Five Themes of GeographyMrs. Wheeler

Geography: Bellringer

What is Geography?

What do geographers study?

What is Geography?

The study of the Earth

What is Geography

Gets its name from the ancient Greek word geographia, meaning “earth description.”

Not just about land and water has a lot to do with people

Five Themes of Geography

Place

Place includes the physical and human characteristics of a location that make it different from others.

Ex: climate, religion, language

Location Location is the

exact spot on Earth where something is found.

Location is determined by an imaginary grid of lines called latitude and longitude.

Human-Environment Interaction

Human-environment interaction describes the impact that people have on the land and water. Ex: Hoover Dam,

The Rocky Mountains.

Movement

Movement is how people and goods, ideas, information and resources interact.Ex: trade

RegionsRegion is an area

that is unified by certain human, physical, cultural or economic characteristics.

Geographers divide the world into regions in order to study it more easily.Ex: population, history,

climate, landforms