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Five Themes of Geography Notes (Location (Definition: It is where, and can…
Five Themes of Geography Notes
Place
Definition: It describes the natural,physical,and human features of land that makes that land different than any other
Example Of Place: New York is a place because humans built the city, not nature
Interaction
Definition: When humans alter or affect nature, or when nature alter or affects humans
Example Of Interaction With Nature: New York City was once all forest, but then humans came along, cut down the trees, and built a city
Example Of Interaction With Humans: Hurricane Irma struck the Puerto Rico islands and destroyed almost everything which also made the residents of Puerto Rico lose their power for over a year.
Movement
Definition: It is when people migrate from one location or place to another
Example Of Movement: A mudslide hits a familie's house, they then have to leave their home and
Move
to another
Example Of Goods Movement: Most Nike shoes are made in Vietnam and Indonesia, they have now been moved to the US for people to but them
Example Of Ideas Movement: Albert Eisenstein was long before us a long gone now, but yet we still have his ideas, he was such a brilliant scientist that we still have his ideas
Location
Definition: It is where, and can be somewhere exact like longitude and latitude called
absolute location
or can be a general description of a position called
relative location
Example Of Exact Location: I am 41.498830,-72.90145 (Cheshire Coordinates)
Example Of General Location: I am in between the Buffalo Wild Wings and the Gas Station
Regions
Example Of Region: The Northeast is a Region because it shares almost the same weather and the seasons behave the same for them all
Definition: An amount of land that has at least one trait in common such as government, weather, and religious ethics
Jacobs, Heidi Hayes., and Michal LeVasseur. Prentice Hall World Studies. Geography, History, Culture. Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005.
