4. Location
Where something
is

5. Location
Absolute Location —the exact
position of a spot on the earth
Relative Location--- the position
of a spot in relation to another
spot on the earth

6. Location
 Absolute Location
 The latitude and longitude of a spot
 The address of a spot
 Exact location
Relative Location-
• The location of a spot in relation to another
• Near, by, next to, north of, etc.

7. Place
What’s it like?

8. Place
What’s it like?
Physical
Characteristics
Human Characteristics

9. Place
What’s it like?
Makes the location UNIQUE

10. PLACE

11. Place--What’s It Like?
Physical Characteristics:
landforms, bodies of water,
climate, soil, plant life and
animal life (FYI)

12. Place--What’s It Like?
Human Characteristics:
how many people live
somewhere, how close together
they live , social traits, cultural
traditions and political
institutions (FYI)

13. Human Environmental Interaction
Way of Life

14. Human and Environmental Interaction
* Humans interact with their
environment
* The environment interacts with
and affects people

15. Human Environmental Interaction
Way of Life
Positive and negative
interactions

16. Human & Environmental
Interaction

17. Human Environmental Interaction
 How people interact with the
environment and how the
environment interacts with people

Depend

Adapt

Modify

18. Human Environmental Interaction
 (FYI)
 People DEPEND on the environment
 People ADAPT to the environment
 People MODIFY their environment

19. Human and Environmental Interaction
* Humans interact with their
environment (FYI)
* Depend---(Basic needs, recreational activities)
* Adapt---(Clothing, housing, way people use
land)
* Modify---(People change the environment--
heat, air conditioning, farming, mining,
irrigation)

20. Movement
Moving people, goods and
ideas
Transportation and
Communication

21. MOVEMENT

22. MOVEMENT
• Movement means change.
• How and why people and
things move and how they
are connected

23. Region
Group areas by unifying
characteristics or like
characteristics
Areas that show common
characteristics
Makes the study of geography
more MANAGEABLE.

24. REGION