UNIT 3 FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY LIST

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geography study of places on earth and the relationships between people and their environments

Five Themes of geography

There are 5 themes of geography that are used in social studies to discuss and describe places on earth.

Location A Theme of geography. locates a place on earth by finding its exact location or using landmarks surrounding the location .

absolute location

A part of the theme location. Describes a place's location on Earth using Latitude and Longitude (x,y) or street address.

● WMS is at 4489 Highway 301, Halifax,

NC 27839

relative location

A part of the theme location. Explains where a place is by using landmarks, distance, or direction.

● WMS is next to the Dept of Social

Services

place A Theme of geography. Describes what a place looks like by describing the landforms and man made buildings.

physical feature

A part of the theme place. These features are Natural landforms.

● mountains, rivers, oceans, deserts, plants,

and animals

humans A part of the theme place. These features

feature are man made structures.

● bridges, roads, buildings

Human Environment Interaction

A Theme of geography. Describes how humans interact with the environment.

● Adapt → get use to the environment

● Depend → need the environment

● modify→ change their environment.

movement A Theme of geography. Describes how people, goods, and ideas move throughout the area.

region A Theme of geography. Describes what the area is in common.

● Religion, landforms, weather

Unit 3 five themes of geography flocabulary

Themes of _____________________, there's got to be five,Location and then place, no lie.Human-environment interaction, no surprise,We need movement and region, and now we've arrived...

First theme,where is it? That's LOCATIONLocation's fascinating when you're planning your vacation. Absolute location, that's __________________,Using longitude and latitude to know where it's atOn the map, measured in degrees, with no thermostat.But location can be relative too, yeah in fact,That's when you relate the location to a person or place. Like, find the Bahamas __________________ of the States.

Number 2 is PLACE, ask the question, “What is it like?”

What makes this place different from the other places? All right,Well, we might want to look at _____________________, characteristics, The natural environment, yeah, I'll get specific. Talking 'bout _____________________, could mean sandstorms, or snow, go keep your hands warm.Plus the flora and fauna, that's plants and beasts, plus geologic land______________,I did that sort of fast, rewind it if you missed it.The other part of place is looking at ____________________ characteristics,What are the people like? Nah, I don't mean are they nice.What's their population density and religion like?What's their language? What's their clothing? What ____________________ is on their plate?In the US we eat pancakes, but in France they have those crepes.

Themes of geography, there's got to be five,Location and then place, no lie.

Human-environment interaction, no surprise,We need movement and region, and now we've

arrived...

At theme 3, “What's that son?” The latest hottest fashion,

Is to study HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

How do we depend on our environment? Do youKnow Egyptian _______________ used the Nile flood to grow food? How do we modify our environment? Oh man, We _______________ irrigation ditches, landfills and dams. How do we adapt to our environment? You know, We build buildings to keep the _______________ in when it gets cold.

Theme 4 is movement—we study how and why people move

like to escape persecution or crime.Or for _______________ opportunities, like the Gold Rush, You could hitch your wagon or be walking through the cold slush.It's not just people that move, if we're staying honest,Certainly merchants are _______________ all the latest hottest products._______________ spread by communication and technologies, Cultures move with languages and philosophies.We gotta be ready for theme 5, it's region,An area with unifying features for some reason.Now let's run through some regions, there are many types,“How and why are places _______________ ?” It could be like, A political region, like a country or state.Or a physical region, could be defined by land_______________ like a lake,A cultural region might have a common tongue.Lots of features, regions can be based off more than one, one!

CHALLENGE QUESTIONS:What do you use to find absolute location? _________________________What question does the theme of PLACE ask? _______________________How do we modify the environment? _____________________________What is something that moves from location to location? ________________

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