1. 5 Themes of Geography5 Themes of Geography
66thth
Grade Social StudiesGrade Social Studies
Mrs. RossMrs. Ross

2. 5 Themes of Geography5 Themes of Geography
• Location
• Place
• Human/Environment Interaction
• Movement
• Regions

3. LocationLocation
• Absolute
– Exact Location
• Relative
– How a place is
connected to another
place by technology,
land or water

4. LocationLocation
• Absolute
– Latitude=North/South of Equator
– Longitude=East/West of Prime Meriden
– Detroit-Latitude = 42, Longitude = -83
• Relative
– Detroit- South from Warren

5. Describe how to get to your house.
Absolute?
Relative?

6. PlacePlace
• Distinguishing characteristics of a specific
location
– Physical
– Human

7. PlacePlace
• Physical
– Waterways
– Landforms
– Climate
– Animal Life
• Human
– People
– Languages
– Transportation
– Communication
– Religion

8. Compare Alaska to Hawaii.

9. Human/Environment InteractionHuman/Environment Interaction
• Take in to account at all the effects that
occur when people interact with their
surroundings
– Positive Interaction
– Negative Interaction
• Help to plan and manage environment

10. Human/Environment InteractionHuman/Environment Interaction
• Positive Interaction
– Plant a tree
– Clean a river
– Creating a damn
• Negative Interaction
– Building a highway
– Clearing a forest
– Creating a damn

11. Other Examples of
Human/Environment Interaction

12. MovementMovement
• How and why people and products move
• People move, travel and communicate
daily
• Products are moving daily

13. MovementMovement
• People
– Career
– Family
– Religious reasons
– Escape war
• Products
– Transported from one
place to another
• Manufactured material
• Crops
• Natural resources
• Oil

14. How are you connected with, andHow are you connected with, and
dependent upon, other regions,dependent upon, other regions,
cultures, and people in the world?cultures, and people in the world?

15. RegionRegion
• Unifying characteristics
– Human
• Language
– Physical
• Mountains, deserts, rainforests
– Cultural
• Religion

16. How do regions change over time?

17. 5 Themes of Geography5 Themes of Geography
• Location
• Place
• Human/Environment Interaction
• Movement
• Regions

18. PicturesPictures
• All pictures/clipart retrieved from Microsoft
PowerPoint version 2002.