Introduction to World
Geography
World Geography
Grade 6
The Five Themes of Geography
1. Location
2. Place
3. Human-Environment
Interaction
4. Movement
5. Regions
1. Location
Location is where a place is found.
1. Absolute
location is the
exact position of a
place on the globe
2. Relative
location is where a
place is located
relative to other
places
2. Place
A place has features that
distinguishes it from other places.
1. Physical
characteristics
2. Human
characteristics
3. Human-Environment Interaction
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Humanenvironment
interaction is how
people use or
change their
environment
4. Movement
Movement is how people, goods and ideas
move between places
movement in the USA
5. Regions
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A region is a group of places with at
least one common characteristic,
such as…
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Language
Areas
Political divisions
Religions
Vegetation
Review of the Five Themes of
Geography
1. Location: Where is it?
2. Place: How is it different?
3. Human-Environment
Interaction: How do people
change their environment?
4. Movement: How do people, goods
and ideas move?
5. Regions: What do people or
places have in common?
Remembering the 5 themes
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If you can’t remember what they
are, just ask MR. HELP!!!
 M – Movement
 R – Regions
 HE – Human Environment
interaction
 L – Location
 P - Place
Credits
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America on the Move
http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/
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Five Times Five: Five Activities for
Teaching Geography’s Five Themes
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson071.shtml
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Google Images
http://www.google.com